29 Saturday Aug 2026
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I actually first posted this in two groups on Facebook, Fountain Pens UK and Fountain Pens are Inkredible, but have also decided to post this piece here to widen the audience of my views, especially as many of you who are regular readers (or were until I hit a creative wall near the start of the year) are from outside the UK.
Continue reading28 Saturday Feb 2026
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A bit of a late post as it was a bit of a late decision, but I have decided to try selling part of my collection at the London Pen Show tomorrow (Sunday the 1st of March).
Continue reading14 Wednesday Jan 2026
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Shows how slow I’ve been with posting recently that it has taken me two weeks to give festive greetings. It is a new year, hopefully one better from the last for most out there and for for which I have been traditional with resolutions. Forgetting to even think of any 🙂
Continue reading14 Friday Nov 2025
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Recently, I seem to have reviewed a reasonable number of retractable fountain pens. Some good, some poor. Go back through my blog and you will see even more as I have covered most available under the £1000 mark. So how does one of the cheapest available compare.
Continue reading07 Friday Nov 2025
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Once more it is the first Friday in November and that means International Fountain Pen Day.
Continue reading17 Friday Oct 2025
So what did I make of the Saturday of the first two day pen show in this country? As mentioned in my previous post I could only make the first day, but then in reality would you do both if you were not trading or using the show as a social event? Certainly if you are near by then the cheap tickets and discount for two days (£7 per day, £12 for both) makes it a cheap way to occupy a weekend, well cheap until your pen purchase bill bankrupts you…
Continue reading07 Tuesday Oct 2025
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Yes you read that correctly. For those that are not aware this weekend’s London Pen Show will be over two days.
Continue reading30 Tuesday Sep 2025
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This will be because you live in the UK and I use imgur.com to host them (even with a WordPress subscription I only have limited space).
Continue reading22 Friday Aug 2025
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Back mid-July I gave a first impressions post on my newly arrived Endless Stationery Phantom fountain pen in stealth finish. Now it is finally time for the review.
Continue reading11 Friday Jul 2025
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EDC, EDC Fountain Pen, Endless Stationary, Endless Stationary Phantom, fountain pen, musings, Phantom, retractable
Think this actually might be my first Initial Impressions post, but as this is a brand new pen I received through backing the KickStarter campaign and it will soon be available to buy outside of that, then this is appropriate to post. Note I have had the pen for four days.
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