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I’m a recovering paperless scholar and educator. My love for journals, stationery, and fountain pens has brought me here … to the stationery rabbit hole.

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The Japanese ink fellowship has broken

I tapped a non-Japanese ink for the first time in 2026. The fellowship, it seems, has broken.

The week’s ink palette is split between three somber colors (Usuzumi, Ainezu, Schwarz Rose) and three bright (Hanada, Koke, Koiame). Even so, my...

4 months ago
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A little tweak and much-improved ink flow

A little tweak can make all the difference.

Entering Monday, the Esterbrook Estie was writing increasingly scratchy. I went through a checklist of possible causes. The ink converter was fully seated. The nib’s tines were properly aligned....

4 months ago
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Substituting one architect for another

Taccia’s Ukiyo-e series feels designed to spur excitement. Each ink comprises cleverly engineered colors capturing multiple aspects of an historical woodblock print. I’ve collected six inks from the collection which, taken together, cover e...

4 months ago
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Tracking favorites with ink swatches

Swatch cards are brilliant. Swatches emphasize the details in an ink. The cards ease comparing different inks, particularly when two inks have similar hues. A swatch library emphasizes which color families my collection favors, which helps...

4 months ago
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Historically anchoring the week’s palette

A new year calls for a fresh desk of inked pens. My most recent ink acquisition, Taccia’s Ukiyo-e Fukaki-Hanada, brought my collection of Taccia’s excellent Japanese painters series to six bottles; a sextet that makes a workable currently i...

5 months ago
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