Monday, December 22, 2014

Sponsor Highlight: Fontoplumo For Fountain Pens! @Fontoplum0

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Hey there folks! I just wanted to take a minute to welcome Frank of Fontoplumo to GourmetPens and thank him for his kind sponsorship. It's sponsors that make it possible for me to spend (all of my) time doing reviews, research, and answering all your questions/emails/comments, so here's a huge thank you to Fontoplumo and to you as well for supporting us!
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Fontoplumo carries a great variety of fountain pens, including Aurora, Caran d'Ache, Delta, Kaweco, Lamy, Montegrappa, Tibaldi, and more. You'll also find ballpoints, rollerballs, mechanical pencils, inks and accessories, notebooks, and more. There are also some hard to get things, such as the Kaweco Art Sport Asia fountain pens, and other goodies - such as the (coming soon) Kaweco 14KT gold nib.
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Fontoplumo ships worldwide and if you're outside the EU, 21% VAT will be deducted on checkout. Shipping internationally is safe and speedy as well.

Follow Fontoplumo on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! Browse the webshop here! Frank has already sent over a Kaweco Sport in the limited production run dark brown so watch for a review of this one soon! And maybe a giveaway...

Review: Dr. Seuss 10 Colour Multipen @RaymondGeddes

Harry from RaymondGeddes sent me a parcel of goodies, which included MULTIPENS. I love multipens. I always need more multipens. I'm not sure why, but I do. RaymondGeddes has school supplies and novelties - there is a huge selection of things to look through. Huge. Lots of scented things, too! So anyway. Let's have a look at this Dr. Seuss multipen!

ABOUT
Review: Dr. Seuss 10 Colour Multipen @RaymondGeddes
LIME GREEN MULTIPEN? Yes please.
Body Material: Plastic
Length: 5"
Price: $11.88USD/12
Where to buy: RaymondGeddes

APPEARANCE

These are relatively short, quite wide, and very cute pens! They are approximately 5 inches long. One of these pens is the red with the barrel decorated with the "Cat in the Hat" hats, and the green pen is decorated with scenes from Green Eggs and Ham. There are two other designs that are really cute. I totally wish I had all four, because I have one-of-everythingitis. There are ten tabs around the top of the barrel to select the colours, and a big button at the top of the entire barrel to press to retract the selected colour.

PERFORMANCE

The ten colours are: black, pink, light blue, purple, blue, red, green, orange, brown, and yellow. All the colours are pretty accurate, except the red may be a little less intense than expected. It's still obviously red though. The tabs extend easily and retract really well with the button on top. Often with novelty multipens, I have found the tips get jumbled and caught when trying to switch colours. The button on top fixes that problem by retracting the entire system so you can pick a new colour.
You'd think that, with such a wide barrel, the pen may be uncomfortable to write with. Since it's such a light and short pen, it's actually not uncomfortable to use. It's quite easy to use it extensively. I really enjoy playing with it and scribbling extra notes to myself.

OVERALL

Since you can get them in packs of twelve, they'd be great for goodie bags for birthday parties, treats for giving out at Halloween, or for your classroom since the school year has just started. Or for yourself. Or Christmas. Or whatever. Do we really need a reason to get a multipen? No.

I received this pen free of charge for the purposes of this review. I was not compensated monetarily for my review. Everything you've read here is my own opinion. There are no affiliate links in this review.

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Serious Nibbage Part 18: Holiday Episode @sbrebrown

Happy holidays everyone! We hope you enjoy this holiday episode of Serious Nibbage! How are you celebrating? Are there any pens, inks, and/or paper you have requested?

Check out Serious Nibbage Part 0: Defining Serious Nibbage.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 1: Noodler's Neponset.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 2: Franklin-Christoph Music Nib.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 3: Conway Stewart Winston.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 4: Pelikan Souverän M101N Red Tortoiseshell.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 5: TWSBI Classic.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 6: Edison Menlo.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 7: Pelikan Souverän M600 Red Stripe.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 8: Marlen Aleph.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 9: Montblanc Meisterstück 149.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 10: Lamy Safari.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 11: Kaweco Skyline Sport.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 12: Lamy 2000 Stainless Steel.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 13: Pelikan Souverän M1000 Green Stripe.
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 14: OMAS Ogiva Alba
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 15: Sheaffer Legacy Heritage
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 16: Kaweco 14KT Gold Nib
Check out Serious Nibbage Part 17: KarasKustoms Ink

If you'd like to sponsor an episode of Serious Nibbage and would like us to review a pen/nib/ink, etc, contact Stephen or myself!
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