fudefan

Episode 87 of Tokyo Inklings is out now:

tokyoinklings.com/episodes/087/

1 month ago | [YT] | 8

fudefan

Big paper news: Graphilo is changing! Due to the discontinuation of some materials, a new version of the paper will be launching next month. Stay tuned for more details!

2 months ago | [YT] | 25

fudefan

Episode 86 of Tokyo Inklings is out now:

tokyoinklings.com/episodes/086/

4 months ago | [YT] | 10

fudefan

Here's a close-up shot of a writing sample with Jetstream, Uniball One, Uniball Zento, and Kokuyo's WP rollerball (refill made by Ohto, I think).

5 months ago | [YT] | 34

fudefan

New update from Hobonichi, posted Jan 30th: "However, for other editions (such as the Original, Cousin, and Weeks), we are not offering individual support."

www.1101.com/store/techo/en/information/#455780

7 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 4

fudefan

I originally intended to include Ohashido in my video about small pen makers. Unfortunately, Ohashido has recently shut down and is no longer in business. This has been confirmed by both Maruzen and by a Wagner member who contacted Uehara-san directly.

The news came as a shock to the pen community here. Ohashido has been around, in one form or another, since 1912, making it older than Pilot. While Pilot grew into a global stationery powerhouse listed on the TSE, Ohashido remained a one-person indie pen maker that mostly sold pens at department stores and pen shows.

7 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 36

fudefan

Addendum about Muji paper:
1. Muji has a habit of changing suppliers without updating product names (source: GetNavi), so you can have two notebooks with the same SKU but different paper.
2. There are at least two generations of planting tree paper. The newer one has better performance (source: Kamipen).
3. Muji's highest quality paper is its 上質紙 (lit. "high-quality paper"). Notebooks with this paper are marked as such, but loose leaf refills aren't always. The dotted-grid refills and notebook-style refills both have this paper, even though the label doesn't say it. I got this confirmed at Muji's flagship store in Ginza today.

8 months ago | [YT] | 46

fudefan

Compared to regular 52gsm Sanzen TR (Sakae loose leaf), Hobonichi's new paper holds up well. No bleed with fountain pen inks. A bit more bleed with rollerballs, likely due to the difference in gsm. (Those pens bleed even on OG.) Hobonichi's paper feels slightly slicker. More coating?

8 months ago | [YT] | 11

fudefan

Thank you so much ‪@ThePenAddictChannel‬ for the shoutout 🙏

www.relay.fm/penaddict/645

8 months ago | [YT] | 6