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Pelikan Hub 2024 - Golden Lapis

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And so I attended my second Pelikan Hub event in my home city of Singapore on 27th September 2024. My first Hub attendance was last year, also in my home city. As usual with Pelikan Hubs, I got to make new friends in the community, tried out lots of fountain pens that I had never seen or held in my hands before and of course, I allowed my new pen friends to try out my pens as well. This year, I brought along 12 fountain pens for the Hub; mostly Pelikan.  M1000 Black & Green Stripes, M800 Green Demonstrator (Original 1992 version), M805 Black & Blue Stripes, M600 Vibrant Orange, M600 Glauco Cambon, M600 Green-White, M605 Stresemann Anthracite, M200 Smokey Quartz and M205 Aquamarine.  I also brought along a few pens from other make and models including a Pilot Custom 823 "Smoke", a Delta Gallery and a Sailor Shikiori "Manyou". And there were the usual Hub souvenirs courtesy of Pelikan; an event commemorative Notepad and a bottle of Pelikan's 2024 Ink of th...

A New Pen Blog - Monde des Stylos

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This post starts off my new blog on anything related to Fountain Pens, Rollerball Pens, Ballpoint Pens, Mechanical Pencils and other stationery related items. Monde des Stylos loosely translates as World of Pens. All posts in this blog are my personal opinions. There are no sponsors so I will not be beholden to post only positive reviews or opinions. I will say it as I feel it. Of course, I also accept that diverse views exist and I will take care to be sensitive to the opinions of others. So, let's get started. Stay tune for my very first review... ๐Ÿ–‹