Gourmet Pens Club

Azizah’s pick of the pen case
Franklin-Christoph x Gourmet Pens Model 31 Clipless Grey Jay
Franklin-Christoph music nib
Ink Institute x Gourmet Pens Grey Jay ink

nibsandflourishes Instagram post with Grey Jay art

Candace’s pick of the pen case
Montegrappa Beauty Book Gentlemen Shiny Circles fountain pen

NEW STUFF IN THE SHOP

Epitome Pens x Gourmet Pens Watermelon Slushie ink
Epitome Pens x Gourmet Pens Criminal ink
Epitome Pens x Gourmet Pens Fabulous ink

Troublemaker Inks - Golden Hour
Troublemaker Inks - Sepia Hour
Troublemaker Inks - Rodeo

Super special restocks
GOURMETPENS x BENU TALISMAN DARK UNICORN
GOURMETPENS x BENU TALISMAN RAVEN

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Maverick Pens
Rob's Pen Works
Platinum x Kokuyo Perpanep fountain pen (turns out they're out of stock, sorry), so here is the Preppy!
Pilot Parallel calligraphy fountain pens
Pilot Parallel 101 video
Font of inkspiration Handwriting Stylings
September #fontofinkspiration
Candace’s zentangling highlights

New at the Gourmet Pens Shop

GOURMETPENS x BENU TALISMAN DARK UNICORN

GOURMETPENS x BENU TALISMAN RAVEN

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Addicted to Pens
Addicted to Blanks
Evan (Penquisition)
Helen’s Creations
Jon Tello - Hello Tello
Lauren Elliott - Lucky Star Pens
Matthew Chen - Matthew’s Nibworks
Ben - Mayfair Pens
Mikayla - White Bear Pens
Newsha - Ferocious and Pretty Pens
Jim (Pensloth)
Rachel (Rachel’s Ramblings)
Ian Schon - Schon Dsgn
Shawn Newton - Newton Pens
Zach & Amy - Skogsy Pens
Susan (Paper Cat Lady)
CY - Tokyo Station Pens and Kyuseido
Tim Crowe - Turnt Pen Co
Vaness Pen Shop
Candace's haul
Candace's nib work
Candace's PapaJWW pen
Damien Alomar - All in the nib
Nibs and Flourishes
Shoutout to Inky.Rocks
Shoutout to Meghan Betts
River City Pens
Pen Realm
London Pen Co.
Gena’s Perspective Nib

New at the Gourmet Pens Shop

GOURMETPENS x BENU TALISMAN DARK UNICORN

GOURMETPENS x BENU TALISMAN RAVEN

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Hello jello! We wrap up our nibmeister series with the last of the nibmeister feedback! Listen on to hear how you can make the process of getting your fountain pen nib tuned as smooth as possible! (No pun intended)

• Candace's Mayfair Pens "Easy to Love" 
• Mad Science Pen Company
• Correction from previous episode - please see Mark Bacas's cursive smooth italic nib details

Nibgrinders/meisters/masters/technicians (heehee)

• Damien Alomar - All in the nib
• CY - Tokyo Station Pens
• JC Ament - The Nib Tailor
• Salman Khattak - Toronto Pen Company
• Matthew Chen - Matthew’s Nib Works  (Pactagon)

Restock of Rickshaw Bagworks sleeves and coozy rolls hitting the shelves very very soon! (As in, as soon as Azizah updates the inventory)

New at the Gourmet Pens Shop

GOURMETPENS x BENU TALISMAN DARK UNICORN

GOURMETPENS x BENU TALISMAN RAVEN

• DC Pen Show - Doodling with fountain pens with Candace
• DC Pen Show - Inky Messes with Azizah

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Hello jello! Let’s hear what our friendly neighbourhood nibmeisters have to say to their customers! That’s us! But in all reality, let’s learn how to make this process better for everyone involved.

• Kirk Speer - Pen Realm
• Richard Binder’s nib smoothing notes
• Question from lizdubdub
• CY - Tokyo Station Pens
• Damien Alomar - All in the nib
• Matthew Chen - Matthew’s Nib Works  (Pactagon)
• JC Ament - The Nib Tailor
• JJ Lax - JJ Lax Pen Co
• Sally Smith - Sallymander Nibs
• Gena Salorino - Custom Nib Studio
• Wendy - Nibs and Flourishes
• Fountain Pen Companion
• Urban on Patreon

New at the Gourmet Pens Shop

GOURMETPENS x BENU TALISMAN DARK UNICORN

GOURMETPENS x BENU TALISMAN RAVEN

• Workshops at Stationery Fest
• DC Pen Show - Inky Messes with Azizah

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Hello jello! Let’s read through your feedback for and about nibmeisters, and we’ll also chat about what are nib grinds and tuning, what are nibmeisters, and how to make the process as smooth as possible! 

