Let's do some top fives! (Or top sixes. It's hard to decide and pick, sometimes.)

Candace's Pens
1. Eboya Hakobune M with Urushi/Maki-e
2. Pilot Silvern Ishidatami (stone paving) Rhodium Plated 18k
3. Pilot 912CH with nib with urushi finish by @bokumondoh
4. River City Pen Co. Oparex Opal in Salmon
5. Platinum Shape of Heart Chai Latte
5.1 Jason Neil Penworks Tucker

Azizah's Pens
1. TAG Stationery x Sailor PG Sounds of Kyoto | Usugumo Fountain Pen + zoom
2. Robspenworks fruity pebbles
3. White bear pens Ursa model in any color combo at this point
4. Skogsy cholla button candy factory + MB calligraphy curved nib
5. Londonpenco x fortunetelling all of the above / hogtown new gothic

Chi:
1. PensbyPasquale Tobermory Wreck custom pen

NIBS: Candace
1. Pilot 912 Soft Fine Nib
2. @leonardo_pens x @stiloestile Via Lattea with @stylosuite Harpoon X Wing EF flex nib
3. Sailor 14K Zoom Nib
4. Sailor x bungubox 14k EF grinded by mark bacas
5. Utility nib - from Monty Winnfield

NIBS: Azizah
1. Pensloth Guru
2. Monty Winnfield Whale
3. Pen Realm Monoline
4. Stylosuite italic xharpoon flex 
5. Opus Cineris silver harmonic cursive italic
5.1 every single Schondsgn Monoc I own.

INKS: Candace
1. Diamine Celadon Cat
2. Franklin Christoph Spanish Blue
3. Caran D’ache Caribbean Sea
4. Diamine Lavender
5. Pelikan Rose Quartz/ Birmingham Magnolia Mirage

INKS: Azizah
1. Diamine Celadon Cat
2. Sailor Manyo Haha
3. Waterman Obsession Blue (turquoise)
4.  PW Akkerman x GP BitfPitb
5. Epitome Pens x GP Criminal purple

PAPER: Candace
1. Tomoe River 52gsm
2. Onionskin Journal
3. Yu-sari
4. Plotter Paper
5. Graphilo

PAPER: Azizah
1. TR, always
2. Maruman mnemosyne
3. Graphilo, always
4. Onion skin
5. Kokuyo KB for “normal” use and things

OTHER/MISC: Candace
1. Toronto Pen Company Brass Folded Nib 
2. Ooomomo little self stamps
3.  Postal Co
4. Fiskar paper cutter
5. Canon Ivy printer

OTHER/MISC: Azizah
1. TAG stationery ink puddle glass dish dipper nonsense thing. Love it.
2. Ink sample vial holder puzzle piece
3. All the stupid plotters i keep amassing. I love them and hate them.
4. Zebra mildliners
5. Toyo Steel tins

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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