“When asked for comment about Trump’s remarks on Air Force One, a White House official told The Guardian, “This reporter behaved in an inappropriate and unprofessional way towards her colleagues on the plane … If you’re going to give it, you have to be able to take.” The White House did not provide any evidence of inappropriate behavior. “Giving it” is doing one’s job, apparently, and “taking it” is being called a pig by the president for asking him a question.”
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If your local stationery store is always out of stock of Hobonichis or getting them shipped to you is dreadfully expensive, you might want to look into the Chinese brand Kinbor as an alternative. There's still plenty of time to get one off Ali Express in time for January.
They're about $10 to $20 depending on size and in many countries you can get free shipping. Like a proper hobonichi, they have A6 and A5 size dailies (dated or undated) and slim weeklies, and even the multi-year style.
The paper is fountain-pen friendly. A very heavy, sheeny glitter ink in my wettest, flexy nib made a lot of pinprick bleeding, but a normal everyday writer ink in a wide stub nib didn't bleed at all, and there's no feathering. I have an undated daily A6 that I've been enjoying using as a scribbles book (the pictured purple cover was included) and just got a weekly for 2026.
Just go on Ali Express and search for "Kinbor" and preferably find listings with the yellow "Choice" label for fast free shipping. Note that the prices you see on the search page will be misleading because it'll show the price of the cheapest option on the listing, which will be, like, just a plastic cover.
the back side of the notes page to show that the heaviest, wettest ink has bled through a little bit but the others have not (there is however shadow, since like a hobonichi the paper is thin)
a notes page which has been fountain pen tested. There's a note reading "it's not quite Tomoe River, but I've found Kinbor paper pleasant to use with fountain pens, and to suffer pinprick bleeding in only the heaviest applications."
notebooks open to show the interior printing style (very similar to hobonichi)
A6 daily undated notebook in a purple cloth cover next to 2026 weekly notebook with an orange paper cover and plastic sleeve
If your local stationery store is always out of stock of Hobonichis or getting them shipped to you is dreadfully expensive, you might want to look into the Chinese brand Kinbor as an alternative. There's still plenty of time to get one off Ali Express in time for January.
They're about $10 to $20 depending on size and in many countries you can get free shipping. Like a proper hobonichi, they have A6 and A5 size dailies (dated or undated) and slim weeklies, and even the multi-year style.
The paper is fountain-pen friendly. A very heavy, sheeny glitter ink in my wettest, flexy nib made a lot of pinprick bleeding, but a normal everyday writer ink in a wide stub nib didn't bleed at all, and there's no feathering. I have an undated daily A6 that I've been enjoying using as a scribbles book (the pictured purple cover was included) and just got a weekly for 2026.
Just go on Ali Express and search for "Kinbor" and preferably find listings with the yellow "Choice" label for fast free shipping. Note that the prices you see on the search page will be misleading because it'll show the price of the cheapest option on the listing, which will be, like, just a plastic cover.
the back side of the notes page to show that the heaviest, wettest ink has bled through a little bit but the others have not (there is however shadow, since like a hobonichi the paper is thin)
a notes page which has been fountain pen tested. There's a note reading "it's not quite Tomoe River, but I've found Kinbor paper pleasant to use with fountain pens, and to suffer pinprick bleeding in only the heaviest applications."
notebooks open to show the interior printing style (very similar to hobonichi)
A6 daily undated notebook in a purple cloth cover next to 2026 weekly notebook with an orange paper cover and plastic sleeve
Evan Prodromou
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Happy #fountainpen day!!
Enjoy the pens you have and what they can do for you. In my case: slow reflection 😍
Happy #fountainpen day!!
Enjoy the pens you have and what they can do for you. In my case: slow reflection 😍
Anke
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Would people recommend using Rohrer & Klingner iron gall ink in a nice pen w/ gold nib (Pilot Custom 823)?
