The first pen blog

Number 1. My first blog. Here it is. Here I am. Maybe here WE are. And what on earth are we doing wasting our time like this?

This blog is a work in progress and I'm not quite sure what direction it will take. Nevertheless, at this point it is going to be primarily a blog about my obsession with pens  - fountain pens. 

If you are starting to see from where you are sitting an "L" shape appearing on my brow, now is the time to move to another site (if you needed my permission).

I'll be playing with adding images and videos. Throw in an occasional review, poem or thought, and then we'll see where we go from there. 

Feedback would be appreciated, and will help me hone my skills.

The bulk of my pen porn will be Italian, and celluloid - both my preferences. But there will be some Japanese eagerly inserting itself into the conversation. Pens will be both vintage and modern; but will have a particular bias towards Omas, my favourite brand, and flex, my favourite writing.

I'm not a real ink aficionado, but there will be a few colours (I like colours).

And we'll be varying from:

(Nakaya Decapod & Omas Arlecchino)

to:

(Pelikan Twist)

and lots of places in between.

So stay tuned and let's see where the ink flows :)

Thanks for reading.