I made a pit stop during my vacation last week at the Montblanc boutique and snagged two bottles of the Enzo Ferrari Fountain Pen Ink. One for me, and one to give away this week to one of you. To enter, read the rules below, and I’ll announce the winner the next time Ferrari wins an F1 race. Just kidding! Winner will be announced this weekend - good luck!
Vacation Is Over, Now We Write!
An incredibly accurate artistic rendering of my Vegas Vacation.
I’m back from our Summer family vacation, feeling … tired! It’s a good tired, following a great trip, which is all I could ask for. This type of trip is fun to plan, with mostly full days and nights, as opposed to a sit and chill trip with plenty of time for thinking and refreshing.
I did miss that latter part, so I’m taking today to work on that and plan out the next few months of writing and reviewing here at The Pen Addict. I have a lot scheduled with upcoming pen show and pen event trips, planning for September’s Relay St. Jude fundraising event, and multiple product launches.
One topic always at the forefront, now more than ever, is how it is best to share with readers, followers, and listeners. The blog is great for direct access, or through the RSS feed. The Pen Addict Membership program has been a great success for additional content sent directly via newsletter, or private podcast feed. I’m around on Mastodon, BlueSky, and occasionally Instagram, but more as a consumer than a poster. Also, I do love a good Twitch stream.
I want to open the floor to you: what type of posts, content, reviews, and more would you like to see me dive into? I’m always looking for topics to add to the list, or other places to share. Feel free to leave a comment below, or reach out via email at hello@pennadict.com.
Let’s have a week!
Misfill, Fude De Mannen Edition
Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:
— Fountain Pen Review: Sailor Fude De Mannen (The Well-Appointed Desk)
— 📷 Field Notes Film Festival Memo Book (Take Note)
— Review: Conklin 1898 fountain pen (Extra Fine Writing)
— Van Dieman’s Devil Black (Inkcredible Colours)
— Lamy's Song Dynasty Safari (Bleistift)
— Black Lodge Press is the decade-long print project dedicated to all things anarchist, queer and anti-fascist (It’s Nice That)
— Ink Dupes #16: Sailor, Platinum, and Pilot (Rachel's Reflections)
— Glastonbury 2025: How Shangri-La is schooling the art world (Creative Boom)
— Comparing Different Apica Paper Weights (Fountain Pen Love)
— Beauty with parasol, woodblock (ZEN in TECHNICOLOR)
— New Pen Day: Mayfair Pens Noldor - Copper Tortoise (Cheryl Lindo Jones)
— Crucial Tracks 009: Zach Barocas (Crucial Tracks)
— Top 5 Green Fountain Pen Inks of 2025 (Blake's Broadcast)
— If You’re Looking For Good Coffee (and cute packaging design) in Akita, Head to 08coffee (Spoon & Tamago)
— Sun Flower Power! The Retro 51 Girasole is here! (Inkdependence)
— Vintage Master-Craft Loose Leaf Notebook (Notebook Stories)
— Smallest Visconti Ever? The Diminutive Viscontina (Figboot on Pens)
— I am still doing stuff (plus a bonus feature) (Fountain Pen Companion)
Want to catch the rest, plus extra articles, reviews, commentary, discounts, and more? Try out a Pen Addict Membership for only $5 per month!
