I just decided to order a pretty decent sized order from Goulet Pens.
Diamine Oxblood
De Atramentis Ferdinand von Zeppelin
2 A4 Rhodia dotpads
Goulet Pen Cleaning kit
Excited about the inks specifically.
The A4 dotpads will be used for letters since I'm not quite so sure that my A5 pages will be large enough. A single word in calligraphy would take up a fifth of the page alone )
@Syribo: I sent you a PM. Don't know if you caught it or not.
I got it! I thought I replied, but I realized I only replied in the thread, not the message haha my brain feels fried lately!
I LOVE those Rhodia dot pads. I have the A4 one too, I use it for just random doodling, lettering, testing out pens. I have an A5 premimum Rhodia notepad that I haven't used yet, as well as an ~A6 sized graph Rhodia pad.. I freaking love Rhodia. For writing letters, I switch between using the Clairefontaine Triomphe stationery, and my favorite stationery... G Lalo <3 It's toothy, but it feels so nice and looks beautiful. I still am so thankful to the person who sent it to me
I just recently got a Jinhao x750, and a Goulet 1.1mm stub nib to replace the stock nib. I wanted to see how this Jinhao model would fair against my other more expensive pens and wow.. it's amazing, actually. The nib on it writes A LOT thicker and wetter than my 1.1 stub nib on my Lamy Vista, though. Really weird. I'll do a writing sample and take a picture, it's incredibly different.
I'm waiting on an Anderson and Goulet order.. with the new Diamine Shimmer inks in sample vials.. I am so excited to try them. I had to get another vial holder though, because the 50 vial holder I have is full LOL.
You know, I wonder how much it would cost to send a medium flat-rate USPS envelope to Canada.. I have samples of a few inks I'm sending to CptBadAss and I would love to send you some to try too, if you are interested in any of the colors I have in full bottles
Like Emerald of Chivor, which I have been giving samples to some friends to try, because it's SO pretty!