23 Tuesday May 2023
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Brown Ink, Hakasa Sepia Ink, Hakase, Hakase Fountain Pen, Hakase New Jade, Hakase NJ15A, Jade, NJ15A, Sepia Ink, unboxing
I treated myself. Strictly speaking actually I treated myself 12 months back but did have to pay an expected large tax/duty bill last week. Today the pen finally arrived and I shot my first unboxing video for a bit of fun and to mark the occasion.
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Brown Ink, ink, Ink Review, Monteverde, Monteverde Inks, Monteverde Pumpkin Pie, Monteverde Sweet Life, Pumpkin Pie
It was both coincidental and appropriate that, as I write this ink review, we are not far from Thanks Giving Day. Sure as a Brit I had to look the date up, but even this side of the Atlantic we know of the association between pumpkin pie and that US public holiday. In some respects it is a shame that when I shuffled the swatch cards it was not one place further on as that would have resulted in the review being published (if at the planned time) during the same week.
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Brown Ink, Chocolate Pudding, ink, Ink Review, Monteverde, Monteverde Chocolate Pudding, Monteverde Inks, Monteverde Sweet Life
For me ‘school puddings’ are memories of youth. Growing up, my father liked sponge and custard plus my school adhered to the tradition of suet puddings for lunch time deserts. Now if this range was by a certain British ink maker then perhaps we would have Jam Rolly Polly, Spotted Dick, and Sticky Toffee Pudding inks. Still, I’m never going to object to a decent chocolate pudding. Of course I am sure someone will point out to me that to those of you from across the great pond, from where this ink originates, chocolate pudding is a form of mousse. Still it is chocolate so all should be fine ….
Continue reading22 Wednesday Jun 2022
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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.
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