Nibs and Flourishes
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Passionate about fountain pens, ink, gardening, tea and more. Lots more pen stuff on my Instagram @nibsandflourishes
Thursday Theme - Giving Thanks. All the inks pictured here I discovered within the last year or two via samples from pen friends. Thank you, my pen friends, whether or not we have personally traded samples or not. I appreciate all of you! Nib holder by River City pen Co,” #fountainpen
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Thursday Theme - Giving Thanks. All the inks pictured here I discovered within the last year or two via samples from pen friends. Thank you, my pen friends, whether or not we have personally traded samples or not. I appreciate all of you! Nib holder by River City pen Co,” #fountainpen
🩵 Turquoise Tuesday 🩵 Aurora Oceano Pacifico with a lovely bottle of GvFC turquoise #fountainpen
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🩵 Turquoise Tuesday 🩵 Aurora Oceano Pacifico with a lovely bottle of GvFC turquoise #fountainpen
Monday Match - blues and greens.Aurora Optima Azzurra and Butterknife Creations in Dupras Cenote, the ink is The Wet Pen’s Elliott Bay #fountainpen
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Monday Match - blues and greens.Aurora Optima Azzurra and Butterknife Creations in Dupras Cenote, the ink is The Wet Pen’s Elliott Bay #fountainpen
Here is a look at Endless Pens’ new Community ink, a gorgeous blurple from Robert Oster called Ube Truffle (the community voted on ideas and choices). Look how well it matches my Leonardo Aster Bouquet! More thoughts in comments #fountainpen
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Here is a look at Endless Pens’ new Community ink, a gorgeous blurple from Robert Oster called Ube Truffle (the community voted on ideas and choices). Look how well it matches my Leonardo Aster Bouquet! More thoughts in comments #fountainpen
Friday Flowers Flashback to early April with fragrant double white narcissus (probably Bridal Crown or Winston Churchill but they pre-date me at this house) and my Karas Vertex #fountainpen
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Friday Flowers Flashback to early April with fragrant double white narcissus (probably Bridal Crown or Winston Churchill but they pre-date me at this house) and my Karas Vertex #fountainpen
Thursday Theme - Magic Gardens - Drewnem Pisane knows how to capture the magic of a garden in a pen! Which is how I ended up with two of them. #Fountainpen
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thursday Theme - Magic Gardens - Drewnem Pisane knows how to capture the magic of a garden in a pen! Which is how I ended up with two of them. #Fountainpen
Once again my writing hand is too achy from heavy duty gardening to write a tidy poem, so here is a lovely photo of my Santini Nonagon Candy. I just love the marbled swirling on this ebonite! #Fountainpen
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Once again my writing hand is too achy from heavy duty gardening to write a tidy poem, so here is a lovely photo of my Santini Nonagon Candy. I just love the marbled swirling on this ebonite! #Fountainpen
🩵 Turquoise Tuesday 🩵 Admiring the new Pelikan Rudy Rother but not the price? Check out the Hongdian N7 Peacock with a Long Blade nib. Both piston fillers, both have a teal hue with peacock feather motifs, and both come with a stellar nib. But the Hongdian costs a fraction of the price #fountainpen
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🩵 Turquoise Tuesday 🩵 Admiring the new Pelikan Rudy Rother but not the price? Check out the Hongdian N7 Peacock with a Long Blade nib. Both piston fillers, both have a teal hue with peacock feather motifs, and both come with a stellar nib. But the Hongdian costs a fraction of the price #fountainpen
I’m horrified to hear that 170+ pens were stolen from André Mora at the end of the Madrid Pen Show. More details at the link, including serial numbers on the Montblancs. #fountainpen www.instagram.com/p/DRKY18YkZk...
Klarissa Maria on Instagram: "[ 170+ high-value pens STOLEN at the Madrid Pen Show ]
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Over 170 high-value fountain pens were stolen from André Mora @morastyl...
A group of over 170 high-value pens, including limited edition Montblanc and other premium brands, were stolen from the 2025 Madrid Pen Show. The pens, which have unique serial numbers, are of great s...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’m horrified to hear that 170+ pens were stolen from André Mora at the end of the Madrid Pen Show. More details at the link, including serial numbers on the Montblancs. #fountainpen www.instagram.com/p/DRKY18YkZk...
Monday Match - bright blues and silver. Montegrappa Ammiraglio and Otto Hutt 04 Blue Wave. Paperblanks notebook. #Fountainpen
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Monday Match - bright blues and silver. Montegrappa Ammiraglio and Otto Hutt 04 Blue Wave. Paperblanks notebook. #Fountainpen
Friday Flowers Flashback - all winter I will feature flowers from throughout the year to keep the winter doldrums at bay. Today we flashback to early May with the vibrant perennial gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus. Pen: Stanford Pen Studio x Marian Binder “Blooms of the Heart.” #fountainpen
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Friday Flowers Flashback - all winter I will feature flowers from throughout the year to keep the winter doldrums at bay. Today we flashback to early May with the vibrant perennial gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus. Pen: Stanford Pen Studio x Marian Binder “Blooms of the Heart.” #fountainpen
🩵 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