The Bent Tines

This week, Katherine and Matthew are joined by Ian Schon of Schon Dsgn and they discuss Ian’s path into fountain pens, the story behind his beloved “Pocket 6,” and empty their pockets to talk about their favorite “every day carry” items. Everyone got a little (a lot) excited so a few expletives were dropped in the making of this episode.

This week, Katherine is joined by Arielle aka Toasty Treat and Renee and together they discuss stationery streaming on Twitch, ideas for keeping journaling interesting, and a new dip pen on Kickstarter.

This week, Matthew and Katherine catch up and discuss the new Esterbrook JR Paradise and Matthew talks about his experiences at the recent DC Pen Show.

This week, Matthew and Katherine talk about new-to-them modern Esterbrook pens, Matthew’s illustration work showing up in our pen community, and Katherine’s trip to Louisville to see a pen maker.

This week, Matthew and Katherine talk about another new Sailor, the pocket knife collecting problem, and some of our collecting mistakes.

This week, Matthew and Katherine talk about their collection of hobbies, midcentury dinnerware, limited edition collector fatigue, what makes us love a pen, and answer a few of your questions!

This week, Matthew and Katherine discuss the Space Cat launch, a new Aurora Optima, antique hunting and Matthew’s love of pocket knives.

This week, Matthew and Katherine are joined by Ryan Sirignano of Kenro Industries and talk about manufacturing and developing the Esterbrook brand, unique aspects of the Italian brands, more underrated fountain pen brands, the upcoming SpaceCat launch, and more!

This week, Matthew and Katherine talk about the nibs.com merger, trying new paper stocks, and upcoming pen show plans for 2021.

This week, Matthew and Katherine talk about an upcoming Retro51 release, Sailor’s seemingly never-ending LE production amidst a price hike, and finding contentment in collection.