New Arrivals: More Index Cards, and Introducing Notsu Dot Grid Sticky Notes!

We’re back from the 2026 California Pen Show, and happy to report that one of our favorite product lines, Notsu notecards, were a hit! These ink-friendly index cards come in a wide range of formats and sizes (including new 4x6 To Do Cards) and Notsu has recently introduced a line of dot grid sticky notes as well. We’ve also received a shipment of new Rite-in-the-Rain index cards, for those who need weatherproof paper or just want more durable index cards that will withstand spills. Index cards are a core category for us and we’ll continue to bring in as many different varieties as possible!

ROTERFADEN UPDATE: I received notification this morning that we have a shipment of Roterfaden TGS_25 Taschenbegleiters in the green leather that are set to leave Germany this week. I have made a number of them available for pre-order on the site for those who have expressed interest and would like to reserve one. Please note that any additional items placed in the same order will ship with the Taschenbegleiters when they arrive, probably within two weeks but customs delays can be unpredictable so a time frame is not guaranteed. We do have one grey TGS_25 with a green cord that is available for immediate shipment. 

Normal shipping times and store hours will resume this week! All orders placed while we were in California should ship in the next day or two, and we will return to normal store hours (1-6pm Thursday and Friday, and 10am-6pm Saturday).

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Thursday Drops: California Pen Show Edition! And A Weekend Special!

I’m attending the California Pen Show this weekend (Friday-Sunday), so if you’re in the Los Angeles area and want to visit our table, please come by! We’ve brought an array of goods from brands such as Lochby, Rickshaw Bagworks, some limited Roterfadens, Craft Design Technology, Notsu, Musgrave, and more. We typically do a pen show special promotion whenever we’re away, and this weekend is no exception. If you’ll miss out on seeing what we have in person at this weekend’s show, take 10% off Lochby, Notsu, and all Pencils through 11:59CT Sunday using the code “CAPENSHOW26” at checkout.

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For those who can’t attend in person, pretty much everything we’ve brought to the California Pen Show is available in our online shop, and our Nashville store will remain open with modified hours from 1-5pm on Friday and 11-4pm on Saturday. Online orders will continue to be processed but may take and extra 1-2 days to ship beyond our usual timeframe.

1. Lamy AL-Stars in Pine and Flamingo. We continue to have stock of Lamy’s latest AL-Star release in Pine and Flamingo, in all of the various formats. These are great-looking AL-Stars, with monochromatic clips and sections.

2. TWSBI ECO Black and Marble Bronze Fountain Pens. TWSBI’s latest release continues a hot streak of bronze-trimmed fountain pens with the swirled acrylic. We have stock of most nib-sizes both in-store and online.

3. Life Noble Note 6-Ring Refills. Life’s Noble Note looseleaf paper now comes in 6-ring binder format, in A5, Bible, and Mini (6 hole) sizes and graph, lined, and blank variations.

4. Yamamoto Select A4 Looseleaf Sheets. We have a wide variety of Yamamoto looseleaf papers in stock, including the much-in-demand Canopus paper.

5. Graphilo A5 Slim Notebooks. Customers have been asking for a thicker A5-slim notebook that will fit the TGS_25 Taschenbegleiter. One of the best I have found has been this Graphilo notebook that has incredibly ink-friendly paper plus a high page count.

6. Rickshaw Bags “Cloud” Series. We recently expanded our exclusive collaboration with Rickshaw Bagworks and local artist Nick Dominguez, introducing pen rolls in addition to the zippered cases. If you’re at the California Show, come by this weekend and check out yet another piece that we’re introducing to the lineup (especially if you’ll be needing more storage to carry around your purchases).

7. Craft Design Technology Desk Note Notebooks. Speaking of unique ink-friendly notebooks from Japan, these CDT notebooks feature bagasse paper (made from a sugarcane processing byproduct), and are bound in a landscape-style layout designed to sit underneath a keyboard while you work.

8. Notsu Dot Grid Sticky Notes. Though known for their notecards, Notsu also makes an array of excellent functional paper products. These thicker sticky notes hold up well with most inks.

9. Notsu Dot Grid Notecards and Accessories. We have a restock of Notsu dot grid notecards with the rounded corners in the most-popular 3x5 size, as well as most Notsu card boxes and accessories.

10. Notsu Vertical “To Do” Notecards. Notsu recently introduced a larger-format vertical “To Do” notecard with 4x6 dimensions, for those who need a larger canvas to plan their day.

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New Arrivals: Pilot Custom 74 Lavender Fog Second Shipment!

Our second shipment of Pilot’s latest North American exclusive release, the Pilot Custom 74 in “Lavender Fog,” has arrived! As of the date of this post, we currently still have stock of all four specialty nibs: soft fine, soft medium, soft fine-medium, and double broad. Typically these nibs are not available on the Custom 74 fountain pen in the U.S., and we’re lucky to get them in this gorgeous light purple color! To read more about Pilot “soft” nibs and what that designation means, check out this blog post that I wrote just after these pens first arrived in October. (“Soft” doesn’t mean “flex”!)

Please note that this weekend we are attending the California Pen Show! As such, we have modified store hours: Our Nashville Shop will be closed on Thursday 2/19, and will be open Friday 2/20 from 1-5pm, and on Saturday 2/21 from 11am-4pm. Online orders will continue to be processed but may take an extra day or two. Many thanks for all your support!

