Julie Rak

It was about speed because you did not lift the pen off the paper as much. It was also about legibility because with dip pens there was more potential to blot when you lifted the pen more. There are some good histories of handwriting that talk about thd history of script.

Hells Librarians🔥 #LibrarySky #ReadToLive

Welp look at this

If they really were good at being businesses, we might have things like equity. But they are just sorta kinda businesses as it turns out.

She has no idea who we all are. She will find out.

Good

please buy Canadian. We are about to be bankrupted by the USA and the threats of annexation continue

I am from #Edmonton and I live near Wayne Gretzky Drive. We are renaming that street soon. Very soon.

no because she doesn't talk to most of us

absolutely amazing. They are a fantastic company.

She won't though

2 display boxes with drawers from Amazon for the vintage, and 3 cases from Galen Leather for everything else that is a pen. I put my inks and other stationery supplies in 3 drawers of a built in dresser, with Ikea felt dividers. I have paper in a cheapo cart from Ikea

I like mine too. So pretty

I also went to Japan recently. Here is my part of my haul

blue and green for me

awesome!

There are so many fantastic inks out there. Diamine has a lot of the same colours so can't go wrong with them.

Here are my #fountainpen New Years Resolutions:

1. Use all of my pens in a year.
2. Use all my Diamine #inkvent inks once.
3. Use all my regular inks at least once.

What are yours?

(Pic has Sailor Bungubox, Hanabi Glass dip pen, Sailor Starry Night and Drillog dip pen)

Hi Kim, Julie here!

Went to Japan, got this haul!

Because I am Canadian the import duties I have to pay for American retailers make it too expensive to get those pens

First post is about some new #fountainpens from Japan that I got