Talking Black Pens with the Black Pen Society's Grand Poobah

Talking Black Pens with the Black Pen Society's Grand Poobah

In the modern world of fountain pens and inks, we have a myriad of options when it comes to color, from subtle and dreamy pale mauves, to intense and vibrant cheerful oranges, to swirling glitteri...
LAMY dialog 3 and dialog CC -- Award-Winning Design Details

LAMY dialog 3 and dialog CC -- Award-Winning Design Details

Happy New Year, blog readers! The hectic, messy holiday season is over, and it feels good to step back from the overstimulation and excesses of the past several months and take a look at the world ...
Updating My Perspective on Pilot's Vanishing Point Pens

Actualizando mi perspectiva sobre los bolígrafos Vanishing Point de Pilot

Como probablemente hayas notado si has leído mi blog durante algún tiempo, soy un gran fan de las plumas Pilot . Más de un tercio de las plumas de mi colección personal son Pilots, y sé que siempre...
Pen Boutique Holiday Gift Guide

Pen Boutique Holiday Gift Guide

It feels as though 2025 has gone by too quickly, but it's already December, the days are getting short, and there's a bracing crispness to the air. Holiday season is the busiest part of the year at...
Pen Boutique Store Exclusives

Pen Boutique Store Exclusives

This past Tuesday, November 11th, 2025, was Pen Boutique's 21st Anniversary, and we had a wonderful celebration that included most of our team and a beautiful and diverse cross section of our loca...
Beginners and Beyond:  the Steel Nib Pilots

Beginners and Beyond: the Steel Nib Pilots

Pilot pens are renowned throughout the fountain pen community for their smooth and consistent nibs, and that goes for the steel nib pens just as much as the gold nib ones. I've written a lot about ...
Montblanc limited editions pic

It's in the Details -- Montblanc's Great Characters Special Editions

If you know me, you know how much I love details. In fact, I'm so focused on small details that I'm usually more aware of them than I am the big picture.  If I visit a large awe-inspiring monument,...
"Go #30 Or Go Home" -- What Makes Pilot's Custom Urushi and Aya So Special?

"Go #30 Or Go Home" -- What Makes Pilot's Custom Urushi and Aya So Special?

"Go #30 Or Go Home"  I'm not really a sticker person, but I do love Pilot, so when I saw that the Pilot team was giving out stickers at the 2024 Washington DC Fountain Pen Supershow, I had to choos...
Changing Seasons, Reliable Pens -- Laura's Fall Favorites

Changing Seasons, Reliable Pens -- Laura's Fall Favorites

Happy Autumn!  Here in Maryland, we are on the cusp of fall; the trees are still mostly green and the weather is mild, but I feel the days getting shorter and shorter, and a crisp chill in the morn...