The Bent Tines

This week, Matthew and Katherine recap their week together finishing up their Retro51 project, some new pen acquisitions, drool over the epic drop of the new Rickshaw Bagworks Coozy Case, and reminisce over past Kickstarter projects.

This week, Matthew and Katherine are back this week after a Labor Day break to get their Retro51 pens shipped and are joined by Arielle Fragassi, aka ToastyTreat, and discuss how she uses fountain pens in her work as an author, her shared love for Jeeps with Matthew, and how camping plays a role in her writing and pen use!

This week, Matthew and Katherine tell the story of how they met and became friends and also delve a little way down into the hole of paper, including their favorites and new interests.

This week, Matthew & Katherine decide which pen from the other’s collection they would love to have, discuss snail mail in the times of COVID, and name their top five favorite fountain pens in their collections!

This week, Matthew and Katherine are joined by their friend Kate Avansino of OAX Coffee and discuss the fountain pen / coffee hobby overlap, an epic journey to acquire grail pens, beginning steps to expand your coffee horizon and get periodically interrupted by Oaxacan sheep!

Today, Matthew and Katherine talk about curating a collection and letting things go and give updates on their upcoming Retro51 release!

This week, Matthew and Katherine are joined by friend and creator of the Fountain Pen Companion, Urban. They talk about tracking and organizing their ink collections, digitally and physically, what makes them purchase a pen, and get a little sidetracked with pencils.

This week, Katherine and Matthew answer your questions, explain their obsessions with Sailor fountain pens, and help you plan your first custom urushi pen.

This week, Katherine and Matthew talk about the origin of the name “The Bent Tines,” dealing with FOMO in purchasing, and reveal a long-kept secret. Yes, they are finally breaking their silence about their upcoming project with Retro 51!

This week, Katherine and Matthew get to know you, fill you in on their origin stories into pen collecting, their recent trip to visit the Carolina Pen Company filled with raden and urushi, new hobbies and quarantine-era virtual “pen shows.”