Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this video, I show and talk about the fountain pens and inks I will be writing with for September 2023. I do a quick writing sample and show ink tiles for each ink as well. Then I chat generally about writing and life at the end.
Pens and inks talked about in this video:
1. Pelikan M800 Black and Blue F with Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-gao. (Pen was a gift from pen friend M.S.)
2. Benu Talisman Mandrake B with Sailor 50 States Louisiana
3. TWSBI Diamond 580 Iris B with Pilot Iroshizuku Syo-ro
4. Jinhao 80 Grey B Lamy nib with Diamine Oxblood
5. Jinhao 82 B Goulet nib with Jacques Herbin Rouge d'Orient
6. Moonman/Majohn A1 red EF with Cross Black (Pen was gifted to me by my husband Manuel via Amazon gift card!)
7. Faber Castell Loom Lime F with Cross Black (Pen was a gift from pen friend and pen pal B.M.)
8. Platinum Little Shooting Star Hello Kitty purple 03/F with Cross Black (Pen was a gift from pen friend S.B.)
The big win for this month was that I finally caught up on my pen pal reply pile. This is rare as it's a rotating ongoing cycle and every so often this can happen where I have caught up momentarily!!!! It feels good but there are new letters I want to write to existing pen pals as well so plenty of writing yet to do! Journaling also keeps me occupied daily as does planning/bullet journaling.
I'm sitting out the #30inks30days this September but I look forward to seeing inks others do and as time allows I will make entries in my ink journal and share them with you at the mid-month progress report!!!! I have to be careful not to place pressure on myself right now because there are a few challenges that are taking almost all my extra mental energy right now.
Thank you so much for watching and I hope you are also enjoying your inks and pens!!!!!!
We are inching closer to the season I most associate with cozy writing and hobby related fun ... I started back in the hobby during the late fall season and so I get really excited when this time of year rolls around. Also, on September 7th we will celebrate the 6th anniversary of this You Tube channel. So excited!!!!
Lets meet if comments and I'd love to hear about your pen and ink projects and currently inked combos!!!!
My pen email: chris@inkswatch.com
My Instagram: instagram.com/snowball7470
In this video, I show and talk about the fountain pens and inks I will be writing with for September 2023. I do a quick writing sample and show ink tiles for each ink as well. Then I chat generally about writing and life at the end.
Pens and inks talked about in this video:
1. Pelikan M800 Black and Blue F with Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-gao. (Pen was a gift from pen friend M.S.)
2. Benu Talisman Mandrake B with Sailor 50 States Louisiana
3. TWSBI Diamond 580 Iris B with Pilot Iroshizuku Syo-ro
4. Jinhao 80 Grey B Lamy nib with Diamine Oxblood
5. Jinhao 82 B Goulet nib with Jacques Herbin Rouge d'Orient
6. Moonman/Majohn A1 red EF with Cross Black (Pen was gifted to me by my husband Manuel via Amazon gift card!)
7. Faber Castell Loom Lime F with Cross Black (Pen was a gift from pen friend and pen pal B.M.)
8. Platinum Little Shooting Star Hello Kitty purple 03/F with Cross Black (Pen was a gift from pen friend S.B.)
The big win for this month was that I finally caught up on my pen pal reply pile. This is rare as it's a rotating ongoing cycle and every so often this can happen where I have caught up momentarily!!!! It feels good but there are new letters I want to write to existing pen pals as well so plenty of writing yet to do! Journaling also keeps me occupied daily as does planning/bullet journaling.
I'm sitting out the #30inks30days this September but I look forward to seeing inks others do and as time allows I will make entries in my ink journal and share them with you at the mid-month progress report!!!! I have to be careful not to place pressure on myself right now because there are a few challenges that are taking almost all my extra mental energy right now.
Thank you so much for watching and I hope you are also enjoying your inks and pens!!!!!!
We are inching closer to the season I most associate with cozy writing and hobby related fun ... I started back in the hobby during the late fall season and so I get really excited when this time of year rolls around. Also, on September 7th we will celebrate the 6th anniversary of this You Tube channel. So excited!!!!
Lets meet if comments and I'd love to hear about your pen and ink projects and currently inked combos!!!!
My pen email: chris@inkswatch.com
My Instagram: instagram.com/snowball7470









![Pen Cases - Part 1 - Storage
[NOTE: the yellow Lamy that I talked about which was discolored was NOT mine ... it was someone who wrote about their experiences on Reddit. ALSO ... lol I realized the TWSBI Ecos were upside down on purpose .... to avoid the zipper when I pull them out ... so ... yeah ... lol]
This video is a show and tell of all my zipper pen cases which house all my fountain pens. The video was inspired by viewer/pen friend ttownreader who asked: I heard you mention that you keep your pens in pen cases, can you do a video about those sometime? Im really struggling with making sure I pick the right storage. I saw one video where the Pentuber said the material in the case discolored her pens.
Im super appreciative of this question because it resulted in me learning a LOT about safe and harmful materials used in making pen cases.
I discuss what I like and dont like about each of my cases and talk about any problems I have had with them (not many). At the end, I talk about the research I did about materials that can damage our pens and which materials ARE recommended.
Please do your own research specific to the types of pens you are going to store. I had no idea there were many materials which could harm pens. Really, Im just beginning to learn and navigate the subject.
I went into detail in the video but generally speaking the recommended materials are: vegetable-tanned leather, high quality fabrics like canvas, wool, felt or microsuede, wooden boxes, soft fabric liners to prevent scratching or transfer of chemicals.
I use 3 types of storage:
1. Zipper cases for pens not currently inked - stored like books on my shelf
2. Trays and pen boxes for keeping inked pens at my finger tips on my pen and library desks.
3. To go cases and sleeves that I use when Im taking fountain pens with me around the house, park, and outings.
I will be doing (in the fairly near future) videos about my pen trays and boxes and the to go cases as part of this 3 part series.
Here is the channel I was talking about: TieDyePen Collector (Sherri):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtejeeLuLy4
My pen email: chris@inkswatch.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snowball7470/
My substack: https://substack.com/@chrissaenz13 (currently writing about misc non-political topics and fountain pen hobby content as well ... its totally free to subscribe). Pen Cases - Part 1 - Storage](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VFOL6o_2a4k/mqdefault.jpg)
