• Feb 2, 2010
Review : Private Reserve Midnight Blues Fountain Pen Ink

  • Jan 27, 2010
Review : Private Reserve Arabian Rose Fountain Pen Ink

As a tribute to Valentine's Day, we here at Goldspot Pens are reviewing a few romantic inks to use with your fountain pens as you write your love letters. Private Reserve offers a plethora of lovely hues to express your personality.Arabian Rose was a bit of an unexpected shade of purple. I thought it was going to be a rich red, but got more of a reddish purple. The color is very rich and provides a...

  • Nov 4, 2009
Review : Tombow Zoom 2000 Rollerball Pen

This special request review comes from Chris C. over on our Facebook Fan page. If you would like to request a review of a product that we carry on our website, please feel free to tweet, comment or post on our Facebook fan wall.The Tombow Zoom 2000gives me the impression that it is a writing utensil of the future. It looks like the Terminator dropped it on his way back to help John Connor save the...

  • Oct 27, 2009
Review : Online Vision Blue Fountain Pen

  • Sep 22, 2009
Review : Taccia Merit Fountain Pen

  • Aug 17, 2009
Pelikan M200 Italic Special Production Review

  • Aug 10, 2009
Can I have your John Hancock?

This weekend, I was having a discussion with the family over breakfast regarding handwriting, specifically signatures, and I thought the topic would be very appropriate for the readers of this blog.The conversation started when my wife, who is a school teacher, mentioned that the modern-day curriculum included less and less cursive writing instruction for younger children. I chime in to say that...

  • Jul 9, 2009
Pen-Spinning, Part II

The other day, I posted a Lamy Pico pen-spinning video that I happened to stumble across on YouTube. I asked if anyone else was interested in sending in a video of themselves doing some tricks and certainly got what was asked for : Courtesy of Steven from the Universal Pen Spinning Board.Yes, so if you are interested at all in impressing your co-workers, classmates or your professors with your...

  • May 7, 2009
Noodler's Nightshade

I just rinsed Noodler's Nightshade out of my Pelikan M215 this morning and decided to blog about the color. On the left is a page of notes I took a week or so ago.  I couldn't really put my finger on this color in an office fluorescent light setting. Every time I glance at my writing, I always thought I was looking at black or a blue/black. My mind is saying, "What are you? A dark blue? A light...