Nibs and Flourishes
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Passionate about fountain pens, ink, gardening, tea and more. Lots more pen stuff on my Instagram @nibsandflourishes
🩵 Turquoise Tuesday 🩵 multiple colors of turquoise/teal today with this Koi pen from Stanford Pen Studio and Hanna Farmer
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🩵 Turquoise Tuesday 🩵 multiple colors of turquoise/teal today with this Koi pen from Stanford Pen Studio and Hanna Farmer
Happy Fountain Pen Day! For FPD, I gather one or more of everything still blooming in the garden for my Friday Flowers. Pen: Franklin-Christoph Model 31 Purpurae with a Monty Winnfield stacked nib inked with Bungubox L’Amant. #fpd #fountainpenday #fountainpen
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Happy Fountain Pen Day! For FPD, I gather one or more of everything still blooming in the garden for my Friday Flowers. Pen: Franklin-Christoph Model 31 Purpurae with a Monty Winnfield stacked nib inked with Bungubox L’Amant. #fpd #fountainpenday #fountainpen
An Inky Thursday Theme today - Condiments, Flavorings, and Seasonings. There are a good number of inks inspired by flavorings that make food more interesting! Some savory, some sweet. And I just realized 3 Oysters Mustard should have been on this page as well. No room, anyway #fountainpen
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
An Inky Thursday Theme today - Condiments, Flavorings, and Seasonings. There are a good number of inks inspired by flavorings that make food more interesting! Some savory, some sweet. And I just realized 3 Oysters Mustard should have been on this page as well. No room, anyway #fountainpen
🩵 Turquoise Tuesday 🩵 Platinum 3776 Shape of the Heart Bluebird #fountainpen
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🩵 Turquoise Tuesday 🩵 Platinum 3776 Shape of the Heart Bluebird #fountainpen
Monday Match/Monday Mugshot - Hatch x Leonardo Aster Bouquet with a mug by Hammerly Ceramics. #fountainpen
November 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Monday Match/Monday Mugshot - Hatch x Leonardo Aster Bouquet with a mug by Hammerly Ceramics. #fountainpen
Saturday Sampling- Ink Palette for my Pelikan m600 Art Collection Rudy Rother. I inked it with KWZ Grapefruit because it seemed like the most autumnal of the matches. I will never use yellow in an EF nib, but Goldfinch IS a great match and those of you with big juicy nibs might like it #fountainpen
November 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Saturday Sampling- Ink Palette for my Pelikan m600 Art Collection Rudy Rother. I inked it with KWZ Grapefruit because it seemed like the most autumnal of the matches. I will never use yellow in an EF nib, but Goldfinch IS a great match and those of you with big juicy nibs might like it #fountainpen
Friday Flowers - Sheffield Pink mums are still going strong! Pens: Nakaya Naka-ai Toki-Iro and Cypress Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in Pink
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Friday Flowers - Sheffield Pink mums are still going strong! Pens: Nakaya Naka-ai Toki-Iro and Cypress Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in Pink
Thursday Theme - Halloween! I don’t have any spooky pens with skulls or black cats or anything like that, this is as close as I get to Halloween pens . Visconti Mirage Coral and Leonardo x Corsani Ibrida with madreperla celluloid accents and a #8 titanium nib. #fountainpen
October 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Thursday Theme - Halloween! I don’t have any spooky pens with skulls or black cats or anything like that, this is as close as I get to Halloween pens . Visconti Mirage Coral and Leonardo x Corsani Ibrida with madreperla celluloid accents and a #8 titanium nib. #fountainpen
Closeup of the Pelikan m600 Art Collection Rudy Rother - sunlight makes it shimmer like crazy #fountainpen
October 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Closeup of the Pelikan m600 Art Collection Rudy Rother - sunlight makes it shimmer like crazy #fountainpen
Turquoise Tuesday and #newpenday! My pre-order of the Pelikan M600 Art Collection Rudy Rother is in! And all those who said this pen is even more spectacular in person were not exaggerating. Swipe to see the pretty packaging, too (the vintage poster that inspired the pen) #fountainpen
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Turquoise Tuesday and #newpenday! My pre-order of the Pelikan M600 Art Collection Rudy Rother is in! And all those who said this pen is even more spectacular in person were not exaggerating. Swipe to see the pretty packaging, too (the vintage poster that inspired the pen) #fountainpen
Monday Macro - closeup of the cap on my Nakaya Naka-ai Housoge Kikyo. Such artistry! #fountainpen
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Monday Macro - closeup of the cap on my Nakaya Naka-ai Housoge Kikyo. Such artistry! #fountainpen
Friday Flowers - dahlia ‘Onesta’ - these were a free bonus dahlia that came with an order and they have bloomed enthusiastically. Hopefully I can successfully overwinter them - I had a pretty good success rate last winter. I have paired them with my Platinum 3776 Chenonceau
October 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Friday Flowers - dahlia ‘Onesta’ - these were a free bonus dahlia that came with an order and they have bloomed enthusiastically. Hopefully I can successfully overwinter them - I had a pretty good success rate last winter. I have paired them with my Platinum 3776 Chenonceau
Thursday Theme - Pelikan! Pelikan Hub is tomorrow. Who is going? I will be at the Ashburn VA hub again this year. Left to right: m640 Niagara Falls, m815 Metal Stripes Blue, m1000 Renaissance Brown, m805 Ocean Swirl and m600 turquoise. #pelikan #pelikanhubs
October 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Thursday Theme - Pelikan! Pelikan Hub is tomorrow. Who is going? I will be at the Ashburn VA hub again this year. Left to right: m640 Niagara Falls, m815 Metal Stripes Blue, m1000 Renaissance Brown, m805 Ocean Swirl and m600 turquoise. #pelikan #pelikanhubs
An ink post for Turquoise Tuesday this week! I sampled four waterproof turquoise/teal option for the Sailor EF that I use in my Plotter, though I used my Hocoro Fude for these samples. My choice in comments
October 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
An ink post for Turquoise Tuesday this week! I sampled four waterproof turquoise/teal option for the Sailor EF that I use in my Plotter, though I used my Hocoro Fude for these samples. My choice in comments
Monday Match - a coordinating trio in turquoise and purple- Kilk Celestial purple, Stanford Pen Studio Sylph, and Rockster Daydreamer in Conway Stewart Azure.
