Girologio Pen Storage

No matter how few, or how many, pens you have to protect, Girologio has you covered. With case size ranging from two pens to 96 (!), they are certain to have what you are looking for.

For daily carry, Girologio offers two and three pen case configurations, made from soft, supple, and chemical-free leather. Each case features full-length, lined, dividers and a reinforced frame, giving you maximum protection. The magnetic flap keeps your pens safe and secure, while allowing for easy access. And the slots are designed to handle large pens, such as the Montblanc 149.

If you want to go big - and I know you do - Girologio offers cases with a 12, 24, 48, and yes, a 96 pen configuration. Even someone as obsessive as me can find a case to hold all of the things! Ok, maybe two of those big cases. For starters.

Check out all of the cases at Girologio.com, and be sure to check out where you can buy these fine goods.

My thanks to Girologio for sponsoring The Pen Addict this week.

Récife Special Edition Artis Traveler Fountain Pen: A Review

(Susan M. Pigott is a fountain pen collector, pen and paperholic, photographer, and professor. You can find more from Susan on her blog Scribalishess.)

Récife is a specialty shop in Paris that carries leather goods, accessories, and writing instruments. Today I’m reviewing a soon-to-be released fountain pen in the Récife Special Edition Artis collection. These pens are meant to evoke the works of Claude Monet. My pen utilizes the colors found in Monet’s work, “Le Jardin de l'artiste à Giverny”: purple and pink (Récife calls the color Violene). Récife craftsmen make each pen by hand, so each pen is unique.

I’m not sure if the pen is made of resin or acrylic, but it is extremely lightweight, regardless. It is 5.5 inches (140mm) capped, 4.75 inches (121mm) uncapped, and 6.25 inches (159mm) posted. I found the pen to be unbalanced posted, but I do not usually post pens, so your experience may vary.

The cap’s final and clip are one piece of metal with an art deco motif. The cap band is inscribed with “Modèle Recife déposé Paris,” which means “registered Recife model, Paris.” The cap screws onto the barrel with a few twists.

The grip is made of metal, but it doesn’t add much heft to the pen.

My pen came with a standard international-sized black ink cartridge but no converter. I didn’t see any converters advertised on the Récife website, but it’s likely that a standard international converter would work with the pen.

The nib is a steel medium with scrollwork, “Récife Paris,” a logo (I can’t tell what it is), and the nib size inscribed on it.

The tines are perfectly aligned and the writing is smooth. However, I experienced hard starts whenever I uncapped the pen to write a new page.

The Récife Special Edition Artis Traveler Fountain Pen is an interesting pen with a palette based on Monet paintings. It sort of reminds me of the Visconti Van Gogh pens, but the Récife is definitely not in the same class as the Visconti pens which are made of resin, have magnetic closure caps, and sport much thicker metal trims (they are also more expensive). The violene color is not my cup of tea, but there are other marbled colors in shades of black, gray, green, blue, and red in the collection. I also think the pen is much too small and light, but that is because I prefer heavier, large pens.

You can purchase Récife fountain pens from Récife Paris. The Traveler model is ordinarily 50 euros (= $57.00), but the Special Edition Artis models will be more expensive (around $90.00).

(The US distributor for Récife provided this product at no charge to The Pen Addict for review purposes.)

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The Pen Addict Podcast: Episode 334 - Yes, I Am a Tastemaker

Marj’s pen

I think every new notebook product landed on my desk this week, or is arriving today. Myke and I break down all of the awesomeness before getting into a very interesting Kickstarter project. Plus, I admit things.

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