Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this video, I show you how it has been going with my fountain pens and inks this month. I apologize for not having this Progress Report ready last week! Things have been busy and I lost track of or underestimated time!!!!
Here's a list of the pens and inks discussed --- I ended up with 11 fountain pens filled:
1. TWSBI Eco Rose Gold + Black M with Diamine Oxford Blue
2. Lamy 2000 Black B with Robert Oster Waterworld
3. TWSBI Eco Transparent Purple B with Pilot Iroshizuku Murasaki Shikibu
4. Lamy Al-Star Turmaline B with Pilot Iroshisuku Rikka
5. TWSBI Draco M with Pelikan Edelstein Star Ruby
6. Benu Euphoria Vodka on the Rocks AKA Edward B with Diamine Sherwood Green
7. TWSBI Diamond 580 Iris B with Pilot Iroshizuku Azalea
8. TWSBI Eco T Rosso with Pilot Iroshizuku Pilot Momiji
9. Kaweco Sport Mellow Blue BB with J Herbin Kyanite du Nepal
10. Pilot Vanishing Point Gunmetal/Rhodium M with Pilot Asa-gao
11. Benu Euphoria Pink Champagne B with J Herbin Fuchsia de Magellan
During the chatty part of the video I share with you the ad revenue for 2024 and 2025 plus I talk about taxes and plans to use different ink journals going forward to avoid the excess bleed thru when I swatch with a paint brush. I also talk about activity/time logging (also known as Interstitial journaling) which I am trying out to see where all my time is going lol. AND I share with you what I am spending my possibly final ad revenue money on --- it's out for delivery and Manuel is watching the mail box for it as we speak. When I get it I will be back with a comparison video and first impressions!!!!
Thank you very much for watching!
My pen email: chris@inkswatch.com
Instagram (behind the scenes in Texas with me and my husband and 3 cats): instagram.com/snowball7470
In this video, I show you how it has been going with my fountain pens and inks this month. I apologize for not having this Progress Report ready last week! Things have been busy and I lost track of or underestimated time!!!!
Here's a list of the pens and inks discussed --- I ended up with 11 fountain pens filled:
1. TWSBI Eco Rose Gold + Black M with Diamine Oxford Blue
2. Lamy 2000 Black B with Robert Oster Waterworld
3. TWSBI Eco Transparent Purple B with Pilot Iroshizuku Murasaki Shikibu
4. Lamy Al-Star Turmaline B with Pilot Iroshisuku Rikka
5. TWSBI Draco M with Pelikan Edelstein Star Ruby
6. Benu Euphoria Vodka on the Rocks AKA Edward B with Diamine Sherwood Green
7. TWSBI Diamond 580 Iris B with Pilot Iroshizuku Azalea
8. TWSBI Eco T Rosso with Pilot Iroshizuku Pilot Momiji
9. Kaweco Sport Mellow Blue BB with J Herbin Kyanite du Nepal
10. Pilot Vanishing Point Gunmetal/Rhodium M with Pilot Asa-gao
11. Benu Euphoria Pink Champagne B with J Herbin Fuchsia de Magellan
During the chatty part of the video I share with you the ad revenue for 2024 and 2025 plus I talk about taxes and plans to use different ink journals going forward to avoid the excess bleed thru when I swatch with a paint brush. I also talk about activity/time logging (also known as Interstitial journaling) which I am trying out to see where all my time is going lol. AND I share with you what I am spending my possibly final ad revenue money on --- it's out for delivery and Manuel is watching the mail box for it as we speak. When I get it I will be back with a comparison video and first impressions!!!!
Thank you very much for watching!
My pen email: chris@inkswatch.com
Instagram (behind the scenes in Texas with me and my husband and 3 cats): 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)






![Progress Report - January 2024
In this video, I talk about how my writing is going in each fountain pen this month! I now have 9 fountain pens and inks going + Im using them for letter writing and journaling! [Lots of journaling here lately due to feeling stressed and worried even though things seem to be going well for my Mom in her recovery!] Topics at the end include my thoughts on looking back at old journals, the freeze coming, cat update and mini update on Mom. Thank you for all the well wishes, prayers and positive thoughts for her!!!!!
Here is a list of the pens and inks talked about:
1. Hongdian N23 Year of the Rabbit (birthday pen) w/blade nib and Sailor 50 States Texas ink (ink gifted by pen friend M.S.)
2. Moonman P136 Blue M with Waterman Serenity Blue (pen gifted by the other pen friend M.S.)
3. TWSBI Eco T Rosso B with Pilot Momiji
4. Opus 88 Demonstrator Stilo + Stile exclusive B with J Herbin Emerald of Chivor (ink was a gift from anonymous penafactor who provided an Appelboom gift card for the channel).
5. Platinum 3776 Century Nice B Montblanc Psychedelic Purple
6. Benu Euphoria Pink Guava B )pen was gift from anonymous penafactor along with several other pens) Van Diemans Marilyn (this was my birthday ink).
7. Lamy Al-Star Graphite (pen from pen friend M.S.) B with Diamine Aqua Lagoon
8. Kaweco Sport Mellow Blue BB (pen from pen friend BBR) with Diamine Early Dusk
9. Lamy 2000 B with Pilot Iroshizuku Tsutsuji (Azalea)
Thank you so much for watching!!!! Lets meet in the comments and talk about pens and inks!!!
My pen email: chris@inkswatch.com
Compare inks here (NOTE: Matt uploaded the tiles from Inkvent 2023!!!! So be sure to head over and compare colors): https://inkswatch.com/
My Instagram (for more cat pics and behind the scenes in Texas): https://www.instagram.com/snowball7470/ Progress Report - January 2024](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XMSF5EfHoPM/mqdefault.jpg)