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Thursday Drops: New Taccia Ukiyo-e Kuniyoshi Inks, Plus Midori and MD Products Restocks

April 2, 2026

They’re finally here! The latest releases in the Taccia Ukiyo-e line include eight new ink colors, many of which are darker shades infused with black. The Utagawa Kuniyoshi series features gorgeous box and bottle artwork, in addition to Taccia’s beautifully flowing ink. As noted on Tuesday, we also received a shipment of the rebranded Midori MD line notebooks (now “MD Product”), which includes new dot grid A6, B6 slim, and A7 notebooks. Finally, all Roterfaden from the SF Stationery Fest is back in inventory, and don’t forget that you can listen to the live recording of the event we co-hosted there in Episode 6 of On the Paper Trail!

Taccia’s Kuromidori Kuniyoshi is going to be a favorite - all those multishading and color-shifting greens with sheen tend to do well. (Unfortunately Sabimidori is still backordered).

The Nashville shop will be open normal hours this week, from 1-6pm on Thursday and Friday, and from 10am-6pm on Saturday. Please come by and see all of these and more in person!

  1. Taccia Ukiyo-e Kuniyoshi Inks. The third series of Taccia Ukiyo-e inks are now available, with some gorgeous dark black-infused colors added to the line. A few are sheeners for lovers of sheen and multi-shading, and as always, the Taccia artwork is beautifully incorporated into the packaging. We’ve also received a restock of the first two series of Ukiyo-e inks, with favorites such as Ainezu, Ruri, and Nakamurasaki returning.

  2. Taccia Standard Line Restock. We’ve restocked on many of the standard Taccia ink colors as well, including Tsuchi (“Wheat”), Midori (Dark Green), and Uguisu (Lighter Green).

  3. MD Product Dot Grid Notebooks. MD Product has rebranded and released more sizes of notebooks in dot grid layout as well as the standard lined, blank, and graph. Now you can enjoy B6 Slim, A6, and A7 in dot ruling as well as the A5!

  4. MD Product A5 Codex Restock. The day-to-a-page MD Notebooks (the Codex series) are back, with both dot grid and plain papers. Intended for use as an undated daily planner or journal, the Codex can also serve as a thick notebook with excellent MD Paper.

  5. TRAVELER’S Company Notebooks and Refills. The Standard notebooks sold out again quickly, but we have Passport-size TRAVELER’S Notebooks, as well as the full range of refills and accessories in all size.

  6. Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter A4. All Roterfaden products that made it back from San Francisco and Arkansas are now listed on the site, including the large A4 Roterfadens that can hold most A4 notebooks and A4 pads.

  7. Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter B5. The B5 Taschenbegleiter features a red leather that ages beautifully, and is large enough to hold both B5 notebooks and standard composition books. The clips slide up and down slightly to accommodate minor variations in sizing.

  8. TRAVELER’S Company Brass Ballpoint and Rollerball Pens. The two most popular pens in the TRAVELER’S “Brass” series have been the ballpoint and the Rollerball (which takes fountain pen ink cartridges). We have both back in stock at the moment.

  9. Yamamoto Ro-Biki Canvas Covers. Ro-Biki notebook covers are Yamamoto’s unique take on an A5 slim system, crafted from soft cotton canvas with an integrated zipper pouch. Ro-biki refills are a popular option to use with our TGS_25 Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter.

  10. Yamamoto Ro-Biki Refills. We’re fully stocked on Ro-Biki refills, which feature lined, grid, and reticle rulings on Yamamoto’s Soliste Paper, as well as several unique cover designs. The new waxed paper “Texture” series has also arrived, in both grey and orange covers.

Yes, another dark green, this one a darker take on Uguisu.

In TGS Curated Shop Tags Thursday Drops, TGS Curated Shop, Taccia Ink
On the Paper Trail Episode 6: Live from San Francisco

You can watch the live recording on YouTube, or listen below via Spotify or your favorite Podcast app.

On The Paper Trail Episode 6: Live at the Inaugural Francisco Stationery Fest!

