Writing with a Sailor Pro Gear Turquoise Blue Fountain Pen

Writing with a Sailor Pro Gear Turquoise Blue fountain pen from Wancher in Japan. This is a H-M nib that writes like a dream, as you can see. Not scratchy, a touch of feedback, wet, flawless writing experience. My expectations of Sailor nibs are pretty high and this one did not disappoint⁣.

Please enjoy this wee video of this gorgeous writer and if you don't already have a Sailor, ask yourself, why the heck not??

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Conway Stewart Tamar Ink

Back when Conway Stewart was still around - they have since been bought by British Bespoke - they had commissioned Diamine to produce some ink for them. This is one of my favorites they created - it's just a simple, clean, classic blue. It's hard to go wrong with it. It might not be terribly exciting but I like it.

Sunday Reads: May 26. 2019

Stuff I Looked At Elsewhere & Read

• Butter tarts - NYT Cooking.
• Nellie & Joe's Key Lime Pie - Epicurious.
• Coffee-Chocolate Layer Cake with Mocha-Mascarpone Frosting - Bon Appétit.
• Giant purple squirrels do exist—and they have an odd behavior - Nat Geo.
• Scientists Test Whether Brain Stimulation Could Help Sharpen Aging Memory - NPR.
• Candy-Colored Plants and Animals - Colossal.
• New Three Dimensional Narratives Composed from Discarded Books - Colossal.
• Build Your Own Robotic Cat with An Open Source Kit by Petoi - Colossal.
• The SOUND of Millions of Monarch Butterflies! - The Jungle Diaries.
• The 11 Life Lessons It Turns Out I’ve Taught My Six Kids - Zen Habits.
• Austrian torn, fluffy pancake - Smitten Kitchen.
• The evolution of a tornado - Twisted Sifter.
• How to help someone with depression - The Cut.
• Why you should write what you know - Read it Forward.
• Wintergatan’s Ambitiously Awesome Musical Marble Machine Continues to Evolve - Twisted Sifter.

Stuff I Apparently Did This Week

• Eight Nakayas To Drool Over
• Sharpie Metallic Markers
• Graf Von Faber-Castell Tamitio Calligraphy Set
• Cross Blue Ink

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Cross Blue Ink

Cross Blue is a classic ink that has been around for a while. Believe it or not, I like washable blue colors after years of hating them, so Cross Blue is fine by me.

Graf Von Faber-Castell Tamitio Calligraphy Set

Thank you to Laywine's for loaning me this calligraphy set to share with you! I hope you find this overview helpful.

Sharpie Metallic Markers @JetPens

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Eight Nakayas To Drool Over

I have dreamt of swimming in Nakayas but this is the next best thing - eight Nakayas to enjoy! I hope this video tickles your fancy and remember - 7/8 of these do not belong to me :) I just have really awesome friends who trust me way more than they should. Or they did before I said that. This is just for fun. It's not a review. Just eye candy.

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Dorsal Fin 2 - Ishime Kanshitsu Silver
Decapod Writer - Kuro-tamenuri
Decapod Twist Writer - Kuro-tamenuri
Portable Cigar - Milky Way Raden
Long Cigar - Blue Dragon
Portable Writer - Ao-tamenuri
Portable Writer - Black
Portable Cigar 17mm - Shu Unpolished

