Gourmet Pens Club

Hello jello!

Well, this one is mostly just nonsense stories of selling pens, thinking about selling pens, the Diamine inkvent calendar, and some laundry detergent.

Benu x Pen Addict 15th anniversary pen

Philly Pen Show

Philly Pen Show Seminars

New stuff at Gourmet Pens Shop

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Hello Jello!
We discuss Scriptus, new pens, have a short moment for a friend.

• The Ink Wetness Survey

Some Pens Mentioned:

• Neon Prism Pen
• Pilot Silvern Pen
• F3 Pen
• Just Turnings Pen

Some Folks Mentioned:

• Hardy Pen Wrights
• Fountain Pen Day
• Scriptus Toronto Pen Show
• Toronto Pen Company
• Dens Custom Pens
• Bokumundoh
• Rob's Pen Works
• Midwest Hybrids
• Jason Neil Penworks
• Skogsy Pens
• Papa J Woodworks
• Addicted to Pens
• F3 Pens
• Pourly Controlled
• Maverick Pens
• Eureka Pens
• Just Turnings

New Stuff at the Gourmet Pens Shop

Hello jello!

• Candace’s pick of the pen case
• Scriptus Pen Show
• Philly Pen Show
• Philly Pen Show Seminars

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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Hello jello friends! SURPRISE! To celebrate the second anniversary of the podcast, we have treated you to a delightful video episode. Except, there are not many pens. You'll also be treated to some CHI! And possibly bonus derpy dogs.

To join the Pen Addict Slack, please contact Brad using this contact form!

Thank you so much for joining us for fifty-two episodes!

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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!

Are you enjoying the podcast? It would mean so much to us if you could leave us a review on whatever platform you may be using to listen! If you need some inky goods, please visit Gourmet Pens Shop to ink the itch!

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