One of these days I should do an ‘unboxing’ video but I actually tend to unbox deliveries in a few stages because the process can…
This was another lovely selection of prints from Japan. I’d been hunting for these 2 prints from the play “Okige no kumo harau Asagochi” for…
Here is a relatively small delivery from Japan with a nice variety of prints in it. Single pages & series Diptychs and orphaned pairs of…
Another nice delivery from Japan and, as is my habit, we start with a print from the play “Okige no kumo harau Asagochi“ Sometimes a…
Here’s another delivery from Japan but this time it only contained yakusha-e triptychs but some of them are really stunning! I’ve featured the subject of…
There were a few deliveries in the first half of 2023 so this post is a bit of a big one! It mixes modern Sharaku…
Now just a few prints from the last half of 2023, starting with one of my favourite stories “Oshichi at the watchtower”: I’ve also been…
On 29th December 2025 Facebook’s automated system decided to disable my account without warning or the ability to appeal. They cite “account integrity” concerns which…
I’ve always been a Windows person, right back to the early days of Windows 3.1, except for owning iPhones. It was’t so much that I…
After writing the post about my favourite pens I realised I couldn’t do that without also writing about my favourite inks, as this is another…
I’ve been collecting fountain pens for a while and when people ask which pen I’d recommend the same names keep coming up again and again…
Sometimes you’ll come across a fountain pen that feels slightly scratchy when you use it – the nib might write smoothly in one direction but…
Many people find that buying pens, inks and paper from Japan is a good way to both save money and access a wide array of…
The world we live in has become full of highly charged opinions competing for your attention but what should you believe? What is the truth…
Background Back in the late 1950s & early 1960s Pilot made a series of pens called the “Super” which eventually morphed into the single-letter E…
This is a question that gets asked a lot in the fountain pen world and I’ve given it some thought and seen a few really…
Nibs are some of the most distinctive design features of any fountain pen – they are the part we connect with the most because they…
Here are some of my Sailor pocket pens, in date order … or as accurately as I can achieve. From 1960 – 1971 date codes…