A Fountain Pen Lovers Guide to Paris in 2025 (via Pen Addict). One of my favorite cities to shop for pens! I enjoyed catching up on the current state of the market since it’s been a while, but it was sad to see that some of my own favorites didn’t make the list and possibly didn’t survive the pandemic years.
90 Years of Diary-Keeping (via Notebook Stories). “No reason not to.” Couldn’t say it better.
Conklin 1898…the Best Conklin I have Reviewed? (via Figboot on Pens). This looks like an updated take on the Conklin All-American, exclusive to Atlas.
The Joy of Just Not Buying Ink for a While (via Stationery Pizza). I’ve spent some time lately writing down my own ink supply, and haven’t really purchased much ink in the past year.
Majohn P136 Titanium Hammered Fountain Pen Review (via Blake’s Broadcast). A tall order at $140 for a Majohn, but I do like hammered finish pens.
Saying Goodbye to a Favorite Ink (via mnmlscholar). Congrats on finishing a bottle! I’ve only done this the “traditional” way (writing, not giving away samples) a couple of times.
Pilot Short Pocket Pen (via Dapprman). All of these cool Japanese pocket pens, mostly from Pilot, definitely not made anymore. :(
The Forever Pen (via Well-Appointed Desk). How long does the “Forever Pen” really last? Not quite forever, apparently.
In Case You Missed It….
This week on the blog, I published two posts focused on inexpensive pens. The first answered a question I often get in the shop: When is the right time to “upgrade” from an inexpensive pen? (There’s also a companion YouTube video.) Yesterday I published a few additional thoughts, including some notes on the types of relatively inexpensive stationery that I use daily.
Oh, and Teranishi Inks are restocked, including the ever-popular Gentle Green.
This Week in the T.G.S. Curated Shop
This week we added close to a dozen different specialty Japanese papers, including different Tomoe River assortments as well as a bunch of rare and/or discontinued papers curated by Yamamoto and Sakae Technical Paper. In addition to all of the new paper, check out this week’s Thursday Drops post for a huge laundry list of new arrivals, which I can barely keep up with, including new Lamy Safaris, AL-Stars, and Studios, Tombow pencils, more Uni Mitsubishi Hi-Uni pencils at a lower price point, Uni 2B pencil value packs, Mitsubishi natural pencils, and so many more!
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