An Inky Survey - Please Fill Out!

Community member Dr. Nicole Sharp put together a survey to collect data around the perceptions of wetness and dryness as it relates to fountain pen inks. A note from Dr. Sharp in the Pen Addict Slack is below:

“As many of you know, I study the physics of fluids, and I've teamed up with a rheologist to look at the characteristics of different fountain pen inks. We'd like to correlate our scientific findings with how people perceive different inks, and, to that end, we've created this survey. We're asking you to rank the listed inks on a scale of 1 (extremely dry) to 10 (extremely wet) based on your own experience. If you've only used one of the inks, that's fine, just rank that one. Used a bunch of them? Awesome, rank them all!

The more FP users we can get info from, the better we can correlate our rheological results with the subjective ones, so please share the link and encourage your pen friends to participate.”

Please click here to go to the survey and add in any data you have. I look forward to the results!

Posted on October 31, 2023 and filed under Ink Reviews, Ink Test.

TWSBI 580ALR Navy Blue Limited Edition Fountain Pen Giveaway

TWSBI has done a great job over the years of upgrading the 580 into what we have here in the 580ALR model. The metal trim on this pen features Navy Blue anodization in this limited edition model, and comes with a Medium nib. I have one pen to give away this week, so read the rules below and enter to win!

Posted on October 31, 2023 and filed under Giveaways.

October Sponsor Spotlight

Sponsor support is very important to me here at The Pen Addict. My sidebar advertisers put their faith in me to deliver good value for them month in and month out, and I want to shine the light on the best of the best for you. If you are shopping for pens, paper, inks, and more, please check out these great companies and see what they have to offer. Some recent highlights:

Pen Chalet has reservations open for two new Esterbrook Fountain Pen Day cases, the Single Pen Sleeve and the 2Go Cup Pen Carrying Case.

Goldspot is ready for Spooky Season with the popular Esterbrook Estie Raven Fountain Pen.

Vanness Pens has the brand new TWSBI ECO T Rosso Fountain Pen ready to ship.

JetPens released several Hightide Melamine Desk Accessories, several of which I use on a daily basis.

Posted on October 30, 2023 and filed under Sponsors.