I was excited to pick up this Monteverde Canyon Rust fountain pen ink as part of our sponsorship with JetPens because I’ve been interested in brown lately.  I also haven’t had much experience with Monteverde fountain pen ink at all, and was curious about the IFT features of the ink. … [Read more…]

The line of premium Pelikan Edelstein inks have always been a favorite of mine, so I’ve been wanting to grab some of the Smoky Quartz for a while and havn’t had a chance, until I recently saw it over at JetPens.  This 50mL glass bottle of Pelikan Edelstein Smoky Quartz also happens to be the 2017 Ink of the Year.  You can buy some for yourself right here at JetPens, but lets take a look at how it performs. … [Read more…]

Today we will take a look at the Kaweco Sepia Brown fountain pen ink in a 30ml bottle and also in cartridges.  These samples were generously sent to us by Sebastian from Kaweco for the purpose of this review.   I generally prefer my fountain pen ink from a bottle but we did test both delivery methods. … [Read more…]

Last week we looked at the Pelikan Edelstein Turmaline Ink, and today we have one more color in the fantastic line of Pelikan Edelstein Inks, which is the Pelikan Edelstein Amber Fountain Pen Ink, which is also their special 2013 Ink of the year. … [Read more…]

I have been meaning to try some of the Levenger fountain pen ink for a while, so I finally decided to add some to my most recent Levenger order.  I figured I would go with the Cocoa, which is their version of brown.  I went with this color because I decided it would probably look nice in my Levenger Circa Bomber Jacket planner. … [Read more…]

Last updated by Brian Greene at May 17, 2017.