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I chose the Custom 74 in a Soft Fine Medium, which has been inked ever since October.

Thursday Drops: 2026 Lamy AL-Stars in Pine and Flamingo, Tom's Studio Inks, and More!

It’s Lamy Day here in the T.G.S. Nashville Shop! We’ve received a shipment of the 2026 AL-Stars in Pine and Flamingo, as well as most colors of the Lamy Safari fountain pens. We also have a fresh shipment of the Lamy Studio LX All-Black in fountain pen, rollerball, and ballpoint, which has been popular and hard to keep in stock, as well as this year’s Pilot North American exclusive, the Custom 74 in Lavender Frost.

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On the ink side, we’ve been listening to your requests and have started to bring in some shimmer inks and other inks with special properties like pigment, including selections from Colorverse, Tom’s Studio, and Kakimori. Be sure to check out this week’s YouTube video on tips and tricks for using shimmer inks successfully, if you’re curious about these inks.

Come see these and more in-person! We will be open this week from 1-6pm Thursday-Friday and 10am-6pm on Saturday, but be sure to check back for hours the week of February 16 because they will likely change due to travel.

1. 2026 Lamy AL-Star Special Editions in Pine and Flamingo. The latest LAMY AL-Star fountain pens, rollerballs, and ballpoints have arrived, in a new monochromatic look with matching clips. This year’s releases feature two colors: “Pine” (a dark green) and “Flamingo” (a dusty pink).

2. Pilot Custom 74 Lavender Fog Pre-Order. Our second shipment of Pilot Custom 74 Lavender Fog fountain pens have arrived! These pens are this year’s North American exclusive and feature four Pilot specialty nibs: Soft fine, Soft Medium, Soft Fine-Medium and Double Broad.

3. TWSBI ECO Black Marble + Bronze Fountain Pen. The latest TWSBI ECO release is in stock and available to purchase! The bronze and onyx trims are really taking over the lineup of recent releases, and have been extremely popular.

4. TWSBI ECO Serpentine Fountain Pens. Serpentine is finally back in stock, with its lovely combination of green, gold, and white swirls. No two pens will look the same!

5. TWSBI Obsidian Fountain Pen. Every couple of years, TWSBI releases a marbled acrylic piston filler in their “Special Edition” body style. The “Obsidian” release pairs a black material with rose gold trim.

6. Colorverse “Joy in the Ordinary” Fountain Pen Inks. These muted inks from Colorverse are inspired by ordinary everyday activities like a coffee break or walking the dog. If you’re a fan of earth tones and muted pastels, don’t miss these.

7. Tom’s Studio Shimmer Inks. Ok, so one major goal of mine this year is to get outside my comfort zone in terms of the products I use, and that includes exploring some of the newer shimmer inks that flow much better than those on the market when I first started using fountain pens.

8. Rickshaw Bagworks “Clouds” Series - a T.G.S. Exclusive! Our latest T.G.S. collaboration is a project we worked on with artist Nick Dominguez, who hand-drew these cloud patterns with multishading fountain pen inks! We have Sinclair and Fillmore cases, as well as pen rolls. I will be bringing these with me to the California Pen Show next week.

9. Lochby Field Journal Mini. We have new colors of the Lochby Field Journal Mini, including Honey and Olive. These yellow/green colorways are an excellent complement to the classic brown/black/navy Lochby lineup.

10. Lochby Venture Pouch and Venture Pouch Mini. These new colors are also available in the reversible Lochby Venture Pouch, which is a pen case and edc/stationery pouch all in one. If you’d like to see these in action, I did a YouTube demonstration of how they work.

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New Arrivals: TWSBI ECO Black Marble + Bronze Fountain Pens!

We just received our shipment of the new TWSBI ECO Black Marble & Bronze fountain pens, along with a restock of in-demand TWSBI pens including the ECO Serpentine Bronze and the new Obsidian special edition piston filler. These swirled acrylic TWSBI ECOs have been more popular than expected, with certain colors and patterns hard to keep in stock (especially Serpentine and the Cosmo + Onyx). We’ll continue to order more and restock as long as we can, though as you all know these are typically released for a while and then cycled out to make room for new colors!

Oh, and I Caved and Ordered Some Shimmer Ink

So many of you asked for these in the Nashville shop that I finally gave in and ordered some shimmer inks. And you know what, despite myself I’m really enjoying some of these colors! Fountain pen shimmer ink has come a long way in the years since I’ve been in the hobby, with manufacturers fine-tuning the inks with ever-finer particles and better overall formulations. I’ve been using inks from Tono & Lims (My Bank Account is Sick and Bechorium Chloride), Herbin (Opale Nocturne), Colorverse (Year of the Dragon), and Robert Oster (Bless Your Heart!), and have had no issues with any of these clogging pens or flowing regularly. We recently added several of the Tom’s Studio shimmer inks, which span a broad range of colors. I’m looking forward to getting a few of these latest arrivals into pens as well!

Come see these and more in-person! We will be open this week from 1-6pm Thursday-Friday and 10am-6pm on Saturday, but be sure to check back for hours the week of February 16 because they will likely change due to travel.