http://www.sweetiestarr.com/laplumeetoile/wordpress Reviews of Fountain Pens, Inks and Paper Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:03:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am terribly behind in reviews and I apologize.  I will try to post more regularly, as I have a lot of reviews waiting to be posted. The Color: BLACK.  It's fantastic.  A black ink should be very black and a black-black rather than a bluish or greenish-black.  Perle Noir ("Black ... http://www.sweetiestarr.com/laplumeetoile/wordpress/?p=421 I love pink.  What can I say? The Color: Rose Tendresse is a perfect, feminine, light bubblegum pink.  It's soft and girly, just as pink should be.  On Paper: Somewhat wet, with lovely subtle shading. Consistency: Saturated, yet gentle, like all other Herbin inks.  I first tried Rose Tendresse in a Reform ... http://www.sweetiestarr.com/laplumeetoile/wordpress/?p=233 The Quo Vadis blog had another green and orange ink giveaway for St. Patrick's Day.  This giveaway is a bit special because I was sent J. Herbin's Vert Olive at last year's giveaway, which was my first review on La Plume Etoile.  Karen sent me Vert Pre to try this ... http://www.sweetiestarr.com/laplumeetoile/wordpress/?p=411 The kind folks at Rohrer & Klinger Inks sent me their entire line of inks to try.  Thank you, Johannes!  Rather than doing a separate review for each ink, I thought I'd treat you to a lot of ink eye candy all at once! The Bottle: The bottles are glass with ... http://www.sweetiestarr.com/laplumeetoile/wordpress/?p=387 This review features a Lamy Safari in Shiny Black with a Fine nib and a Lamy AL-Star in Rasberry, also with a Fine nib.  I decided to review the Lamy Safari and Lamy AL-Star pens together because they are almost the same pen. Appearance: The black Safari's plastic is shiny, whereas ... http://www.sweetiestarr.com/laplumeetoile/wordpress/?p=199 Once again, it has been too long since the last review and I still have many items patiently waiting for their place in the spotlight.  I'm working on it! This review is for a fountain pen by the Think company.  Think pens are very cool and unique.  Many of their designs ... http://www.sweetiestarr.com/laplumeetoile/wordpress/?p=198 I have sent several shipments of my unneeded pens to the great charity, Pens for Kids.  Pens for Kids (PFK) provides pens to children in Africa to help them enhance their educational experience.  Many of these children do not even have pens and pencils, which makes learning and doing homework ... http://www.sweetiestarr.com/laplumeetoile/wordpress/?p=345 Appearance: The Diplomat Excellence B is a very classy looking pen. It is a pearlized white with silver trim and clip. The section is black. Nib: The nib is stainless steel, etched with the Diplomat logo and the words “DIPLOMAT Since 1922 F.” The nib is ... http://www.sweetiestarr.com/laplumeetoile/wordpress/?p=197 The Color: This color is a great blue-turquoise color, but definitely more blue than turquoise. It reminds me of cheerful, summery blue that painters will often use to depict the ocean. It also looks exactly like the swatch on the box and as shown in the ... http://www.sweetiestarr.com/laplumeetoile/wordpress/?p=144 My friend Ian recently gave me an Esterbrook No. 427 Dipless inkwell.  I believe it belonged to his parents and it has been sitting unused for quite some time. About the inkwell: There is not much information about this kind of inkwell online and it seems to be somewhat rare.  I ... http://www.sweetiestarr.com/laplumeetoile/wordpress/?p=299