Nibmeisters - not all, but some!

• Audrey Matteson - The Nib Doctor
• Kirk Speer - Pen Realm
• Mark Bacas - The Nib Grinder
• Salman Khattak - Toronto Pen Company
• Anabelle Hiller - Strings and Pedals / Opus Cineris (Appelboom)
• JJ Lax - JJ Lax Pen Co
• CY - Tokyo Station Pens
• Damien Alomar - All in the nib
• Matthew Chen - Pactagon
• JC Ament - The Nib Tailor
• Appelboom
• The Pen Addict episode with Damien Alomar
• Richard Binder’s nib smoothing notes

New at the Gourmet Pens Shop

• Workshops at Stationery Fest
• DC Pen Show - Inky Messes with Azizah
• DC Pen Show - Doodling with fountain pens with Candace

Other stuff

• Philly Pen Show 2025 show tickets and seminar tickets are live! NEW WORKSHOPS! Super limited spots available!

Are you a nibmeister or a nib worker? Would you like to share some thoughts and/or information for customers and pen lovers? Please do so here!

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Hello jello! Let’s catch up on some new acquisitions and check in with Candace’s ink sample progress! We also talk about getting a bad nib with a new fountain pen purchase, and what you can do. Thanks for listening, and enjoy!

• Zodiac Pen Co. Pisces 80s baby
• Zodiac Pen Co. on Instagram
• Scribe Pens x Dank Blanks Bloom
• Scribe Pens on Instagram
• Mythic Pens Prime in Blue Green Spark
• Mythic Pens on Instagram
• Pilot Parallel fountain pens
• Toronto Pen Company

New at the Gourmet Pens Shop

• Workshops at Stationery Fest
• DC Pen Show - Inky Messes with Azizah
• DC Pen Show - Doodling with fountain pens with Candace
• Pensloth stacked nib units

Other stuff

• Philly Pen Show 2025 show tickets and seminar tickets are live! NEW WORKSHOPS!
• Side note, have you heard of Nibbage?

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Hello jello! This episode was a bit of a wing it - we were just chatting about coffee and paper and pens and it went downhill (or uphill?) from there. Plus, there are some workshop updates! Enjoy!

• Candace’s Fountain Pen Companion
• Pilot Parallels at Gourmet Pens Shop
• Candace's neon inks
• Azizah’s Pilot Parallel 101 video
• Azizah’s base inks:
  • Sailor Manyo Haha
    Platinum Mixable Yellow
    Diamine Sunshine Yellow
    Diamine Tropical Glow
    Waterman South Sea Blue/Obsession Blue/Inspired Blue (whatever they call it now) 
    J Herbin Diabolo Menthe
    J Herbin Gris Nuage
• Stationeryfest Inky Messes tickets go live June 1, 2024
• DC Supershow Inky Messes tickets go live soon
• Philly Pen Show 2025 show tickets and seminar tickets are live! NEW WORKSHOPS!
• Side note, have you heard of Nibbage?

Other new stuff:

• Birmingham Pen Co. Robin’s Egg Blue ink bottle
• Birmingham Pen Co. ink samples for other popular colours
• Fun stuff from Pilot! But also useful stuff, like converters, cartridges, and pens. Really cute gel pens and indelible fabric marker, too!

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Hello jello! I think the title says it all and then some. Have a listen and find out what Candace has been up to and then I blurt out a bunch of purchases because I apparently (obviously?) have no self-control. Enjoy!

• Thank you to Rob Sanchez (robspenworks) for the Ueno market tip 
• Map location for Ueno Market
• Ameyok Komito Pen Shop

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Hello jello! We have reached the third part in our feedback series, here at Gourmet Pens Club. We have compiled some feedback from the artisan pen makers in our community. We hope you enjoy listening! Thank you everyone for participating in this series! 

Candace’s Sailor - Sailor 4B
Candace’s Sailor - Shishikura Ice Crystals
Candace’s Sailor - Bokumondoh

Just some of the pen makers we referenced and/or from whom we received feedback:

Pensbypasquale
F3 Pens
PapaJWW
TimberElegance
Ryan Krusac Studios
Skogsy Pens
White Bear Pens

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