• Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Instagram
  • Holiday Photos
  • British Pen Makers
  • For Sale

dapprman

~ A Dapper Blog

dapprman

Monthly Archives: June 2022

ScriBo Blu Cosmico

29 Wednesday Jun 2022

Posted by dapprman in Inks

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Blu Cosmico, Blue Black Ink, Blue Ink, ink, Ink Review, SCRIBO, ScriBo Blu Cosmico, ScriBo Ink

A legacy of using it too much at school in my teens, I generally find blue-black inks rather boring, but not all. The name Cosmico brings to mind night skies full of stars. Unsurprisingly this ink could be considered a match for the Feel A Riveder Le Stelle, which represented exactly that.

Continue reading →

Coming Reviews

24 Friday Jun 2022

Posted by dapprman in Pens

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

musings

Just a quick post this Friday. I do have a number of ink reviews already written (for the last 3 ScriBo inks and the first of the Cult Pens Flower Series), however I want to keep those for Wednesdays. I also have a completed review on a pen I was selling. Alas the buyer also had to sell a pen to be able to afford mine and as he was unable to do so at the time the deal went on hold. I’m not going to post it yet else it might seem like a sales pitch (plus it would need re-writing).

Continue reading →

ScriBo Classico Sepia

22 Wednesday Jun 2022

Posted by dapprman in Inks

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Brown Ink, Classico Sepia, ink, Ink Review, SCRIBO, Scribo Classico Sepia, ScriBo Ink, Sepia Ink

Sepia has been often used to describe a brown without any real agreement on what it should look like. Part of this is due to the origins being an extract from the defensive ink of the cuttlefish, after which it is named. Alas with one exception, real spepia can not be used in fountain pens else they will quickly clog up (the exception being produced by a small Japanese chemist and sold only through one small pen maker of renown). Not an issue for the Romans in the time when they were still a republic, but certainly one for us today. Instead we have safe inks using the name, and how appropriate it is for the name to be used by a brand based in a city which was around before Rome expanded beyond it’s city walls to conquer it.

Continue reading →

Onoto Hurricane

17 Friday Jun 2022

Posted by dapprman in Pens

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

British Made, british pens, onoto, Onoto Hurricane, Onoto Provenance Collection, TBM Art Metal, The Aviator Collection

In 2020 Onoto once more teamed up with TMB Art Metal to work on a pen part made from metal recovered from a Battle of Britain fighter plane. Previously we had the Spitfire, made of Duralumin from a wing spare removed from P7350, a surviving MK2 that required the part to be replaced to remain airworthy. For this pen less metal has been used, coming from P2725 TM-B, the Hawker Hurricane Mk1 flown by Sergeant Ray Holmes and famous for being crashed through the tail of a Dornier Do17 bomber which looked like it was flying at Buckingham Palace. The incident was made famous as the German plane was filmed falling out of the sky and crashing on to Victoria Station. Alas P2725 faired no better and Holmes had to bail out. He not only survived the Battle of Britain, but also the war, dying in 2005 at the age of 90.

Continue reading →

ScriBo Notturno Viola

15 Wednesday Jun 2022

Posted by dapprman in Inks

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

ink, Ink Review, Notturno Viola, Purple Ink, SCRIBO, ScriBo Ink, ScriBo Notturno Viola, Violet Ink

This was the first of the additional inks to be added to the ScriBo line up. Notturno Viola matches the limited edition Feel Viola pen while adding a purple to the ink line up. Described by it’s maker as Mystic and Biting it certainly lends towards thoughts of witchcraft and Gothic horror.

Continue reading →

Cult Pens Diamine Flower Inks Set Exclusive

10 Friday Jun 2022

Posted by dapprman in Inks

≈ 4 Comments

Tags

Cult Pens Exclusive, Cult Pens Inks, Diamine, Diamine Inks, ink, Ink Review

Cult Pens can hardly be described as being shy and restrained when it comes to their exclusive editions across pens, inks, and accessories. In addition they have a long standing relationship with Diamine Inks, so it can have been of no surprise to anyone when a new appropriately titled collaboration was launched around the time of the Chelsea Flower Show, just as our gardens started to come in to bloom.

Continue reading →

ScriBo Verde Prato

08 Wednesday Jun 2022

Posted by dapprman in Inks

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

Green Ink, ink, Ink Review, SCRIBO, ScriBo Ink, ScriBo Verde Prato, Verde Prato

The brightness of this green ink reminds me of the spring. The sun shining off fresh grass and young leaves on trees while there is still a slight chill in the air. An ink for journalling an April walk perhaps.

Continue reading →

ScriBo Giallo Cannella

01 Wednesday Jun 2022

Posted by dapprman in Inks

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Giallo Cannella, ink, Ink Review, SCRIBO, ScriBo Giallo Cannella, ScriBo Ink, Yellow Ink

Translating as Cinnamon Yellow, Scrittura Bolognese have provided us with a colour I would more associate with winter, partly due to the use of this spice in Europe over the darker months. One that should provide an inner warmth on a cold evening by the fire.

Continue reading →

Categories

  • Gastronomy
  • Inks
  • Pens
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized

Recent Posts

  • Nine-Bespoke Pens Rosetta
  • A Happy New Year
  • Daily Carry – December 2022 Edition
  • Pens in Daily Use December 2022
  • Shibui North Kitsune
Follow dapprman on WordPress.com
New Pen Review: https://dappr.net/2023/01/26/nine-bespoke-pens-rosetta/
New Pen Review: https://dappr.net/2023/01/26/nine-bespoke-pens-rosetta/
New Pen Review: https://dappr.net/2023/01/26/nine-bespoke-pens-rosetta/
New Pen Review: https://dappr.net/2023/01/26/nine-bespoke-pens-rosetta/
New Pen Review: https://dappr.net/2023/01/26/nine-bespoke-pens-rosetta/
New Pen Review: https://dappr.net/2023/01/26/nine-bespoke-pens-rosetta/
New Pen Review: https://dappr.net/2023/01/26/nine-bespoke-pens-rosetta/
New Pen Review: https://dappr.net/2023/01/26/nine-bespoke-pens-rosetta/
New Pen Review: https://dappr.net/2023/01/26/nine-bespoke-pens-rosetta/

Flickr Photos

Seven_Treasures.26IMG_20180804_201236_837IMG_20180830_122421_420Seven_Treasures.19
More Photos

Archives

  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • April 2014
  • December 2012
  • July 2012
  • January 2011
  • August 2010
  • May 2008
  • August 2005
  • July 2005
  • April 2005
  • December 2004

Blog Stats

  • 195,475 hits

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • dapprman
    • Join 112 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • dapprman
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar