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Debbie Ohi's Inky Journal

Trying Montblanc Lavender Purple In My Edison Nouveau Premiere Seaglass

Inked up my Edison Nouveau Premiere Seaglass (a gift from my husband Jeff) with some new ink I acquired from my fountain pen enabler friend, mishie. Used a water brush to smear the ink around a bit. This is my first Mont Blanc ink, and I'm fascinated by the bottle shape. Does anyone know if this shape customized for Mont Blanc pens? Or just for an interesting design? Anyway, it's a beautiful colour and I'd like to try this in one of my pens with a broader nib to see how it shades.
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Debbie Ohi's Inky Journal

Trying Out Sailor Jentle Sky High & Reconnecting With My Noodler's Ahab

Inked up my Noodler's Ahab with the new Sailor's Jentle Sky High ink I recently acquired from mishie (aka Fountain Pen Obsession Enabler). When I first bought my Ahab from Wonder Pens, I confess I was not enamoured because the nib required too much fiddling (I had been warned about the Ahab but I still wanted to try it). So I de-inked & cleaned it, set it aside for several months. Took it out yesterday to try again...and LO AND BEHOLD, I love it. It takes more pressure than my beloved Pilot
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My Husband Gave Me A Turquoise Twsbi Diamond 580Al!

I inked up my TWSBI (my first TWSBI!) with Iroshizuku Syo-Ro and created this wee doodle. The Pilot Falcon is still my favourite writing experience, but I'm too paranoid to take with me travelling in case I lose it or someone I meet along the way (young readers, etc.) accidentally hurts my gold nib. The TWSBI is a pen I can take out to jot notes without feeling I have to be super-careful. I would be disappointed and sad if I lost it, but as much as if I lost my Pilot Falcon. I ended up not t
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Debbie Ohi's Inky Journal

Thank You, Ralfstc!

Thanks SO much to ralfstc, who sent me this pen, which I LOVE: from researching online, I believe it's a Waterman's 352 Stalwart, made in Canada in the 1940's. According to ralfstc, the nib was modified by John Sorowka (Oxonian). Ralf sent me this pen in thanks for a fountain pen drawing I sent him which was in thanks for the sample of Lamy Dark Lilac he sent me. :-) I love fountain pen people! It's my first Waterman and also my first pen with an ink sac - I had to look up online how to us
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Karas Kustoms' Blog

March Pen Meetup

A Friendly Reminder We just wanted to send out a reminder that we'll be hosting our monthly Arizona Pen Meet Up, Saturday March 11th, from 4-7 pm at the Karas Pen Co facility (126 S. Country Club Dr. Mesa, AZ 85210). We'll have complimentary beverages and snacks available. Our pens will be on display for anyone to try out. We'll have the shop open for casual walk-thrus. We'll be happy to answer any questions you may have about our brand but also about pens and ink in general. Paul will be availa
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Debbie Ohi's Inky Journal

Visiting The Fountain Pen Hospital In Manhattan

I had a chance to visit the Fountain Pen Hospital (http://fountainpenhospital.com) in Manhattan earlier this week. WOW!!! It's pretty amazing. Had a great conversation with Joseph, who has been working there for 16 years. I tried out a Sailor 1911 with a music nib & some other pens, browsed the gorgeous pens in the showcases, salivated over all the inks and notebooks. I resisted buying any new pens, mainly because (1) I want to get to know my new Pilot Falcon better before considering o
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Visiting Cw Pencils In Manhattan

A couple of weeks ago, I posted on the forums saying that I was going to NYC for work but had a few extra hours to wander about, and asked if anyone had any suggestions about where I should go. Thanks to everyone who gave me advice! One of the places I visited was CW Pencils on 100 Forsyth St. ( https://cwpencils.com ). It's a tiny shop but WOW, does it have a lot of different pencils! I asked the clerk for advice and she put out a bunch of sample pencils for me to try as well as a tes
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Debbie Ohi's Inky Journal

A New Iroshizuku Ink For Me: Yama-Budo

The Iroshizuku inks are expensive but I wanted to try a second ink color, so opted for Yama-Budo. Actually, I ordered Kon-Peki but the company accidentally sent me the wrong colour. I decided to keep Yama-Budo because I love the vibrancy. It's not a colour I'd use to write an entire letter but I do like the contrast to my Yama-Guri. I do still want Kon-Peki as well. And as you can see from the photo, I did buy another Lamy Safari. Laywine's in Toronto was still having its Mix'n'Match Lamy Safa
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My Very First Fountain Pen!

After years of believing that fountain pens were just too unwieldy and messy and scratchy for day-to-day use, my friend Michelle Leung convinced me to check out Scriptus, a Toronto pen show, in October 2016. My husband came along (he's been a fan of fountain pens for years but gave up on trying to convince me) and bought me my very first fountain pen: a red Lamy Safari. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. My first ink, also purchased at the Scriptus show: Iroshizuku Yama-Guri (the brand was recommended by my h
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Karas Kustoms' Blog

Az Pen Meetup

Join us Saturday, October 22nd, 2016, 6-9 pm, for the first Karas Pen Co sponsored Arizona Pen Meetup. The event will be held at the Karas Kustoms shop (126 S. Country Club Dr, Mesa, AZ 85210, on the northwest corner of Country Club and Dana ). We will have the full line of Karas Pen Co pens available to sample as well as any other pens hanging out around the shop. Tables will be set up to easily share pens, chat about all things writing, and generally as a way to foster the Arizona Pen Communit
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Project Monsoon- A New Way To Interact With Our Customers

We hope everyone is having a great summer so far. Here in Arizona we are on the cusp of the monsoon season where we have hot, sunny temperatures mixed with dark clouds, and lightning filled thunderstorms. You can be getting sunburned one minute, and drenched in rain the next. It makes for some beautiful scenery and once you experience it, you will never forget it. This yearly seasonal weather pattern has inspired our latest experiment in pen-making. We have been experimenting for a while wit
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American Pen History – A Brief Timeline

I’ve waxed poetic about my love of both history and pens on this blog in the past. But I figured we could look at a larger overview of the American pen manufacturing scene, starting in the late 19thcentury and moving to present day. There is a surprising number of major pen brands that started in the United States. Pen companies that were integral in technological improvements in writing instrument design and function. But those companies have “passed the torch” and there are numerous small comp
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