Time flies and on February 28, 2015, the Singapore Fountain Pen Lovers (SFPL) Facebook group was due for yet another pen meet, for the month of February. This time, it was held at the Tea Party Cafe which has been volunteered by one of our members, and what a nice cafe it was! We had a turnout of about 50+ and although the turnout number is around the same for the last 2 months, I am still pretty amazed, as our pen meets used to only have 20 odd at the maximum. This pen meet was sponsored by Wahl-Eversharp, an American company well known for the Doric and the Skyline pens, and Fook Hing Trading Co. Wahl-Eversharp has lately been revived after sitting in a quiet corner for almost 50 years, so, while I have not really tried their pens before (except for a little golden Wahl ringtop vintage pen that I like), I hope they are making a bunch of nice fountain pens! The prizes sponsored by Wahl-Eversharp were: 1st Prize: SKYLINE Classic Collection – Black Resin with Gold Plated Cap/Trim Fountain Pen 14kt Semi-Flex Fine Stub Nib – Customised by Pendleton Brown 2nd Prize: SKYLINE Classic Collection – Navy Blue Resin with Gold […]
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Congratulations to Devvy and Ning for winning the J. Herbin Scented Inks! The winning entries are both from leaving a comment on my blog post. You will both get one set of the inks each. Time to send out some perfumed letters or cards for Christmas! All you need to do is to: 1) Comment on this blog post to acknowledge winning 2) Reply to my email so that I can have your mailing address to mail the inks to you 3) Do both of the above by Sunday, 21 Dec 2014, in order to fully qualify winning the inks! Thank you, Fook Hing Trading Co., once again for sponsoring this giveaway. For those of you who did not manage to win but are keen on getting the inks, you can head down to Fook Hing Trading Co. if you are in Singapore, or you can contact your local J. Herbin retailer, or buy it from Amazon. Read my review of the inks again here. MaybellineI am the founder of this website. Chemist by day, slacker by night, fanatic of stationery all the time. I write with my left hand, but can also do the same with my right hand […]
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I have been trying to find a way to do ink reviews for this blog but have never gotten down to doing any — so when I was sponsored this J. Herbin Scented Ink set from Fook Hing Trading Co., I knew I had to design a nice ink review! J. Herbin is a French brand specializing in calligraphy supplies, and I guess it is safe to say that it is one of the more popular European ink brands for fountain pen users. Offering a wide range of colours to choose from, I often find myself unable to decide which colours I really want! That’s made even worse when I went to Paris and spotted J. Herbin ink taps — now, that’s pure torture! 🙁 So when I was offered these inks for a review and giveaway, I gladly accepted and instantly went to buy a new notebook to use as an ink journal. The J. Herbin Encres Parfumées (which means “Perfumed Inks” in French) come in 5 different colours. The most basic description for the colours would have been Red, Blue, Amber, Green, and Purple. That pretty much covers the main colours that fountain pen people use (with the exception […]
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The winners of the Life Noble Notebooks are out! Congratulations to rdcalhoon, Spenser C., and xinhui, from the US, the US, and Singapore respectively! rdcalhoon won for leaving a comment on my blogpost: Spenser won also for commenting on my blogpost: And xinhui won for subscribing to my blog via email: I will be contacting all winners for your mailing details, but please leave a comment on this blogpost to tell me that you acknowledge winning this contest. Thanks all for participating in this giveaway, and thanks once again to Fook Hing for this generous sponsorship! If you didn’t win anything, stay tuned anyway for more giveaways to come! Read my review again or check out the following places to buy if you want to own a Life Noble Notebook for yourself! Fook Hing Trading Co. Tokyu Hands Singapore Notemaker AU JetPens Amazon US Amazon CA MaybellineI am the founder of this website. Chemist by day, slacker by night, fanatic of stationery all the time. I write with my left hand, but can also do the same with my right hand – it just won’t look very pretty. https://onfountainpens.com
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Besides loving good pens, I also love good paper. Pens and paper are complementary to each other, and no matter how good a pen you have, it is of no use if you can’t find some decent paper to write on with it. This notebook I’m about to review has got to be one of the best notebooks out there so far, that isn’t Rhodia or Clairefontaine… let’s have a look at the Life Noble Note Book (and watch out for the giveaway below): The Life Noble Note is a vintage-looking, softcover notebook. I was sponsored by Fook Hing Trading Co. for this review and giveaway, but don’t worry, I’ll be giving my honest personal opinion of the notebook as always! Let’s have a better look at my Life Noble Note without the mess of pens: I’m not sure if I should call this red or orange, and I’m not good with colour names even though I love them. A quick search on Google told me that a close match should be “vermilion”. Okay, got it. My bright and cheery vermilion Life Noble Note Book is A5-sized, has 100 sheets of smooth cream paper with very faint gridlines, and looks like […]
