Just for you - 10% off fountain pens!

(except Kaweco - because they already have 15% off - and those on pre-order).

 

So if you've been pining for a Pelikan or gazing lovingly at LAMYs, well, your luck's in. 

And if you've been wondering what all the fuss is about fountain pens anyway, well maybe now's the time to get one and see for yourself!

Offer ends midday UK time on Thursday 7th November.

Golden Sunburst and Raven Blue (and you thought ravens were black...) are the latest Alchemy ink colours from Endless.

 

And these are no ordinary inks, mainly because they come in a beaker-shaped bottle that's a little unsteady on its feet (not that ink has feet, but just go with us on this). They're supplied with a cork mat which is indented on one side to stop the unsteadiness for when you want to be sensible; and smooth on the other for when you're game for a bit of a wobble. Intrigued? Good. 

Two new - and quite different - Tornados from Retro 51 have arrived.

 

The first is a tribute to 

The second is a bee-yootiful mechanical pencil lacquered in golden yellow with a honeycomb pattern and dabbed with little honey bees.

 

All purchases go towards donations to NW Honeybee Habitat Restoration, a US-based non-profit organisation devoted to the preservation of bees and their environments.

Not just for Halloween is Nahvalur's new Original Plus fountain pen.

 

Yes, it's orange, the colour of jack-o'-lanterns, and a perfectly good way to mark this most spooky of celebrations, but if you were to pick it up at some point in, let's say July (being as it's also the colour of an orange mivvi), nobody would look at you askance and wonder why you were celebrating Halloween in summer.

STABILO have recently added to their climate-neutral Grow range with a ballpoint, to complement the existing fountain pens.

 

The barrel is 100% FSC-certified sustainable oak wood; the grip area is 100% bioplastic; and the cap has been constructed using sunflower seed husks. It is entirely climate-neutral thanks to STABILO's offsetting all unavoidable CO2 emissions by supporting a certified climate protection project. And it is, of course, refillable.

If TRAVELER'S COMPANY haven't got what you need to keep a notebook, journal or diary in the manner to which it should definitely become accustomed, it's probably not worth having, because they really do seem to have thought of everything!

 

There are leather covers, paper refills in all sorts of layouts, stickers, clips, page markers, even pens and pencils to actually make the marks and holders to keep them in!

 

So... diary refills? Oh yes. In both standard and passport sizes!

Now in stock after teasing you all on pre-order is a tantalising trio of beauteousness from Pelikan. The Golden Lapis M200 matches the gold-flecked blue Edelstein ink, while the Cream Blue M800 is a study in sophistication and the M1000 Raden Black Infinity is a work of art reflective of its impressive price tag.

15% off all Kaweco colouring sets ends on 1st November (that's this Friday) at midday. And 5 for 4 on inks also finishes on Friday at midday. Why midday? Well if we made it midnight it would mean somebody having to stay up way past their bedtime and sort it all out, and that's not really very fair.

In case you weren't aware, it's Halloween this Thursday, the time of year when you either go full-out on pumpkins, giant plastic spider's webs, skeletons, bats and witch hats, or you spend the evening avoiding trick or treaters by hiding in the kitchen at the back of the house with all the lights off.

 

Either way, it makes for a scary evening. Fight back with a Samhain-inspired hand-painted pen from BENU. Or a bottle of Deadly Nightshade or one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Or a fluffy orange pumpkin pen!

1st November is World Vegan Day, which marks the beginning of 30 days in which to explore what it means to be vegan.

 

If giving up cheese and chocolate and getting up close and personal with an array of lentils feels like too much of a bold beginning, why not start with stationery? There's a selection here of vegan inks and coloured pencils, vegan pencil cases and pen pouches, all items we've been informed have been made in a sustainable manner and/or from plant-based materials.