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The Addams Family of pens aka my top spooky pens
I’m justifying two purchases in the last week
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October 2024

State of the collection: a thought, and which pens to save in a natural disaster
And how I realized I have more pens than I need while trying to evacuate like the headless chicken that I am
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Pelikan Hub 2024
And how I swam through rainwater to get there only 30 minutes late
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Van Dieman’s Prickly Pear Dupe: the experiment
One Ink to rule them all, One Banana to find them, One Ink to bring them all and in the notebook bind them.
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Pen and ink review: Sailor Manyo series #3
And how limited editions always get me so here’s a toast to Chestnut and Kuri
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September 2024

Pen Review: Darailz Pens Naomi
Two pen shows later I finally review it (as promised in April), and what better time than when we need a bit of color and a lot of positivity
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2024 Orlando Pen Show recap
And a brief note on how I also cut my lip open on a Banh Mi
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A scientific comparison of filling mechanisms
And why you should probably stick to the Occam’s razor of filling mechanisms
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August 2024

Frankenpens: the good, the baddies, and the hecking awesome
And a comment on the psyche of the person performing frankenpenning
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Pen review: Ensso Bolt Fountain Pen
:furiously engages the mechanism:
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Pen review: Golem Pens Spindle
I could be changing my name to RumPENstiltskin tee hee
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Does size really matter? A scientific comparison of #5, #6, and #8 nibs (part 1)
And then Pilot is like not so fast :laughs in no. 30:
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