Sunday Reads: May 19. 2019

Stuff I Looked At Elsewhere & Read

• Lemon poppyseed cake - Salt and Baker.
• Chicken taco soup - How Sweet Eats.
• Small Batch Copycat Cinnamon Streusel Starbucks Coffee Cake Recipe - I am a food blog.
• Pineapple upside down cake - Brown-Eyed Baker.
• Luminescent Sculptures by Shih Chieh Huang Reference the Spectacular Attributes of Deep Sea Creatures - Colossal.
• Extra-billowy dutch baby pancake - Smitten Kitchen. 
• This Man Photographed Mount Fuji for 7 Years—Here's the Result - Nat Geo.
• Extreme photo of the week - Nat Geo.
• Dramatic Decaying Flowers in Tiffanie Turner’s Solo Show “What Befell Us” Challenge Notions of Beauty and Perfection - Colossal.
• World’s Greatest Gallery of Hamster Butts - Sad and Useless.
• There’s a Real-Life Enchanted Forest and It’s In Dartmoor, England - Twisted Sifter.
• A Guide to Letting Go of Stress - Zen Habits.
• Confused Cats and Bewildered Bears Formed From Needle Felted Wool - Colossal.
• Guitars replaced with dogs - Sad and Useless.

Stuff I Apparently Did This Week

• Cross Peerless 125 Platinum Medalist Fountain Pen
• Uni-Ball Jetstream SX-217
• Franklin-Christoph Penvelope Six Leather Pen Case
• Cross Black Ink

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Cross Black Ink

Cross Black is a classic ink that has been around for a while. I'm not crazy about black inks in general and I find this one a little dry, but there you go. It's relatively easy to find and it's not a complicated ink to work with.

Franklin-Christoph Penvelope Six Leather Pen Case

Canoodling with the Franklin-Christoph Penvelope Six Leather Pen Case in Boot Brown Leather! Well, the pens are canoodling with the case. I'm just exposing their activities. What? A superb case that easily houses six pens but if you cray you can stuff in something like 13. Best with full size/clipped pens for easier handling but I've been known to stuff all sorts of things in it. Wow. Never write these things when you're having a questionable day. ⁣

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Cross Peerless 125 Platinum Medalist Fountain Pen

Ever wondered about the Cross Peerless 125 fountain pens? I'll give you a quick tour of the Platinum Medalist. Did you know Sailor makes these nibs? I was pleasantly thrilled! Thanks to Appelboom for loaning me this pen for a review! Discount code for 10% off - friend. No commission, just a sweet deal for you.

Sunday Reads: May 12. 2019

Stuff I Looked At Elsewhere & Read

• Thin Slices of Anxiety: An Illustrated Meditation on What It’s Like to Live Enslaved by Worry and How to Break Free - Brain Pickings.
• Snickerdoodle Lucky Charms Cookies - I am a food blog.
• A day in the life of a sushi master - Tasty.
• Cambodia’s endangered river dolphins at highest population in 20 years - Nat Geo.
• Polenta cornbread - Shutterbean.
• Follow Nectar-Hungry Birds as They Soar Through New Automated Flip Books by Juan Fontanive - Colossal.
• 39 Rarely Seen Images - Bored Panda.
• Self-Taught Nature Photographer Alison Pollack Tracks the Fascinating Fungi of Northern California - Colossal.
• The 10 Best Animal Instagram Accounts to Follow in 2019 - TIME.
• Jack Kerouac on Kindness, the Self Illusion, and the “Golden Eternity” - Brain Pickings.
• What Are the Most Influential Books Written by Scholars in the Last 20 Years? - Open Culture.
• In “The Tempest”, guilt and memory swirl in the mists of time - The Economist.
• Explore 100 Years of National Geographic Pull-Out Maps - Nat Geo.

Stuff I Apparently Did This Week

• Conway Stewart St. Blazey Ink
• Uniball Signo 207 Gel Pens
• AJOTO Rollerball Pens - Laywine's Brass & Stainless Steel
• Caran d'Ache Turquoise Green Ink

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Caran d'Ache Turquoise Green Ink

This ink came before Caran d'Ache's Earth series and you may recognize the bottle from J. Herbin's modern line up. I don't know who made the ink but perhaps we can assume Caran d'Ache had J. Herbin making them? The Turquoise Green is an exquisite shader - just the kind of color I love. Another disappointment that it's discontinued. My favorite and closest match so far is Toucan Aqua, which I have run out of as well. Le sigh.