@idipbananasintocoffee’s Substack

Pen review: F3 Pens Signature 2024

Pirouetting around the table paid off I’m telling ya

Dec 20, 2024 • 

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Pens I bring on vacation part 2

Because I really change opinion that quickly and given that fact I also probably shouldn’t get more tattoos but here we are

Dec 6, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Top three grinds in 2024

I mean nib grinds. Although I’m open to hustles. Pen hobby is expensive

Nov 22, 2024 • 

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I sold a pen: an ode to a vintage Parker Vacumatic

And I only cried for two days

Nov 15, 2024 • 

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The Addams Family of pens aka my top spooky pens

I’m justifying two purchases in the last week

Nov 1, 2024 • 

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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

Oct 25, 2024 • 

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Pelikan Hub 2024

And how I swam through rainwater to get there only 30 minutes late

Oct 18, 2024 • 

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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.

Oct 11, 2024 • 

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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

Oct 4, 2024 • 

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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

Sep 20, 2024 • 

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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

Sep 13, 2024 • 

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A scientific comparison of filling mechanisms

And why you should probably stick to the Occam’s razor of filling mechanisms

Sep 6, 2024 • 

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