April 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:

Vanness Pens released the Wearingeul Modular Glass Dip Pen with three total nibs included, plus the fun Wearingeul Ink Encyclopedia to test your inks in.

JetPens created a set of not just Zebra Mildliners, but in combination with standard pens they have tested to work well with Mildliners. No one does sets better.

Goldspot dropped all four colors of the new Nahvalur Original Plus Fountain Pen, featuring Lavender, Pistachio, Powder Blue, and Soft Coral.

Dromgoole’s is loaded up with fresh Galen Leather inventory, including the popular 3-Slot and 5-Slot Zippered Pen Cases.

March Sponsor Spotlight

Fresh Troublemaker Ink at Vanness Pens.

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:

Dromgoole’s received the Colorverse Colorvent Calendar 2025 Top 3 Ink & Fountain Pen Set, featuring the top inks from last year’s edition.

Vanness Pens had a big Troublemaker Ink refresh, featuring several new shades, and classic colors alike.

JetPens dropped the newest Limited Edition from Pelikan, the M200 Cherry Blossom.

Goldspot released several colors of the new Sailor 1911 Casual L Fountain Pen, featuring metal grip sections and Steel nibs.

MAZE - The End of Boring Fountain Pens (Sponsor)

My thanks to Endless Stationery and Arclayer for sponsoring The Pen Addict this week.

Their new project, MAZE Pens, isn’t just another fountain pen launch. It’s an explorative experiment in what happens when you turn the inside of a pen into the star of the show. Instead of hiding ink channels deep in the barrel, Endless and Arclayer have sculpted them into artful pathways, printed in high-clarity SLA resin and post-processed to gleam like a jewel. The result is a pen that looks alive — ink twisting and drifting through a transparent, three-dimensional maze as you write.

Each MAZE pattern (Five of them!) feels like its own personality carved into light. You can run it as a classic eyedropper or go full engineering-nerd with the Japanese eyedropper shut-off system for leak-proof travel. And yes: shimmering inks look beautiful in these barrels — in the best way possible.

If you’ve ever wished your pen had a little more soul, a little more strangeness, a little more why the hell not — this is the one to get. Head over to their Kickstarter page and grab yourself one!