Thursday Drops: More Planners Arrive! Midori Hibino, Gradation Day-Length, Kawecos and More!

The second wave of 2027 planners arrived this week, with new releases from Midori in the B6 Gradation and Hibino format. For those looking at a planner smaller than an A5, these are both compact diaries that feature excellent fountain pen friendly MD paper. We’ve also added Midori grain leather B6 spiral notebooks, as well as the Midori A6 Commonplace Notebooks with their flexible grid layout and bookmark feature. Finally, we’ve restocked on our Midori planner tabs and bookmarks, to allow you to accessorize your planners and journals and customize them to your needs.

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The Midori A6 Hibino, open to a daily page.

In addition to planners, we have a ton of new arrivals from Kaweco (including Lunar Purple Sports and a new AL Piston Sport), as well as new fountain pen releases from Diplomat in both the Cobra and Viper lines.

You can check out these and more online and in-store. We are open this week from 1-6pm Thursday and Friday, and from 10am-5pm on Saturday. Of course you can always shop online 24-7!

1. Midori Gradation B6 Day-Length 2027 Planner. These cool B6 planners feature a vertical weekly layout with a 24 hour stack and a color gradient that tracks daylight.

2. Midori 2027 A6 Hibino. A popular request by my regular local customers, the Midori Hibino is a 1-day-on-2-pages A6 diary/journal/planner which packs a whopping 750+ pages into a compact small notebook. The Hibino layout allows you to plan on one side and journal or take notes on the other, should you like.

3. Midori Hibino “Free Diary” Undated Planner. In addition to the 2027 dated Hibino, there’s an undated version with the same one-day-to-two-page layout.

4. Midori B6 “Grain” Spiral Notebooks. I’ve been wanting to add these gorgeous Midori Spiral notebooks for years, but until we launched the new shop we’ve not had the space. These spiral notebooks feature MD paper and three different leather covers.

5. Diplomat Cobra Fountain Pens and Rollerballs. Are you a fan of the guilloché texture on the Diplomat Viper but prefer a more substantial pen? The larger Cobra fountain pen features a full-size JoWo No. 6 fountain pen nib, and the rollerball is equally comfortable in the hand.

6. Diplomat Viper Orange Fountain Pen and Rollerball. The popular Diplomat Viper is now available in a vibrant orange color, in both the fountain pen and rollerball versions.

7. Kaweco Lunar Purple Fountain Pens. Kaweco continues to build out the “Lunar” series with two new purple acrylics - Lunar “Shadow Purple” and Lunar “Light Purple”. Shadow Purple has a cool green tinge to it.

8. Kaweco AL-Sport Piston Bordeaux. Kaweco has added to the AL Piston Sport lineup, and this latest release is a gorgeous dark burgundy red aptly named “Bordeaux.” I will be claiming one of these so get it before I do.

9. TRAVELER’S Company 2027 Diary and Accessories. This year’s limited edition TRAVELER’S dated diaries, pencil boards, folders, and sticker kits are in-stock and shipping! Get your TRAVELER’S Notebook ready for next year.

10. TRAVELER’S Notebook Standard-Size Starter Kits. We have standard-size TRAVELER’S Notebook Starter Kits in multiple colors, including Blue, Brown, and Camel.

And for our last “one more thing” entry, we have this year’s Kaweco Sport Ornament, available in limited quantities!

On The Paper Trail Episode 19: Pen, Paper, & Ink Problems (Terminology Part 2)

This week we discuss Pen, Paper, & Ink Problems, and the different terms commonly used in the stationery world to describe these issues. We specifically focus on problems with ink flow in fountain pens such as skipping, hard-starting, and railroading, as well as paper bleed through and show through. We also recap our recent "On The Paper Trail Live in Nashville Event". A huge thanks to all of you who turned out, and it was wonderful to see so many faces in person!