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The winners of the Grandluxe Monologue notebooks are out! As it ended on Halloween and I’ve got more entries than expected, I have decided to give out BOTH notebooks, pink and gold! The first winner is Jeff R. and the entry came from him commenting on my post: As Jeff is the first winner, I will let him choose which colour he prefers. The other notebook will then go to: Congratulations, Jeff and Kysha! And thanks to everyone for taking part in my giveaway. There should be a couple more coming up soon, stay tuned on On Fountain Pens (and even better if you subscribe or follow me on Bloglovin) via my sidebar! I’ll be sending Jeff and Kysha emails respectively and in order to claim your notebook, reply to my email and leave a comment on this blog post! If you do not comment by 8 November 2014, I will give the prize away to another winner. For those of you who didn’t win, don’t fret, you can also check out Grandluxe products on their website or get their notebooks from Amazon US or CA! MaybellineI am the founder of this website. Chemist by day, slacker by night, fanatic of stationery […]
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I love getting stuff as much as I love giving away stuff, so you are entitled to a treat today! Some time ago, Grandluxe Singapore has sent me 4 Monologue notebooks to review. FOUR! There is an A6-sized black sketchbook and 3 A5-sized notebooks. In my opinion, there are no other colours as beautiful as this combination of gold, red, and pink. Well-chosen, Grandluxe! On the notebooks there is a sleeve cover surrounding the cover pages with the Monologue brand on it, and at the back there is a description of each notebook. Here are the descriptions: Monologue Basics (Hardcover sketch book, A6) – that’s the black one Italian heavyweight 140gsm Acid Free Drawing Paper. Section sewn, lies flat. Paper size: 148 x 198 mm. This paper has a rough surface suitable for drawing with the following techniques: Charcoal – Chalk – Graphite – Pencil – Pastel – Oil Pastel – Wax Crayon – Red Chalk – Acrylic – Collage – Oil – Marker – Spray – Tempera. There are 128 pages of delightful sketch paper in this little notebook for you to do all your artistic masterpieces! Monologue Contrast Ruled Notebook – the red one A5 / 96L / 80gsm of […]
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Hey now, call it a mini, cos you know that you will… Other than a pen addict, I am a colour addict as well, and nothing can be more fulfilling than to receive a sponsorship from Stabilo in the form of COLOURFUL PENS. Hey now, look up! You wouldn’t want to miss this set of Stabilo point88 mini goodies! I’ve done a review of the Stabilo point88 before right here, so you already know my opinion on it way before this review. This “mini” version of the point 88 is pretty much similar to the “adult” (hehe) version of the same, but the awesomeness is now packed in a little sporty-looking plastic bottle. Note: you cannot put water (or ink, if you prefer) into the bottle and drink from the mouth at the top. Tried and tested, by yours truly. It just won’t work. Don’t try it at home (especially with ink). In it is a bundle of 18 differently coloured point88 minis. Just look at the wonderful colours available… If you observe the tag that comes along with the bottle, it actually shows all of the 18 colours in a nice sequence. So I arranged the pens in the same […]
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Aaaaaaand, the winner is… ANDREA K.!!! Congratulations! You have been selected on one of your tweets which is eligible as a winning entry. Here’s the comment which was the compulsory field to enter the raffle… That means, you’ll be getting the Manu Propria Tamenuri fountain pen, all to yourself! I already hear sighs of envy from multiple others who weren’t as lucky as you! But wait… 1. Please leave a comment on this post to acknowledge winning the raffle, and 2. Reply to my email that I’ve sent to you to inform me of your mailing address Gotta do both of the above by 30 April 2014, if I don’t receive either one or both of them by then, you’ll have to give up your prize to another person! For all others who did not win: don’t worry, try your luck again at the next raffle! Meanwhile, thank you very much for showing such great support, with the 78 nice comments, multiple tweets and retweets, and so on. I’ll be overseas for the next week or so, so I may not be available to talk pens over here, but I have an interesting guest post by Martin Pauli of Manupropria […]
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If you’re like me, you’re probably looking out for new pens all the time. And if you’re like me, you’ll want a great deal, a freebie, or a discount. I found a chance to win gift cards at Pen Chalet’s blog. They are giving out a $50 or $25 Pen Chalet Gift Certificate, which you can use at their shop to buy new pens! I just entered the giveaway for my chance. You actually have 24 possible chances to win one of the two gift cards that are on raffle! I see already a whopping 1700+ entries! And of course, I took all 24 possible chances allowed to me to enter the giveaway. Well, good luck to me and good luck to you, don’t forget to let me know if you won one. 😉 Click here >>>>>> TRY YOUR LUCK MaybellineI am the founder of this website. Chemist by day, slacker by night, fanatic of stationery all the time. I write with my left hand, but can also do the same with my right hand – it just won’t look very pretty. https://onfountainpens.com
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