#Noodlers

I know this post is a month late and a few bucks short but better late than never. In my defense, I'm back from a long vacation and it's hard to get the old routine back on track. Without further ado, I present you my top 3 favorite inks tested in 2014, along with 3 runners-up. Monteverde Brown...

Just hit 300 followers this morning after 170 days on Twitter! Woohoo! Thanks so much everybody! pic.twitter.com/UaeZPTSJLE — Peninkcillin (@Peninkcillin) July 23, 2014 This past week I reached my first 300 followers, after 170 days on Twitter. I am both happy and humbled by this, since...

Today I'm going to talk to you about a fountain pen and an ink that I have already reviewed. The two were reviewed separately but now they've come together, and it is such a good match that I just had to say a few words about it. As you might know, I'm not a fountain pen collector and I certainly...

Well, another year has passed and while we don't know what 2012 will bring, I can say that 2011 was fairly kind to me. 2011 also marks the year when I got into this whole fountain pen and ink business. As such, I'm  not a big expert on the subject but I have learned a lot about the hobby this past...

Noodler's Ahab is the latest fountain pen from Noodler's Ink but it is also their latest pen with a flexible nib. It is a departure from previous models both in price and in how the pen is built. Both are higher: the price slightly, from $14 to $20, but the quality the modularity of this pen is so...

I just wanted to brag about my new Noodler's Ahab flex nib fountain pen! I actually got it a couple of days ago but I only managed to photograph it today. I also inked it up and "test drove" it a little. My preliminary conclusion is that it's even better value than the original Noodler's Flex Pen I...

The Noodler's Flex Pen I am reviewing today is the most inexpensive fountain pen with a flexible nib on the market today. At $14 no other flex pen comes close. Not only that, but the overwhelming majority of fountain pen makers do not want to produce pens with flex nibs, probably because those pens...

If you've read my review of Noodler's Operation Overlord Orange and Burma Road Brown, you will know that I wasn't thrilled with either of those two inks. OOO is dull and bleeds hard through the paper (any paper), while BRB is dry and tends more towards green than khaki. Luckily I just bought...

The past week has been the "week of the Noodler's flex pen" it seems. Goulet Pens, in particular, was assaulted by orders for the latest batch of Noodler's flex fountain pens and I was one of the lucky ones who managed to get their hands on a Noodler's flex in Lapis Inferno (aka blue with white...

The proverbial ink wasn't even dry on my review of Noodler's Yellow, that I decided to, what the heck, give ink mixing a try. Though this was my first attempt at ink mixing, I knew what I could expect. When mixing dyes, the four primary colors used are CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and blacK). From...

In my review of Noodler's North African Violet ink, I promised I would tell you the story of how I managed to destroy my Noodler's piston filler fountain pen. It is a sad story but life is sometimes like that and we can only learn from such tragedies. The saga started when I used North African...

Noodler's is first and foremost known for their awesome, inexpensive inks that are Made in the USA (for now). I'm a big fan of these inks but when I learned that Nathan, Noodler's owner and operator, also tried his hand at creating a cheap piston filler fountain pen, I had to have it. I will spare...

Though I got this second Goulet Pens order a while ago, I figured now would be the right time to blog about it. This blog is new so I'm still out of sync with my pen and ink stuff. For the first time I decided to treat myself to some quality paper so I got a couple of notebooks, one from...

If you're wondering what a "Noodler's creaper fountain pen" is, I don't blame you because currently you can't buy this fountain pen from any store (online or not) on its own. This pen is included with certain inks and mine accompanied the 4.5oz bottle of Noodler's Nikita. These pens come in...

With this post I'm almost up to date with blogging about my fountain pen and ink purchases. I know that I should probably review what I already have but since some of the pens I got at the beginning were filled with inks that I got later, I wanted to outline these purchases first. Goulet Pens is a...

I bought the Pilot Prera from Jetpens, along with a couple of inks and a bunch of other stuff. See my previous post titled 1st Jetpens haul. I fell in love with the Prera the moment I lay eyes on it. The Prera has such a premium look that it can easily fool one into thinking it costs a lot more...

JetPens was the store that started the pen & ink craziness for me. I came across them on an un-related site that I read regularly and the author of the article was fascinated by the multitude of Japanese stuff carried by them. I started browsing the site and was also amazed at the wonderful...