Topo Designs + Doane Paper Mountain Briefcase Giveaway - 3rd Time's A Charm?

Mountain Briefcase

I can't believe I am sitting here now, with the coolest giveaway I have run on The Pen Addict, for a product I would marry if it were a living organism, AND CAN'T GIVE THE THING AWAY! The Topo Designs + Doane Paper Mountain Briefcase needs a good home in time for Christmas! Make it happen people.

I am 0-for-2 going the traditional route, so I want to try something different. To enter this giveaway you must have a Twitter account that you monitor. I don't care if you are active on Twitter, I don't care if you follow me (and I'm not asking you to). What I want is when I select the winner is to be able to Tweet @ them for notification and validation. Very simple.

The full rules are below. Please read them to understand what information to leave in the comments section.

Here is how to enter the giveaway:

  1. Leave one comment on this post anytime between now, and Saturday night at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. Your comment should conatian your @USERNAME on Twitter. You don't have to link it or anything fancy. Just make sure it is spelled correctly. You are limited to one entry.

  2. This contest is open to US and International readers.

  3. For this contest, I will pick one winner at random from the comments section of this post. The comments will be numbered in the order they are received, i.e. the first comment is #1, the second #2, and so on. The Random Integer Generator at random.org will be used to pick the number of the winner.

  4. The contest winner will be posted on Sunday, December 1st. I will Tweet @ the winner on Sunday and you will have one week to get back to me and claim your prize

Good luck!

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Giveaways.

Pelikan Edelstein Topaz Ink Review

Image via JetPens.

Image via JetPens.

Did you know that "Edelstein" is German for gemstone? It is obvious now looking at the color names - Ruby, Sapphire, Jade, Onyx, etc. - but somehow I remained oblivious. Tell me I'm not alone!

Edelstein Topaz is a wonderful shade of blue. It has great depth with lighter shades showing through that make it pop off the page. It has none of the green tones found in many turquoise inks either, which is something I prefer not to see in my bright blues.

What is does have is an excellent sheen, something all Edelstein inks are known for. Topaz has a reddish-purple tone on top of the ink when it dries. It was hard to capture on my writing sample but look at the bottle rim in JetPens picture above and you can barely make it out. That's all it is on the page too. Subtle and beautiful.

While it didn't make my Top 5 fountain pen inks it makes the next five without question. It is silky smooth in all nibs, even fine ones like in my 03 Platinum Plaisir. I ink it up whenever I get the chance.

Pelikan Edelstein Topaz

(JetPens is an advertiser on The Pen Addict and I received this product at no charge.)

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Edelstein, Ink Reviews, Pelikan.