February 14th, 2025

Currently Inked: Feb 14, 2025

I started a "Use All The Pens" project this year. I realized I had over 50 fountain pens in my collection and was favoring just a handful of them. So rather than buy any more for a minute, I wanted to appreciate the ones I have; or at least realize which ones I should just sell.

I'm using Notion to track everything, including a table to show which pen used which ink, rate the pen, rate the combination of pen and ink, and then some comments about the pen and/or ink.

small screenshot of a table demonstrating the pen project. Columns are Pen, Color, Nib, Ink, Pen Rating, Combo rating, and Comments

Another upside to this project is that I’m using more of the inks that I have. I have more ink than I’ll ever be able to use thanks to three years worth of Inkvent calendars and all my other ink purchases. So this is a good way to note my favorites, pay attention to the properties of the ink, etc.

Anyway, here’s the eighth pen and ink combo of the year: Majohn T5 pen in green with Fine nib and Birmingham Pen Co. Point Park Fountain Turquoise.

bottle of turquoise fountain pen ink, a green fountain pen with silver trim, and a writing sample in an open notebook

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