April 1, 2026

What's the difference between a "Stationery Fest" and a traditional pen show? Tune in this week and find out, because last Friday we had the opportunity to record Episode 6 of On The Paper Trail in front of a live audience at the inaugural San Francisco Stationery Fest! Topics include our impressions of the show, how we got into stationery in the first place, plus a Q&A with audience members in which they had the opportunity to pick our brains about pens, inks, paper, and more. Note that in the video we were in the room with audience members and interacting with people off camera, so we have had to adjust the audio and repeat questions at times.

Show Notes and Links

  1. San Francisco Stationery Fest

  2. Arkansas Pen Show

  3. Bonecrusher Studios

  4. Pens by Pasquale

  5. Nagasawa at Vanness

  6. Wearingeul Testing Cards

  7. Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter

  8. Olive Octopus Ink

On The Paper Trail: Where You Can Download the Podcast

As noted above, if you want to follow along and watch the video, On The Paper Trail has its own YouTube Channel. We have also uploaded the podcast to most popular podcast networks and apps, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and Overcast.

The Gentleman Stationer is supported by purchases from the T.G.S. Curated Shop and pledges via the T.G.S. Patreon Program. You can also come visit us at our physical stationery store in Nashville, Tennessee.

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New Arrivals: MD Product Dot Grid Notebooks! B6 Slim, A6, and A7 Sizes Now Available!

March 31, 2026

While it would have been fun to have had these in time for the two pen shows we attended over the past two weeks, it was still nice to arrive in town to three huge boxes from MD Products, containing a restock of many different items as well as an expanded lineup of notebooks featuring their popular dot grid layout! MD Paper is one of my favorite fountain pen friendly paper options, and the dot grid paper has always been among the most popular. It’s now available in B6, A7, and A6 sizes, in addition to the standard A5.

Three new sizes of dot grid notebooks, from left: B6 Slim, A6, and A7.

We’ve also received a fresh restock of MD Cotton A5 Notebooks, MD Codex Day-to-a-Page Notebooks, and Clear Plastic Covers. Please note that the branding on the front of the MD notebooks will now read “MD Product” instead of “Midori MD”, though the paper remains the same.

You can come see these and more in-store this week during normal hours, from 1-6pm Thursday and Friday and from 10am-6pm on Saturday. Please be sure to check the shop page for any updates.

In TGS Curated Shop Tags New Arrivals, TGS Curated Shop, MD Product, Midori MD

Sunday Reading for March 29, 2026

March 29, 2026
  1. 2026 Arkansas Pen Show Haul: What I Found (via dwrdnet). Derek shows off his finds from last weekend’s Arkansas Pen Show.

  2. Just the Basics: A Survival Strategy (via A Gathering of Curiosities). Sometimes paring down is the best strategy.

  3. Live from the 2026 Atlanta Pen Show! (via Inkdependence). Mike’s pen show livestreams always feature a great show walkthrough with vendor interviews. I wasn’t able to make Atlanta this year, but you can always attend vicariously.

  4. Akkerman Verona Pen Box (via Figboot on Pens). A new storage option from Akkerman!

  5. Mixing a Custom Pigment Fountain Pen Ink for Midori 3-Year Diary (via Well-Appointed Desk). What a cool idea for a multi-year diary project.

  6. The Stub-Italic Grind Family (via Rachel’s Reflections). A great overview of the first type of custom grind that really got me interested in fountain pens again.

  7. Jacques Herbin Refillable Marker (via Pen Addict - Kimberly). More companies are getting into the refillable fineliner/marker game these days. Kimberly looks at a new refillable marker from Herbin.

  8. Shopping My Own Stuff: 10 Strategies I’m Trying to Use More of My Stationery Collection (via Well-Appointed Desk). I missed this one last week and I love the visible storage options.

  9. Mergers and Acquisitions in the Fountain Pen World (via S.B.R.E. Brown). There’s been a lot of changes in recent years, with brands combining and “coming back”. This video offers some opinions on all of these.

In Case You Missed It…

It’s been a whirlwind two weeks, with T.G.S. attending two different pen events: the Arkansas Pen Show and the inaugural San Francisco Stationery Fest. These trips have been a blast but I’m tired. You can read a bit about what’s going on at the San Francisco Stationery Fest this weekend in this post here, and of course I will post more updates later this week once I’m back in town and recovered, including Episode 6 of On the Paper Trail which was recorded live on Friday night!

