Gray ink?  Usually when people try to describe something bland or “blah” they call it gray, so why would a blog that focuses on cool office supplies want to write about gray ink?  Well, I was hesitant to do it initially, but I figured I should give the ink a chance and see how it looked on paper. … [Read more…]

I was pretty excited about my purchase of the ink mixing kit that I got for my fountain pen inks, and I thought that doing a review of one of my first mixed inks would be a great office supply review to do.  When I did the review of the ink mixing kit, I made 12 different ink concoctions because there were 12 vials that it came with, and the one I was most excited about was this one that was made using mostly Noodler’s Blue Black, one of my favorite … [Read more…]

Glow in the dark office supplies?  Really?  Sure, why shouldnt your office supplies glow in the dark?  Today’s review will take a look at Noodler’s Blue Ghost fountain pen ink.  This is probably not something that you would find an every day use for, but it definitely fits into the category of cool office supplies so I had to try it out and share it here. … [Read more…]

Since I started this office supply review blog I became fascinated and addicted to blue black inks, and it has now also led me to become fascinated with green black inks.  This review will take a look at the Private Reserve Ebony Green ink that I picked up from Goldspot, who carries a ton of Private Reserve inks here, in addition to their other ink and pen selections.  As I always try to point out when it applies, Goldspot did give me a small discount on … [Read more…]

I’ve had this Noodler’s Eternal Luxury Blue ink for a while now, and with all of last week’s reviews on beginner fountain pens I feel like I’ve been in a little bit of fountain pen review mode.  After today’s, review I’m going to give it a rest for a little bit and review some other cool office supplies.  I actually commented about this ink back when I did my first fountain pen review on the site, which was for my Lamy Studio with the EF nib. … [Read more…]

As I mentioned when I did the review on the J. Herbin Orange Indien Fountain Pen Ink Review, the Quo Vadis Blog offered up free samples of this ink to bloggers to review.  I am really glad that they made this offer because it has opened my eyes to colors outside of the “traditional” business standards in the blue and black families.  The J. Herbin inks are sold in 30 ml bottles and can usually be found for anywhere from $7.20 to $9.00 plus any applicable … [Read more…]

  Question: Will the following be helpful to you as a reader of this blog? I’ve started a new feature that you can access over there on the right called the Ink Comparison Log.  The goal of this part of the site is to give you one location where you can compare various shades of the same or similar color inks.  It will include fountain pen, gel, or any other kind of ink you can think of that I review.   Not sure yet what I’ll do with colors like … [Read more…]

Over on the Quo Vadis Blog they had an offer to try some of their fountain pen ink, so naturally I jumped on the chance to get a free sample of this orange fountain pen ink to try out and review.  This was especially nice since they were offering up colors that I might not particularly go right out and buy because much of my writing is done in a business setting.  Either way, it was very generous of them to offer the opportunity to try out these inks … [Read more…]

I posted a half day poll to allow our readers to pick the next item that they wanted to see reviewed.  The overwhelming winner was the Noodler’s Blue Black fountain pen ink that I got here from Goldspot.  I was a little surprised by this, but happy at the same time because I was not aware of how many fountain pen fans there were out there.  Hope everyone enjoys the Noodler’s Blue Black Fountain Pen Ink review and finds it helpful. … [Read more…]