October 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Monday Match - a coordinating trio in turquoise and purple- Kilk Celestial purple, Stanford Pen Studio Sylph, and Rockster Daydreamer in Conway Stewart Azure.
Friday Flowers - two magnificent dahlias - “Belle of Barmera’ and ‘Labyrinth’ - both produce flowers with more orange and yellow tones as the temps cool down. I have paired them with my Lucky Star Pens Lucky Cosmos (pen by River City Pen Co and blank by Pourly Controlled) #fountainpen
October 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Friday Flowers - two magnificent dahlias - “Belle of Barmera’ and ‘Labyrinth’ - both produce flowers with more orange and yellow tones as the temps cool down. I have paired them with my Lucky Star Pens Lucky Cosmos (pen by River City Pen Co and blank by Pourly Controlled) #fountainpen
Thursday Theme - Still Crazy (about them) After All These Years. Each of these pens were pre-pandemic purchases, and these have stood the test of time. I have never considered selling them, primarily due to the absolutely stunning blanks. Maker/blank ID in comments
October 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Thursday Theme - Still Crazy (about them) After All These Years. Each of these pens were pre-pandemic purchases, and these have stood the test of time. I have never considered selling them, primarily due to the absolutely stunning blanks. Maker/blank ID in comments
Wednesday Words - Leonard Cohen. Pen: Atelier Lusso Ragazzone in green gold Abalone. Nib: Imperial by Kirk Speer. Ink: Sugar Kelp by Birmingham Pens
October 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Wednesday Words - Leonard Cohen. Pen: Atelier Lusso Ragazzone in green gold Abalone. Nib: Imperial by Kirk Speer. Ink: Sugar Kelp by Birmingham Pens
Turquoise Tuesday, autumnal edition, featuring tones of teal. pens: Newton Pens Elizabethan in Conway Stewart Heather is a perfect autumn pen. I have paired it with my Hongdian Peacock.
October 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Turquoise Tuesday, autumnal edition, featuring tones of teal. pens: Newton Pens Elizabethan in Conway Stewart Heather is a perfect autumn pen. I have paired it with my Hongdian Peacock.
Monday Macro - Pilot Custom 823 FA nib and Yama Budo - such a great combo for flex writing that I can’t seem to ink it with anything else, even after all these years. #flexnib #fountainpen
October 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Monday Macro - Pilot Custom 823 FA nib and Yama Budo - such a great combo for flex writing that I can’t seem to ink it with anything else, even after all these years. #flexnib #fountainpen
New Pen Day! Saturday I got my pre-ordered Pilot Custom 74 Lavender Fog with a Soft Fine Med nib. Pic 1 shows some of the inks I dip tested with it. Pic two shows the Lavender Fog with Sailor’s Winter Sky from a few years go. They are very close in hue but have VERY different nibs #fountainpen
October 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
New Pen Day! Saturday I got my pre-ordered Pilot Custom 74 Lavender Fog with a Soft Fine Med nib. Pic 1 shows some of the inks I dip tested with it. Pic two shows the Lavender Fog with Sailor’s Winter Sky from a few years go. They are very close in hue but have VERY different nibs #fountainpen
Saturday Sampling - Marvelous Magentas! These are my favorite Magenta inks. Some lean more red/warm, some lean more blue/purple. All are rich and vibrant, which means they look great in any nib, IMO. Are there any other must-try magentas I have missed? #fountainpen
October 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Saturday Sampling - Marvelous Magentas! These are my favorite Magenta inks. Some lean more red/warm, some lean more blue/purple. All are rich and vibrant, which means they look great in any nib, IMO. Are there any other must-try magentas I have missed? #fountainpen
Friday Flowers - I have been waiting a long time to post this combo for Friday Flowers! My Leonardo Aster Bouquet with the flowers that inspired it, ‘Bluebird’ Asters #fountainpen
October 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Friday Flowers - I have been waiting a long time to post this combo for Friday Flowers! My Leonardo Aster Bouquet with the flowers that inspired it, ‘Bluebird’ Asters #fountainpen
Thursday Theme - Iris. Three inks inspired by irises, two gorgeous greeting cards from that show irises in different shades of purple, and my Namiki Sweet Flag and Moon, with its delicate maki-e irises. #fountainpen
October 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Thursday Theme - Iris. Three inks inspired by irises, two gorgeous greeting cards from that show irises in different shades of purple, and my Namiki Sweet Flag and Moon, with its delicate maki-e irises. #fountainpen
Wednesday Words - from Anne of Green Gables. I see this quote every October and every year it resonates. October is by far the best weather of any month where I live, pen: Scribo Feel Cenote ebonite. Ink: Sailor Manyo Akebi, showing a lot of sheen here in this wet, flexy nib #fountainpen
October 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Wednesday Words - from Anne of Green Gables. I see this quote every October and every year it resonates. October is by far the best weather of any month where I live, pen: Scribo Feel Cenote ebonite. Ink: Sailor Manyo Akebi, showing a lot of sheen here in this wet, flexy nib #fountainpen