TWSBI Bahama Yellow ECOs are in stock and shipping!

This Week in the T.G.S. Curated Shop

Be sure to check out each week’s Thursday Drops post for new arrivals in the store! We received a new shipment of Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter covers and still have TGS_25 A5 Slim, B5, and A4 sizes in stock. We also received a ton of paper from Yamamoto, along with the latest releases from Kaweco and TWSBI.

This week we will be back to normal shop hours in the Nashville store, from 1-6pm Thursday and Friday and 10am-6pm on Saturday. Be sure to check the store page for any updates.

Kaweco
Kaweco
Colorverse
Colorverse
Roterfaden
Roterfaden
Yamamoto
Yamamoto

How to Support T.G.S. and Our Various Projects

If you enjoy our content (whether here on the main website, Instagram, YouTube Channel or elsewhere), and would like early/extra access to shop releases and special promotions, consider supporting us via Patreon. The T.G.S. Patreon includes early access and discounts on exclusive shop releases, a monthly updates newsletter, and of course our monthly meetups. As of this morning, ALL Patreon supporters (including non-paying free members) have access to one or more initial “practice” episodes of “On the Paper Trail” which have not been publicly released.

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Weekly Drops: Stationery Fest Edition!

March 26, 2026

This week’s theme is “Stationery Fest,” with a focus on items beyond standard pens and writing instruments. As mentioned in Wednesday’s post, we’re attending the San Francisco Stationery Fest Friday through Sunday of this week. While we’ll have merchandise with us in San Francisco, there is stock of everything listed here available for purchase online and in the Nashville store, which remains open this weekend. New arrivals include Yamamoto Ro-Biki notebook refills, which have been out of stock for some time, as well as TWSBI ECO Bahama Yellow Fountain Pens and the new Kaweco Sports! We’re especially excited to have the Yamamoto Paper restocked, as it’s been unavailable for quite some time.

We weren’t kidding when we said we ordered a lot of Canopus!

We will be set up at the Vanness Pens table at the San Francisco Stationery Fest, and will be hosting a live On the Paper Trail recording Friday night! The Nashville store will be open this weekend Thursday-Saturday 1pm-6pm each day.

  1. TWSBI ECO Bahama Yellow Fountain Pen. The latest ECO release returns to silver trim, paired with a mustard-yellow acrylic that’s reminiscent of limited editions TWSBI did in Japan years ago. I’m super-excited to see this color added to the palette!

  2. Kaweco Sport Lunar Light Green and Shadow Green Fountain Pens. Kaweco’s Spring releases have arrived, and we still have stock of the “Lunar” series Sport fountain pens.

  3. Yamamoto Canopus Note A5 Notebooks. Last week we received a fresh shipment of the Canopus A5 Notebooks, and while we sold a LOT of them in Arkansas, we left some in inventory for the shop and they remain available.

  4. Yamamoto Select Premium Japanese Papers. We have stock of several different types of Yamamoto looseleaf papers in the A4 size, including favorites such as Soliste, Light Force, and Canopus.

  5. Yamamoto Paper Tasting Sampler Sets. Interested in exploring less common Japanese papers?

  6. Yamamoto Ro-Biki Note Canvas Covers and Refills. One of the lesser-known “A5-Slim” notebook systems, Yamamoto’s in-house “Ro-Biki” refills feature Soliste paper and a canvas cover that incorporates a zippered case.

  7. Yamamoto Bullet Jotters (Bible-Sized). These Bible-sized Jotters hold two pads of paper, which can be used as stand-alone tear-off notepads or hole-punched to fit a Bible-sized 6-ring binder.

  8. Cloth & Paper Sticky Notes. We stock a wide range of different sticky notes from Richmond-based Cloth & Paper, including notes in different shapes and with varying degrees of translucency.

  9. Cloth & Paper “Sidebar” Sticky Notes. These longer sticky notes can be used to format a notebook as a planner or simply as stand-alone notetaking and planning tools. Available in grid, task list, and weekly planner formats.

  10. New Washi Tapes from iLootPaperie! We have new designs as well as restocks on old favorites from iLootPaperie, who we’ll be seeing in person this weekend at the SF Stationery Fest!

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