Vintage Inks: Green and Parker Super Quink Inks

Here are the two vintage inks I found last month when I joined fellow FPN-P members on a pen/ink/paper hunt in Recto and Avenida, in Old Manila. I love to call them my Christmas inks because of their color combination: Red and Green.Ink No. 1: Parker Super Quink Permanent Red with Solv-X I got this bottle of red ink from Conanan's at Recto. The bottle contains 2fl oz of ink, and against bright light, the contents appear to be brown rather than red....

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GPW #4: Zebra Jimnie Gel Rollerball

Here's (a super late) GPW #4: Zebra Jimnie Gel Rollerball medium black. GPW has been out for too long, and today, it's back with another non-Pilot pen: a Zebra. This pen, together with a blue Foray gel pen, was given to me as payments for fixing someone's computer a while back. :) When I got this pen, I thought it's just another gel pen. Together with the Foray gel, I placed it in my plastic box of gel pens, ballpoints, and mechanical pencils. But...

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The Second Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper

The second Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper is out! And The Archer is overwhelmed and proud to make it to the Editor's Choice again. :)In this edition of the Carnival, The Archer's review of the red Scribe notebook is featured as the top Editor's Choice, together with other articles on ink projects, back-to-school crafts and rollerball pens.Hurry! Run over to the Pen Addict's site to read more on pen, pencil and paper here: http://www.penaddict.com/2009/09/the-second-carnival-of-pen-pencil-and-paper.htmlTo...

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