We’re celebrating the one year anniversary of the Nib Section by answering all your questions about pens, ink, and Chuck’s love life. We look back on our personal favourite TNS episodes we’ve done so far, and offer tips for visitors to the inaugural Sydney Pen Show next month.

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The hosts were Chuck (@entree3000_), Sharyn (@sharynzha), and Diana (@thegrynne).

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02:08—What We Are Writing With

Diana: Montblanc 90th Anniversary Meisterstuck 146 EF

Sharyn: Pelikan M400 White Tortoise EF

Chuck: Nakaya Decapod Aka-tamenuri MS

07:00—Mailbag

Episode 12 - We Can't All Be Montblanc, Some Of Us Are Lego

Pelikan M600 Pink - The Pen Addict

Wentworth

The Code

Offspring

MasterChef Australia

Secrets and Lies

Underbelly

18:34—One year of TNS

Episode 9 - Nibs 101

Episode 6 - Fountain Pen Inks 101

Episode 14 - Analog Strikes Back

Episode 13 - Try To Break This Pen...For Science

Episode 15 - Collectors Series Part 2: Handle Carefully Or Else It Explodes

Episode 17 - Buy Now, Regret Later (Tokyo Edition)

Red Dragon Pen Company

How to Write Letters: A 19th-Century Guide to the Lost Art of Epistolary Etiquette

37:35—More Q&A

Conid Pen

Sydney Pen Show (FB, IG)

Tickets for the Sydney Pen Show + Workshops - Eventbrite

Melbourne Pen Show

Liz Steel (@lizsteelart)

Moya (@moyagraphy)

Susan Tyler (@suespense)

The Pen Addict Podcast

Midori MD

Midori MD 10th Anniversary Storyboard Edition - Bookbinders Online

Midori MD Cotton A5 - JetPens

Midori MD A5 Leather Notebook Cover - Bookbinders Online

Nanami Paper

TarokoShop

Rhodia Webnotenook - Milligram

Overjoyed

Pilot Custom 823 Amber - Goulet Pens

Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo - Goulet Pens

ST Dupont Olympio Vertigo XL EF

Sailor Kiwa-guro - LarryPOST

Pelikan M450 Vermeil and Tortoiseshell - The Teeritz Agenda

Aurora Blue - The Writing Desk

Opus 88 Koloro - Pen Classics NZ

Opus 88 Demonstrator - Pen Classics NZ

Primer on the Opus 88 Eyedropper-Filled Mechanism

Omas Ogiva Cocktail Vodka Lemon - Chatterley Luxuries

Nakaya Chinkin Palmet Coloured Powders

Lamy Safari Yellow - Milligram

ST Dupont Phoenix Renaissance - La Couronne du Comte

Sailor Profit 1911 Large - Pen Chalet

Lamy Emporium - Peters of Kensington

Lamy Persona - Alt. Haven

1:08:40—Recommendations

Viberg Boot Colour 8 Chromexcel

Theronathon! - A journey through the career of Charlize Theron

west elm Mongolian Lamb Stool

1:14:24—Thanks and Credits

Producers: Diana Dai, Chuck Montano, Sharyn Zha.

Recording and editing: Diana Dai.

Special thanks to Rene Versteegh of Pen Classics NZ for his help with the question on the Opus 88s, as well as Tav, Ruben and Ben for the a cappella musical intro.

Music: Michael Pearce.

Logo: Will H. Smith.

Logo artwork: Melissa Graf.