A Trip to Tokyo - Stationery Adventures (via Pete Denison). Be sure to read Pete’s epic trip recap! I’m jealous.
My Top 10 Favourite Pen Materials (via SBRE Brown). I can get behind this type of video, because the material drives a large number of my personal pen purchases, especially vintage-inspired ones.
Titans Pen Bottle Pen - Model Diamine 30 (via Dapprman). I’m holding out for the Akkerman Dutch Masters model.
2025 Arkansas Pen Show (via Olive Octopus). I just missed Lisa’s recap last week, so here it goes, in time for another pen show!
Dominant Industry Ink Muddler (via Pen Addict - Kimberly). Lisa from Olive Octopus introduced me to ink swatching with a glass stir, and it looks like Dominant has picked up on the trend with this glass pen/swatching stir combo. It seems comically small, though.
It’s Important to Update Knowledge (via Comfortable Shoes Studio). Something I’ve also come to appreciate recently over the past year, in both my business and personal life and hobbies.
Diplomat Viper Fountain Pen Review (via Pen Addict - Paul). Paul from the Poor Penman wrote a review of the recently released Diplomat Viper, which checks just about every box for me. Have I found my Sunday show acquisition?
Yes! Novelties! (via From the Pen Cup). Who doesn’t have room for some quintessential novelty pens in their collection?
Tri Star Studio, based in the Nashville area near me, was one of my favorite finds this weekend.
In Case You Missed It…
This week on the blog I wrote a piece about the emergence of “stationery” as a general category beyond fountain pens, and how that’s affecting the pen show scene. I’ll have some additional thoughts on the Atlanta Pen Show this week, to complement my initial haul pics from yesterday. All in all it was an enjoyable show and I plan on returning next year.
This Week in the T.G.S. Curated Shop
The big news this week is that the next T.G.S. x Hinze Pens Collaboration will hit the shop on Thursday of this week: a Micarta “Taschenstift” pocket pen model in a violet “crazyfibre” material (pictured at top)! I’m extremely pleased with how these pens turned out, as they’ve been in the works for over a year. From now until Thursday, the pen is available to T.G.S. Patreon Members at a special price. Micarta Taschenstift pens retail for $250, and we have a relatively small initial run of about 20. Additional runs will depend on demand. We also have new stock of the Lochby Field Folio in A5, as well as all of the other Lochby cases that have been so popular here in Atlanta. Finally, be sure to check out the new Anderillium Inks “Ichthyoformes” series, including Whale Shark Grey and Moray Eel Green.
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