In this episode, I talk about what pens to take on spring break, most popular pens in different price ranges, and what a Goulet rewards program might look like. Enjoy!

Montegrappa is a brand that we've been representing for several years, though mainly with their ink. The Fortuna Copper Mule is our first regularly offered Montegrappa pen at GouletPens.com, and it had such a cool story we just had to try it out.

In this week's episode, I give you a preview of the Pilot Con-40 converter, I pontificate how many pens it would take to reach the moon, and I tell you the best inks that no one every talks about.

I'm finally feeling better and am back with a new episode of Goulet Q&A for you! This week I talk about the inks everyone should have, how I rotate through my pen collection, and my favorite part of my job. Enjoy!

There is a new phenomenon happening in the planning, stationery, and fountain pen world called Bullet Journaling. Bullet journaling was created by Ryder Caroll and is a flexible system for self organization. It has spread across the stationery world and been embraced by a number of bloggers, including the subject of today's Goulet Guests episode, Kara Benz.

We've been hoping for sometime now that Lamy would come out with a purple Safari and they've exceeded our expectations with this 2016 Special Edition. It's matte purple with a black nib and a matching black clip. We'll have them available with extra-fine, fine and medium nibs, as well as a rollerball version.

For a long time we've been asked, and now we're finally able to deliver Goulet #6 size black nibs! These are the exact same high-quality Jowo-brand German nibs you've seen in our polished steel and two-tone colors, but now with a slick black oxide finish to stealth out any pen that'll take a #6 nib.

We're all human, and we all make mistakes. Having learned from the error of our own ways and from the vast amount of feedback and experiences we hear from customers, we've compiled a list of the biggest mistakes we see made with fountain pens. Hopefully, now that you know them, you can avoid the disastrous results... 

Back in November of 2015, Rachel and I had the honor to visit the Pilot USA headquarters in Jacksonville, Fl. Pilot USA is the distributor for Pilot product in the US, and supplies their products to retailers like us. It's a very important, yet often overlooked part of the process of getting these incredible Japanese products to the US market. They opened up their doors to us and let us show you their operation, it is quite impressive!

In this week’s Q&A, I talk about why fountain pens are called fountain pens, how pen materials affect the pricing of a pen, and what a typical day at Goulet looks like for me.