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Show Notes and Links

1. ⁠On The Paper Trail Live in Nashville Recap⁠

2. ⁠Pilot Juice Up Fountain Pen⁠

3. ⁠Kaweco Lunar Sport Rollerballs⁠

4. ⁠Pilot Grance Fountain Pen⁠

5. ⁠Midori Color Spiral⁠

6. ⁠TWSBI ECO Jade Jelly + Bronze Fountain Pen⁠

7. ⁠Kaweco Lunar Sport Fountain Pens⁠

8. ⁠TRAVELER'S Company 2027 Dated Refills⁠

9. ⁠Midori Planner Tabs⁠

10. ⁠Tri-Star Studio Custom Fountain Pens

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New Arrivals: TWSBI ECO Jade Jelly + Bronze Fountain Pens, Plus New Diplomats!

TWSBI’s latest release, the Jade Jelly + Bronze fountain pen, showed up this week and it’s another nice addition to the TWSBI ECO lineup, especially as some of the older ECOs are being retired. Lately, these ECO releases tend to sell out as soon as retailers get them in the door, with relatively long restock windows, so if it interests you I always recommend that people pick one up quickly. The Jade Jelly acrylic is slightly lighter than prior Jade pens TWSBI has released, and appears milky/semi-translucent, similar to the Pink Lemonade (which should return soon).

I’ve also had a chance to get my hands on two new pens from Diplomat: the “Cobra” Fountain Pen and Rollerball, and the Orange Diplomat Viper, available in both a fountain pen and rollerball version. I’m personally a fan of Diplomat’s rollerballs, and opted for a Bordeaux Rollerball Cobra. I’m looking forward to testing this pen out for an extended period as I have some travel coming up and I always take at least one nice rollerball pen with me. As a larger pen, the Cobra immediately feels more substantial than the Viper (for those that found the latter too narrow), and the fountain pen features a standard No. 6 nib in four sizes as opposed to the single-option Viper.

If you would like to see these and more in person, you can visit us in our Nashville store, which is open 1-6pm Thursday and Friday, and from 10am-5pm on Saturday. You can always shop online with us 24/7!

Sunday Reading for October 25, 2026

1. Recap: On The Paper Trail LIVE in Nashville (via Well-Appointed Desk). I had to lead with this one, didn’t I? Many thanks to Ana & Bob for joining us in Nashville at our first ever live event.

2. 2026 BunguLA - A Brief Sunday Visit (via Pen Addict - Kimberly). I totally would have gone home with one of those Hachimonjiya original gradient Pilot Decimos.

3. Choosing the Right Work Pen, Part 1 (via Line Variation). The story of my life for many, many years. I finally settled on the Lamy 2000 in its various iterations and carried more than one work pen.

4. Still No NaNo (via Pen Addict - Sarah). I had not known that the official NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) had gone away, but it looks like people are still participating in an unofficial capacity by organizing their own groups!

5. Colorverse Colorvents Past (Part 1) (via Dime Novel Raven). This sounds like a fun experiment - to revisit the inks in the past Colorvent Calendars, even the ones that never made it into the official ink lineup.

6. Wearingeul The Glass Bead Game (via Figboot on Pens). These new Wearingeul fountain pens are getting a lot of attention, as the ink company gets into the pen game.

7. A Look at Semi-Vintage Parker 65 Custom Fountain Pen (via Fountain Pen Blog). The Parker 65 is one of those unfortunately overlooked vintage pens that can be fun to collect (at lower price points) since it came slightly after the “Golden Age” of vintage pens.

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We were all extremely happy with how the event balanced shopping with hangouts, classes, and other experiences!

In Case You Missed It….

This week I have been playing catch-up from last week’s event, as well as this week’s Kaweco DIY experience (probably more on that later - wow, thanks to all of you who turned out!), but I did manage to write some reflections on On The Paper Trail Live in Nashville. As I note in the post, it was a unique experience that had not really been tried before, and we were extremely happy with the results!

