I had the very nicest favor done to me —
A friend sent me the TWSBI I’ve wanted the most! ORANGE!
Not sold in the USA!!!!
Nice that the Japanese postal service color coordinated their package with my pen!
I really love these crazy TWSBIs… they hold a huge amount of ink.
It is unusual for me to buy so many pens in a short time but they come and go —
you have to get the colors while you can.
I filled it with two samples of Robert Oster mixed —
Orange Zest and Orange, both of which I want!
Using up samples in this way is fun and I get colorful entries in my work journal.
This winter has gotten to me. I’ve never wanted winter end so much.
The constant threat of snow storms from NOAA, our ever-changing schedule…
And so dang cold! So I can get behind “killwinterwithorange, popular this year.
The last year I’ve had lovely warm-colored pens come into my life,
from the TWSBI to the Diplomat to the Edison Collier.
*last two from my sweet husband*
I love drawing pens… They are a technical exercise
and take me back to Big Daddy Ed Bowen’s high school drafting classes,
except I loosen them up — but still want to get the parts right!
I am a huge fan of ORANGE, and had not even realized how many orange pens
I’ve collected, especially if you include the lovely rose golds!
I am not a snob… my pens range from $3 to $160 (gift),
but most fall into the under $40 category. Happy colors!
*before you ask, left to right: TWSBI, Pilot Metropolitan, 2 Lamy‘s, Edison Collier,
2 Fountain Pen Revoltions (I will write about the Himalyan when my ink arrives),
a Knox for Mitchell, and 2 Jinhaos.
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Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook,
Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges,
TWSBI Eco 1.1 with Robert Oster MIX!
various RO and Birmingham ink colors for the ink painting.
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What a thoughtful gift your friend sent you — and what a lovely treat it is to see your sketches of your favorite pens and nibs! Although usually the expression is, “I hope everything comes up roses,” in your case I hope everything soon comes up oranges. 🙂
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Oh I like that! I am going to start saying that!
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I always love your portraits of pens. I did not know there was a movement to fight off winter’s woes with orange but, by coincidence, I have been working in the orange section of my Rainbow Art Journal so I’ve been participating without knowing it. Would the new Lamy Al-Star bronze chime with your fondness for orange fountain pens? I have a number of Lamys and was tempted to get the bronze, since I don’t have a pen in that colour range, but I cannot justify even that small splurge right now so I am resisting – for now.
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Thank you — I love drawing them!
The bronze isn’t catching me. I have the Rose Gold LX and that I love, and I have the older bright cinnamon color. So the bronze is kinda doing a “meh” for me.
But wait… I have another orange pen coming that will knock your socks off!
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I look forward to seeing the new pen. I’m the same with the bronze. I’m tempted but find I can resist easily so I’m not going to get it. I realized the temptation really comes from the fact I match my pens with inks and it would “justify” me buying some bronze/copper/gold inks but I think I’ve decided on buying a cheap demonstrator and then buying shimmery and shiny inks. I too have the rise gold LX and it’s my everyday pen, filled with black ink.
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One of my favorite cheap pens is the Preppie… and especially for shimmer inks, a cheap pen is just better than forever having to clean out glitter!
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This post was as happy as the color orange is!
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🙂
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