Blog - Pen Boutique

Last Tuesday, Pen Boutique owner Leena suggested that I write a "storytelling style" article about how fountain pens can slow life down in a positive way. At first, I was caught off guard.  I usual...

I'm not the kind of person who follows trends, but there is a trend in the stationery community that I've become more and more intrigued by over the past few years:  dip pens.  Dip pens have been e...

Have you ever tried an eyedropper filled pen?  I learned how to use one a couple years ago for an earlier version of this article, but I don't own one myself, and we recently got a lot of additiona...

[This article was first published in May, 2022, and completely updated for graduation season 2026.]   The Ideal Graduation Pen When I wrote my first version of this article, four of my workmates at...

LAMY studio is a quiet pen.  I like to hold it in my hand and just look at it.  It's a simple design, I suppose, but in that simplicity is an elegant minimalism like a modern sculpture in pen form....

Getting to Know Diplomat and Aero When I think back on pens that made an impression on me from my very early days working at Pen Boutique, the Diplomat Aero is one of the first to come to mind.  Ev...

This week, something unusual happened:  we received a brand new Waterman model, the Impression.  It's a nice addition to Waterman's lineup, with a slightly more contemporary look and a lower price ...

Change Is Here, with the Casual L! If you love Sailor fountain pens and their famous nibs as much as I do, you've probably noticed that their prices have risen significantly over the past few years...

The seed for this article started several months ago, when I first tried LAMY's gold nibs for a piece I was writing about the LAMY dialog 3 and dialog cc pens.  I was impressed by the smooth, pleas...