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2023 Spring London Pen Show

10 Friday Mar 2023

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Fountain Pen Show

Last Sunday the Hammersmith Novotel was once more buzzing with talk of an inky nature as the Spring Pen Show returned. Tables of writing instrument and accoutrements, new and used. Gallons of ink and mountains of paper. I entered intending to socialise and spend not one sou.

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Magna Carta Denima

03 Friday Mar 2023

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Denim Resin, Magna Carta, Magna Carta Denima, Magna Carta Pen, Magna Carta Pens

I’ll be honest, partly off the back of my Magna Carta Elements, when I heard they were making this pen for a US pen show I was interested, and with it appearing to possibly be a one-off I was hoping there would be some left over to buy on line. There were not. More appeared for another US based show and I contacted Hiren over whether there would be more. There would be and online, but not straight away. Come October last year and I suddenly found Magna Carta would be at the London Pen Show, remembered I wanted a Denima and crossed my fingers.

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Kaweco 2022 Limited Edition Sports

17 Friday Feb 2023

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kaweco, kaweco sport, kaweco sport al

Sigmund Freud wrote that we are nurtured as toddlers to collect. Sure much if not all, of his work has now been debunked, but too many of us look at limited edition releases of pens and go all Pokemon, have to catch (collect) them all, and boy are the big makers aware of this. Be it the Writers Editions from Montblanc or the flood of annual releases from Lamy, often covering five to eight lines of writing implements. Kaweco are no strangers to this, however limit things (normally) to just their basic Sport and AL Sport models.

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The Search for my next Pocket Pen

10 Friday Feb 2023

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musings, pocket pen, pocket pens

I am quite open about the abuse the pen attached to my Midori Traveller Passport journal takes, Much is the bouncing around in a large cargo pants pocket, bouncing with every step I take. It is now time to consider a change, either from within my existing collection or some thing new.

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Nine-Bespoke Pens Rosetta

26 Thursday Jan 2023

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fountain pen, Nine Bespoke Pens, Rosetta

One of the joys of fountain pen shows is when something jumps out at you while passing and browsing tables, especially those belonging to the solo and small pen makers. Such a thing happened to me with this Rosetta at the 2022 October London Pen Show. Making their first appearance, Nine-Bespoke Pens were not unknown to me, however it was the first time I had been able to see their work in the flesh.

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Daily Carry – December 2022 Edition

21 Wednesday Dec 2022

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Only three months since I last posted about this set, comparatively short time when you consider the seven months gap with my daily use set.

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Pens in Daily Use December 2022

16 Friday Dec 2022

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daily carry, fountain pen, musings

I can’t believe it has been seven months since I last updated this list. I know I have been busy recently, then hit by a wave of apathy, but really I should have created this post around October time.

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Shibui North Kitsune

18 Friday Nov 2022

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British Made, Kitsune, Ruth Bolton, Shibui North, Shibui North Kitsune

July last year I reviewed an unusual urushi finish on a copper pen by a new UK based pen maker and finisher, Ruth Bolton. Since then she has moved on with new designs and finishes, as well as her own on-line store, and has now started to sell her wares at pen shows. Here we have one of her new designs, the Kitsune, an aluminium pen with some interesting elements and a geometric engraved pattern.

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Happy International Fountain Pen Day 2022

04 Friday Nov 2022

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Once more it is the first Friday in November and an excuse, if ever we needed one, to buy more fountain pens. Now in its 12th year. Keep coming back during the day to see a growing list.

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October 2022 London Pen Show

14 Friday Oct 2022

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fountain pen, Fountain Pen Show, musings, Pen Meet

Last Sunday, the 9th of October, saw the London Pen Show, held once more at the Hammersmith Novotel. Despite the weather forecast being for rain, it proved to be a dry though chilly day, which of course was moot once we were inside and wandering round.

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