Year in Review: Stationery Highlights 2024
First of my 2024 Year in Review posts: stationery highlights! Including ink, pens, paper and accessories, and the menagerie as well :))
An accidental Montblanc addition
A dignified older gentleman enters an artsy queer bar. Any moment now, he will begin to sing, and someone will accompany him on the piano.
Montblanc Origin Coral and Montblanc Origin Green
I review two new inks, Montblanc The Origin Green and Montblanc The Origin Coral, with ink dragon drawings and some comparisons.
Diamine Inkvent 2023: A New Year’s Eve review
This year’s Purple Inkvent is probably my favorite, certainly par with the Red Inkvent. I love purples, and this inkvent has wonderful offerings. In this post I review the Inkvent inks, and also provide some comparisons to other inks. My top 5, in no particular order: Tranquility, Lavender Frost, Rainbow’s End, Velvet Emerald, and Blizzard.
Ink Thoughts: Montblanc Dragon Red
I’m fond of Montblanc inks - they often hit the sweet spot for me with the combination of great ink quality, shading and saturated colors, beautiful packaging, and story. I compare two rare Montblanc inks - the new Dragon Red, and the older, beloved Shakespeare Velvet Red.
Stationery Storytelling
What especially frustrated me about #montblancgate is that the ink did not have the same story. … What IS the ink about? Can the same ink mean something else three different times? I don’t think so.