New Arrivals: Kaweco Is Back, Along with More Roterfaden TGS_25 Covers!

Last week we received a large shipment from Kaweco, including Classic Sport, Collection Sport, Metal Sport, and Liliput Fountain Pens. Many of you have requested additional stock of the stainless steel, brass, and copper pens, and we listened! Personally, I’m most excited about the Liliput Kolibri (German for “Hummingbird”), which applies a rainbow anodized finish to both the stainless steel body and the nib. We are also restocked on Kaweco bottled inks, as well as the “Sketch-up” Clutch Pencils in all finishes.

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TGS_25 Roterfaden Taschenbegleiters Return!

We have restocked the green leather version of our A5 Slim exclusive model in dark green, with both green and grey elastic options. While we will plan to bring available stock to the Arkansas Pen Show and San Francisco Stationery Fest later this month, we cannot guarantee availability, so if you are interested in this please do not wait. We will have stock available in the Nashville shop during normal hours later this week. Many thanks for all your interest and support for this project - we never could have anticipated the level of demand it’s received so far!

Come see us in our Nashville Shop! Our store is open normal hours (1-6pm Thursday and Friday, and 10am-6pm Saturday), so please swing by and see these and more!

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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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.

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.

New Arrivals: Introducing the Benu Haute Collection

Benu fountain pens have traditionally been a little too, well, nontraditional for me. While I’ve long admired the artistry, I’ve never found a specific shape that matches my aesthetic. The recently released “Haute” collection might change that, since it pairs Benu’s unique materials with a more traditional, yet still unique, squared barrel design. Each pen features a No. 6 Schmidt nib and uses a standard international cartridge/converter filling system.

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We currently have a handful of the Benu Haute fountain pens in stock and available for purchase both in-store and online. Look for additional colors and nib sizes in the future, with possible new additions from Benu in the future!

Please note that while orders are shipping within our normal 2-3 business day time frame, UPS and USPS may still have a bit of a backlog due to the severity of the winter storm in our area and resulting damage. We appreciate your patience as the Nashville area continues to recover this week. We currently plan to be open normal hours this week, Thursday and Friday from 1pm-6pm, and Saturday from 10am-6pm. Since we are trying to get caught up after having to close for much of last week, no appointments are possible outside public hours.