I've been really enjoying this R&K “Ebony” ink, and it would be nice to use it in my favorite pen. I hear R&K iron gall inks are pretty gentle and gold nibs are particularly capable of handling iron gall, but I want to be extra sure.
Also, the vacuum filler plunger shaft looks like stainless steel, so I would be worried about damaging that.
Anke
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I've been using a Majohn A1 retractable fountain pen for about 10 months. It hasn't been pure joy, but as my daily writer, it's pretty handy. When I'm at work I am frequently jotting down info from phone calls, so having a pen I can open with one hand is great. Each morning I have to re-start the pen because the fine nib has dried out, but then it will usually work the whole day. A restart involves a napkin or tissue over the end, and then 2 or three shakes to get a drop of ink to come out the end. So, not ideal, but it's quick. Do you use a retractable fountain pen? Which one, and what's your experience been?
I've been using a Majohn A1 retractable fountain pen for about 10 months. It hasn't been pure joy, but as my daily writer, it's pretty handy. When I'm at work I am frequently jotting down info from phone calls, so having a pen I can open with one hand is great. Each morning I have to re-start the pen because the fine nib has dried out, but then it will usually work the whole day. A restart involves a napkin or tissue over the end, and then 2 or three shakes to get a drop of ink to come out the end. So, not ideal, but it's quick. Do you use a retractable fountain pen? Which one, and what's your experience been?
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Got a new fountain pen
#mastoart #fediart #traditionalart #art #pencil #sketch #furryart #corruptedfox #fox #vulpine #ink #dragon #fountainpen #fantasy
Got a new fountain pen
#mastoart #fediart #traditionalart #art #pencil #sketch #furryart #corruptedfox #fox #vulpine #ink #dragon #fountainpen #fantasy
I took a chance on a mystery ink from a sketchy ali express vendor. It's nice, though not quite what I was hoping for: it was advertised as high-sheen but it's actually glitter. This may just be a translation issue, since the difference between "sheen" inks and "glitter" inks isn't entirely self-explanatory. ("Sheen" inks have an evenly distributed shininess like the rainbow of an oil slick.)
There isn't really a brand. It just says "green as morning dew: intense color gradient ink series" in extremely tiny writing on the label.
[tire screech] STOP THE PRESSES! right before I clicked "post", I thought I should try more than one paper before writing this ink off as sheenless. It does show some nice red blushing on Kokuyo paper. 
an angled close-up of writing on different paper that's all-around shinier with some successful gradient
the page at an angle so you can better see the glitter, which in classic glitter ink fashion is heavily concentrated in the first sentence
handwritten in teal-leaning green ink with traces of golden glitter:
"Green as morning dew" ink, sketchy Ali Express vendor
I'd given up the delivery as lost, but it did in fact arrive eventually. It's advertised as a sheen ink but it's clearly actually a glitter ink – this may be a translation issue rather than decetion. I like the underlying green, but you can see the glitter choking already even though it's a pretty wet pen :)
Anke
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Well I went and bought a couple of #Clairefontaine pocket #notebook. Sure they don't look as cool as #moleskine, but there's no comparison in the paper quality! Especially where #fountainpen are concerned.
Well I went and bought a couple of #Clairefontaine pocket #notebook. Sure they don't look as cool as #moleskine, but there's no comparison in the paper quality! Especially where #fountainpen are concerned.
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]
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The Well Appointed Desk features ome of the work of a #Perth #FountainPen artist: https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2025/10/friday-friends-pensivecandy/
The Well Appointed Desk features ome of the work of a #Perth #FountainPen artist: https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2025/10/friday-friends-pensivecandy/
Box464
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The kid took my half page of #inktober ghosts with moustaches, and filled the other half with ghosts without moustaches and ghost butts.
Yes, ghost butts.
#fountainpen
The kid took my half page of #inktober ghosts with moustaches, and filled the other half with ghosts without moustaches and ghost butts.
Yes, ghost butts.
#fountainpen