Sitemap - 2024 - @idipbananasintocoffee’s Substack
I sold a pen: an ode to a vintage Parker Vacumatic
The Addams Family of pens aka my top spooky pens
State of the collection: a thought, and which pens to save in a natural disaster
Van Dieman’s Prickly Pear Dupe: the experiment
Pen and ink review: Sailor Manyo series #3
Pen Review: Darailz Pens Naomi
A scientific comparison of filling mechanisms
Frankenpens: the good, the baddies, and the hecking awesome
Pen review: Ensso Bolt Fountain Pen
Pen review: Golem Pens Spindle
Does size really matter? A scientific comparison of #5, #6, and #8 nibs (part 1)
I used my wife’s favorite pen so you don’t have to
What your favorite ink bottle says about you
Red, White, and Avengers Blue: 3d Printed Fountain Pen
Disposable fountain pens don’t exist
Hot pen summer: Penbbs 309 Hawaii
Bed, Wed, or Behead: fountain pen edition
Conklin Nighthawk Carbon Fiber: forgotten… or just forgettable?
Space Pen? Space pen! Benu Astrogem Midas
The three impulsive buys I want to hate
On a less positive note: burnout (not the house this time I promise)
Fountain pen review: 4th Kind Pens Lava (honey spoon)
Mystery pen reveal (and review): @idipbananasintocoffee’s very own Bananas and Coffee Pen
The five* pens I would save from a house fire
Hot take: Van Dieman’s Prickly Pear is better than Lamy Dark Lilac
If a fountain pen could be the mysterious, attractive stranger in the spring…
Pen review: BENU Talisman aka lucky charms and pen spotlights
Pen review: Zodiac Pen Co Capricorn
Birthday pens? TWSBI ECOs?! Pen review?!?
Pen review: Pilot Custom 91 in SFM, the best intro to gold nibs
Pen review: Retro 51 P-51 Mustang
FP 101: Converters are for cool kids
I am just three addictions in a trench coat
Top 10.67 inks I would recommend as the absolute expert on inks, bar none
Top four* pens I have never inked
Fountain pen resolutions for 2024