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Examining Noodlerโ€™s Ink Part III

01/04/2025

A new year means a new look at different inks. As such, here are 11…

Examining Noodlerโ€™s Ink Part II

06/15/2024

For your writing pleasure, we have tested 10 more Noodlerโ€™s-brand inks. In Part I we…

Examining Noodlerโ€™s Ink Part 1

09/10/2023

The one ink brand everyone is always talking about is Noodlerโ€™s Inks. People either love…

Loose Ends Ink Test

06/04/2023

While wrapping up our ink tests in 2021, we had a bunch of loose bottles…

De Atramentis Starts Rich and Fades

01/09/2023

Happy New Year! Letโ€™s start the year right with a fresh look at some lesser…

Caran Dโ€™Ache Chromatics Face the UV-pH Challenge

09/06/2022

Swiss pen maker Caran Dโ€™Ache is most famous for its precision engineering on its line…

J. Herbin Ink Goes Under the Sun

05/04/2022

French inks havenโ€™t previously undergone our rigorous testing, and we were excited to give them…

A Potpourri of Ink Tests

03/12/2022

As we have been conducting our ink tests, we ran into a grouping of mostly…

Pelikan Edelstein Inks Go Under the Sun

06/15/2021

I feel that the harsh news must be tempered. I LOVE Pelikan pens. It is…

Bic Cristal Inks Get Testing

03/19/2021

We tested these 8 Bic Cristal pens to see how ballpoint ink holds up to…

Lamy Crystal Inks Undergo Light-Fast Testing

11/14/2020

With four moves in 2 years and a ton of other life changes, we were…

Pen Show Revolution in Chicago

05/11/2018

There was something new in the air this year at the 2018 Chicago Pen Show,…