08 Wednesday Jun 2022
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 reading01 Wednesday Jun 2022
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 reading27 Friday May 2022
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This review will really focus on the nib and gloss over on the pen. Until I started to put pen to paper (sounds better than key press to WordPress) I did not realise I am yet to review the ScriBo Write Here, despite it being the first mainstream offering from Scrittura Bologenese, and despite me buying one of the first editions just after this store exclusive arrived off the flight from Italy at the October 2017 London Pen Show. A more in depth review will follow, meanwhile this piece is all about the nib. A ScriBo stub. 1.4mm width of tipping on a rhodium plated nib with its heritage going back to the old OMAS days and made on the same machines.
Continue reading25 Wednesday May 2022
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This blog, well the fountain pen part, came about partly through my interviewing Luca Baglione of Scrittura Bolognese over the launch of the Feel in October 2018, which had just occurred with the help of Write Here of Shrewsbury. It was being recorded by Penultimate Dave and between them I finally had my armed twisted enough to write my first piece. What does this have to do with Grigio SCRIBO? Well off the back of the interview I ordered one of the first Feel pens to be sold directly from ScriBo. This first batch, and just the ones sold through the maker, came with a 20ml bottle of a unnamed ScriBo ink which matched the corporate colours and the grey-blue pen I had just bought. This is this ink was a beautiful colour but also rather wet, however it was also running out. Over two years passed before ScriBo launched their ink range and amongst them was Grigio SCRIBO. The question must be, is it the same ink?
Continue reading20 Friday May 2022
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A month back I wrote my review of the Kilk Novo Baroque, and during that piece I did refer a few times to the emotive reasons partly behind my purchase. At one point I mentioned how the white barrel variant reminded me almost of meerschaum clay, as used in pipes, and which my late father used to collect and smoke. I mentioned I might add some photos of the pen alongside some of those pipes if I got a chance, but instead of adding them to the original article I decided to create this short piece.
Continue reading18 Wednesday May 2022
When you think of Italy you think of the food, the art and architecture, the lakes, the coast, and the islands. Situated just off Naples, Capri is in a sun kissed part of the world with beautiful turquoise blue waters, and here from Italy we have an ink that captures the heart for the tourist and local alike.
Continue reading13 Friday May 2022
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Confession time. I should have written this review almost three years ago when I started to use this pen. This particular version is also no longer available so while Graf von Faber Castell do make a range of Classic Anello fountain pens, the ebony version has not been on their list for four years. This did result in my having to buy this pen earlier than anticipated and required, but more on that in a bit.
Continue reading11 Wednesday May 2022
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Black Ink, ink, Ink Review, Nero Nero, SCRIBO, ScriBo Ink, ScriBo Nero Nero
When ScriBo launched their ink range there were very few colours in the set that could be considered traditional, and out of the ‘core’ four of black, blue, green and red, there was only this ink, Nero Nero.
Continue reading06 Friday May 2022
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My last ‘in-use’ post was four months back at the start of January. Since then we’ve had a London Pen Show and I’ve started to look at inks, so what has changed in the pens at my desk.
Continue reading04 Wednesday May 2022
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