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📹 Content schedule, week of 3/2/2026: (all times Eastern)

*Note: Schedule switch-up this week!*

Tuesday, 10 a.m.: Stream at https://www.twitch.tv/PenAddict

Wednesday, 2 p.m.: Stream at https://www.twitch.tv/PenAddict

Thursday, 9 a.m.: Podcast at https://www.relay.fm/live

Thursday, 10 a.m.(-ish): Stream at https://www.twitch.tv/PenAddict

Members content: Refill #514, Saturday

@jezlyn Their Dualis inks are tough to get here, unfortunately. There are some nice ones in the Encore line available here which I think would work pretty well. I've got a bottle of Wearingeul's The Glass Bead Game that I'm considering. It looks great in swatches & matches well with it, but is VERY light in use. Might swap the fine nib in this with the medium from the Infrared to give it a fighting chance, but if it doesn't work well then I'll put in a VD order.

Got my Iridescent Pearl Perkeo today! The material appears to be a bit more matte than the Sport version, but it still looks great! The only branding is the "Kaweco" name logo embossed on the cap, which is unusual. No silver "Kaweco Collection" logo in silver.

Now to figure out what to ink it with... The Sport had been filled with Dominant Industry Sunset which matched the material pretty well, but I want to go with something different here.

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Photo of the Kaweco Iridescent Pearl Sport & Perkeo fouuntain pens

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Talking Stationery on YouTube https://www.penaddict.com/blog/2026/2/25/talking-stationery-on-youtube

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Unleashed a couple of #OneTake YouTube videos on the world:

Talking Stationery, featuring:
The Pilot Silvern Fountain Pen - https://youtu.be/WfbkEdX-knU
The Pilot Posting (PO) Fountain Pen Nib - https://youtu.be/JZ4WrvZs0a8

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🎾 Content schedule, week of 2/23/2026: (all times Eastern)

Tuesday, 10 a.m.: **NO STREAM**

Wednesday, 10 a.m.: Stream at https://www.twitch.tv/PenAddict

Thursday, 9 a.m.: Podcast at https://www.relay.fm/live

Thursday, 2 p.m..: Stream at https://www.twitch.tv/PenAddict

Members content: Refill #513, February TPA Chronicles

@silhelm 12G shotgun shell cases. They're the perfect size for 5ml ink vials, although the one I usually get seems to no longer be available.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000LC7WTO

@akahn Doesn't matter how much they're worth, if it writes well then it's not junk ☺️

@jimp Yeah they'll fit on Col-o-ring cards, but they take up too much space for me. The Bantham Blue swatch is using one of her mini stamps, the Yuki-Usagi is an InkyConverters stamp. I wanted a different bottle for calligraphy-only inks and this one works perfectly. Gives a really clean impression.

Ink swatch card of Robert Oster × Cult Pens Bantham Blue

Product photo of a bottle of Sailor Shikiori Yuki-Usagi ink along with its swatch card

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I got these bottle-shaped stamps to make ink swatch cards. The shop didn't label them (likely for copyright/trademark reasons), so it's a bit of a guessing game for ones I don't recognize. Problem is I can't recall why I bought the sheet labeled "D" as I have none of those inks, but maybe I got it because they also work as good generic bottles?

I tried labeling the ones I recognize or found searching. Anyone know the "?" ones I couldn't definitively ID?

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Four ink bottle outline stamps arranged in a two-by-two layout. The sheet is labeled "B".

The top left is labeled "Dominant industry" and is a skinny bottle with a slightly wider rounded bottom.

The top right is labeled "Pilot Iroshizuku" and is a wide rectangle.

The bottom left is labeled "Diamine" and has a squared bottom and rounded top shoulders.

The bottom right is labeled "Platinum" and has slightly wider angular sides on the bottom end.

Four ink bottle outline stamps arranged in a two-by-two layout. The sheet is labeled "E"

The top left is labeled "Sailor 50ml? J Herbin?" and a square with sharp corners.

The top right is labeled "Endless Alchemy" and shaped like a flask sitting at an angle with a bump out the bottom.

The bottom left is labeled "Colorverse" and is a round bottle with a tail that looks like a shooting star.

The bottom right is labeled "Kaweco 50ml? Sailor 20ml?" and is a rectangle slightly taller than wide with a lid the same width as the bottle.

Four ink bottle outline stamps arranged in a two-by-two layout. The sheet is labeled "D"

The top left is labeled "Wearingeul?" and is a square-ish bottle with a ridged lid almost as wide as the bottle.

The top right is labeled "Diamine Inkvent" and has weird points jutting out the bottom.

The bottom left is labeled "Van Dieman's Professional?" and has facets. It has wider angled shoulders and tapers to a skinnier bottom.

The bottom right is labeled "Visconti 30ml?" and a tall rectangular shape. The cap has ridges along the top 3/4 and smooth at the bottom. The cap appears to have a round protrusion coming out the top.

Numerous outline stamps on a sheet with a lot of different designs and phrases.

Of interest are two bottles in the upper right.

The top is round with a faceted top and is labeled "FWP?"

The second bottle has a wide rectangle shape with wide shoulders and narrower bottom. It is labeled "Diplomat, Kaweco, Esterbrook, Octopus Fluids, Pelikan"

@jimp I've got a few of her stamps & they work really well. She even made mini ones for me that fit better with the way I use them on Col-o-ring cards.

The Platinum one could also be the original Van Dieman's bottle, unless it's to scale then it's def Platinum. FWP is correct, Visconti 30ml & new Van Dieman's look correct too. Jacques Herbin bottles have a round cap, so I'd say Sailor 50ml is right. Wearingeul almost looks right, but they don't have the chamfered edge at the top of the cap.

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The Pen Addict Podcast: Episode 704 - Why Does Everything Need Four Names https://www.penaddict.com/blog/2026/2/19/the-pen-addict-podcast-episode-704-why-does-everything-need-four-names

@silhelm @jimp Interesting, I wonder why they've been putting the brakes on colabs?

@Parker51 @penaddict Yup, it was straight from their email.

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Gente que usa plumas estilográficas tengo dudas con algunas cosillas.
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¿Cuál tamaño de plumín es mejor? (para dibujar principalmente) tengo un M y me gusta, pero no sé si probar uno con S también.

@jimp @silhelm Yeah, I can unfortunately see this one being astronomically expensive when they end up on the secondary market since it's not just a normal colour.

@silhelm Ah man, I feel that. As far as I'm aware they only allow one per person, so it's difficult to get extras out there.

@silhelm There's a list of currently participating stores here: https://kaweco-pen.com/media/pdf/b5/d9/d8/DIY_Participating_Retailers.pdf
But it's worth asking your nearest retailer as they may not have signed up yet.

@toga For my Scottish folk: I emailed L&A and they've confirmed it's 90% likely they will be hosting one, but they don't have a date as yet.

Kaweco's DIY Sport this year has me VERY interested! I'm hoping Libraries & Archive Paper does the event again this year as there's nowhere else even remotely near to me. Glad to see they're making it a bit more unique this time.

I'm looking forward to the iridescent pearl Perkeo as well. I love the Sport version from a few years back & happy the Perkeo is getting the same treatment. Perkeo's are hugely underrated, imo.

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