An Inkophile's Blog

Pentel Brush Pen Doodle Over Copic Scribble

inkophile — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:46:15 +0000

A recent conversation about the Pentel Pocket Brush Pen inspired some doodling last night with an earlier test of the Copic Sketch Marker BG93 serving as a soft, sage background. I love how similar the use of the brush pen is to using a real Chinese brush. Tagged: Copic Marker, doodles, Pentel Brush Pen [...]

The Fourth Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper

inkophile — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:24:09 +0000

Need some new reading material? The Fourth Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper hosted by Black Belt Productivity came out today. Lots of links to good pen stuff so come on down! Oh, and a big thank you to Notebook Stories for creating the Carnival. Tagged: Fountain Pens, Paper

Moleskine Meets Fountain Pen Ink

inkophile — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:11:22 +0000

And the winner is… Tagged: fountain pen ink, herbin, moleskine, montblanc ink

Favorite Montblanc Inks

inkophile — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:49:22 +0000

These are a few of my favorite inks, Montblanc at least. The samples are from bottles and not the cartridges. All three turn out darker from a pen but you can still get a sense of the colors from the image below. The properties are similar though not identical and vary from pen to pen. [...]

The Mechanics of Flexible Nibs

inkophile — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:14:25 +0000

To some fountain pen users, nothing beats the allure of a pen with a flexible nib. There is elegance about it from the rhythm and control necessary to dance one across smooth paper to the fabulous forms in the trail of ink left behind. Getting the hang of simple forms isn’t terribly hard but it [...]