Lunar Purple Sports are finally here1

This Week in the T.G.S. Curated Shop

Update: As of Monday, October 26, the latest TWSBI ECO (Jade Jelly + Bronze) is available for Presale, and will ship starting Wednesday 10/28.

We had a bunch of long-awaited new arrivals in the shop this week, including TRAVELER’S Company 2027 diary refills, Kaweco Lunar Sport pens in the new Lunar Shadow Purple and Light Purple finishes, and the Kaweco AL Sport Piston in a gorgeous dark Burgundy! We also have this year’s Diamine Inkvent Calendar in stock (Burgundy edition), as well as limited remaining stock of the 2026 Colorverse Colorvent Calendar. Be sure to check out each week’s Thursday Drops post for additional new arrivals and restocks!

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Rickshaw

Kakimori

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Thursday Drops: TRAVELER'S Diaries, Lochby Daily Folios, and Kaweco DIY this Weekend!

Many thanks to everyone who attended our event last weekend, but guess what? The Kaweco DIY fun continues this week through close of business on Saturday! Come build a DIY Sport in the special edition “Glow Green,” and shop a range of new arrivals including the newly arrived TRAVELER’S Notebook 2027 Diaries/Planners, the Blackwing Volumes 143 Frida Kahlo pencils, and the Lamy Studio Petrol series. We also have the Lochby Daily Folios in three different sizes, including the large A4, the standard A5, and the small A6. Check out these and more below.

Rickshaw cases are also back in stock, in all of the various Clouds patterns and colors!

We are open this week during normal hours, from 1-6pm Thursday and Friday, and from 10am-5pm on Saturday. As I mentioned, we will have the Kaweco DIY machines in the shop during regular hours this week. We hope to see you there!

1. TRAVELER’S Company 2027 Diaries and Planner Refills. This year’s TRAVELER’S Company Diaries and Planner releases have arrived! We have the Standard and Passport size dated planner refills, as well as this year’s accessories including the plastic folders and pencil boards.

2. TRAVELER’S Notebook (Standard) Starter Kits. At long last, TRAVELER’S Notebooks are back in stock! We have standard-size starter kits in Blue, Camel, and Brown. All other colors and sizes remain out of stock at the moment, so please get these while you can.

3. Blackwing Volumes 143: The Frida Kahlo Pencil. The latest Blackwing Volumes pencil release has arrived in the shop, and this one is a tribute to artist Frida Kahlo.

4. Lamy Studio Petrol Fountain Pens, Rollerballs, and Ballpoints. Lamy’s latest release is a matte dark teal Studio fountain pen, dubbed “Petrol,” and yes we have the matching ink back in stock!

5. Lochby Daily Folios. This much awaited addition to the Lochby lineup combines a portfolio with a higher-capacity pen case for added functionality. The Daily Folio is available in A4, A5, and A6 sizes.

6. Lochby Field Binders. A favorite from this past weekend’s event, the Lochby Field Binder is a more rugged take on the classic 6-ring binder. Each binder ships with 50 sheets of Tomoe River 68g paper.

7. Tono & Lims T.G.S. Exclusive Inks. We have a small number of bottles of the T.G.S.-exclusive Tono & Lims inks, Classic Burgundy and Black Shimmer, back in stock. These will likely not last.

8. Kakimori Glass Nibs. Many of you have asked about my newfound fascination with glass pens, and this Kakimori nib is an excellent take on the writing experience since it’s a replaceable glass nib that you can swap in and out of standard nib holders.

9. Kakimori Metal Nibs. In addition to the glass nibs, we have additional conical metal nibs in brass, stainless steel, and copper, as well as the standard pen nib.

10. Kakimori Notebooks. Kakimori has released a fresh season of their fabric-covered A5 notebooks, with new colors and patterns. There are some gorgeous striped fabrics available this time around.

And for today’s “One More Thing,” we have the Fred & Friends Food Erasers from the last TGS Curated Box “New Discoveries”.