Private Reserve Tangerine Dream

I bought this bottle of Private Reserve Tangerine Dream at the PenGallery website. It is a real joy doing business with these people. I can highly recommend them. PenGallery specializes in sale of branded quality writing instruments, related products and lighters at competitively lower prices compared to that of the manufacturer's list price.


Color
The color is named after the fruit Tangerine. The tangerine (Citrus × tangerina) is an orange-coloured citrus fruit. It is a variety of the Mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata). The color is between bright orange and dark yellow. The ink is good visible on the paper. When it is more yellow it often becomes harder to read.

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Sheaffer Red (ink review)

This really surprising bottle of ink I bought in Groningen (in the Northern part of the Netherlands close by where we live) in a store called "De Vulpenwereld" (translation: "Fountain Pen World"). It is a really nice small fountain pen store with excellent staff. The ink sometimes called by it's second name Skrip.


Color
I read a lot about this ink on The Fountain Pen Network. Some said it was the perfect red color. I do a lot of accentuating and highlighting with a red color. I'm not a teacher, but I think this Sheaffer Red color is excellent for grading students. It has some nice darker red shading in it.

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Iroshizuku syo-ro (Dark Turquoise)

Iroshizuku syo-ro (dark turquoise) is a fountain pen ink produced by Pilot. I bought this bottle at Jetpens.


Color
It is a great green color between blue and green. Great color for every day use. It gets just the attention it needs writing with it between other people ;-) who are writing with blue or black.

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My discoveries for 2009

On several blogs I saw some posts appear about the bloggers-top-year-discoveries for 2009. I thought it was a a good idea for a short article on my blog to. Two thousand nine was for me the year of intensifying my use of fountain pens and the start of my blogging 'career'.

Paper
Past year 2009 was the year I discovered Moleskine notebooks. I became curious about these black jewels because of the hacks I read about for GTD'ers. I tried one and I was hooked. At my job I always have my Moleskine large squared workbook with me. I started my second squared this year and it never leaves my side at my work. Their is much writing about them not being fountain pen friendly. I found some great inks that never bleed through the beautiful paper. Their are also a lot of Moleskinefriendly fountain pen inks that work great in most Moleskines. Here are some articles on my use of Moleskine notebooks.

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Just pre-ordered Pilot Namiki Vanishing Point Vivid Red LE

Just ordered a Pilot Namiki Vanishing Point Vivid Red LE at WorldLux. It is a 2009 Limited Edition, and is my first vanishing point fountain pen. It is also my first Pilot Namiki pen.


The intense, vivid red barrel color makes a bold and impactful statement. Its ingenious push button mechanism, twist converter and pocket clip position still make this fountain pen the most technologically advanced available today. Style is uncompromised, as this special new color offering is sure to make a fashion statement.


The Limited Edition Vanishing Point Vivid Red Fountain Pen comes with rhodium accents and an 18-karat gold medium nib coated with rhodium plating. Each pen will be individually engraved with a serial number to ensure a one of a kind piece. Beautifully merchandised in a leather-like gift box, the Vanishing Point is truly a pen for the new age. Only 2009 available world-wide, 850 in the U.S.