Oh my god I am absolutely shattered. We left the house at 9am this morning, got into London, had some food and made our way to the London pen meetup at the Bloomsbury Tavern. Met some very friendly people and got to play with some nice pens along with showing off my own. Good fun was had by all. Just got home a tad shy … Continue reading Pen Making Update 22: Polyester…

https://i.imgur.com/Q9oEZ6l.jpg?1 First of all I need to ask you. Please, please, please take a look at the charity auction over on [newton pens](https://newtonpens.com/auctions/). All of the money goes to help kids get a good education, I make nothing from this but I think it is a fantastic cause. There is only a few days left of the auction. All I ask is that you take … Continue reading Pen Making Update 21: The polyester challenge (more details in comments)

https://i.imgur.com/mYdC6Jh.jpg?1 Hey hey! How is everyone? I had a bit of a re read of past updates and realised they are getting further away from the subject of the subreddit than I would like. Well with that in mind I am going to try and keep this post as close to the subject of pens and pen making as I can. First think on my … Continue reading Update 20: Challenges and Websites

Just so you know, the cover image is from my youngest daughters alphabet cards, they use a fountain pen bottle of ink for I. Thought I would share it and this seemed like the good choice. Now for the silly question: what colour and manufacturer of ink is it? Anyway… Come to think of it I use the words ‘anyway’ and ‘so’ quite a lot … Continue reading Pen Making update 19: Auctions and Alphabet cards