The one month pocket challenge!

Well, today was one of those days where inspiration struck, in a very good way! I had this great blog idea just hit me out of nowhere!

It was partially inspired by a review on FPN, which I'm going to feature on the next "Weekend Reads".

Continue reading to find out what's going on here!

Ink Review - FPN Galileo Manuscript Brown

This is a brown ink a did not expect to like that much, bit it's really grown on me in the last few days that I've been playing around with it.

It's a fast drying, well behaved, and beautiful Noodlers ink, produced for FPN.

It's another one of those "understated" inks, that is very well suited for a good letter, or other purposes where more vibrant inks would be obnoxious.

Weekend Reads 1/28/12

Welcome to the fourth edition of Weekend Reads!

It's Saturday, and that happens to be the perfect day to sit back in a comfortable chair, grab a good pen and a book, and catch up on some pen-related reading.

I've picked out some good ones this week, so relax, and enjoy!

There's more than one way to secure a pen sac...

I've not been repairing pens for nearly as long as some of the great repairers I look up to. Nonetheless, I've seen a large variety of different things.

Examining all the pens that come in, it never ceases to amaze me, all the ways people can cut corners and "rig" something up. I'm not talking about the people sending me the pens, I'm talking about the original owners.