Blog - Boutique de bolígrafos

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...

¿Has probado alguna vez un bolígrafo lleno de cuentagotas? ¡No lo había hecho hasta esta semana! Llevamos un tiempo vendiendo plumas estilográficas Opus 88 de Taiwán, pero recientemente recibimos a...

[Este artículo se publicó por primera vez en mayo de 2022 y se actualizó en mayo de 2025.] El bolígrafo ideal para la graduación Cuando escribí este artículo, varios de mis compañeros de t...

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...