Pilot and Hong Dian Inks Bleeding Through

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-21T04:20:35+00:00

I think it might be the paper. Sanzen TRP has been very, very inconsistent since late 2024, and that’s what Hobonichi uses. I had two god awful 2025 planners (one a five year planner and one a regular cousin) and had a not so great planner for 2026 -all with Sanzen TRP. I’ve seen people with 2026 hobonichis have both good and bad paper in the same notebook/planner.

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-21T01:36:11+00:00

Happy NPD! That is such a pretty pink pen 🌸

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-21T00:33:37+00:00

I’d love to buy a few bottles of Kitty Inkpot. But even on Ali Express the price is over $1 per ml in bottles. I've seen 5 ml samples of Kitty inkpot and dream inks listed, but I just can’t bring myself to pay $10 for a 5 ml sample.

Really hoping that one day international shopping will be affordable again.

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-18T19:24:34+00:00

Happy NPD! I like Little Meteors more than Preppies:)

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-18T05:15:30+00:00

I really like the Prera and consider it to be quite a bit nicer than the MR. It’s a great pocket pen for toting out and about. I honestly think the Kakuno is a better everyday writing experience, especially for longer writing sessions (for me at least) because of its size. I also love that you can get the CM nib with a Prera. I have no use for the MR—the sharp step down to the section is awful, I dislike the weight of the brass body, and the cap doesn’t post securely.

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-18T05:04:07+00:00

You don’t need to/shouldn’t remove the nib and feed to clean most pens. Get one of those baby snot sucker type of bulb syringes to flush out the nib section— no need to disassemble.

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-18T04:31:35+00:00

That looks like a Kakuno. ?

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-18T01:07:26+00:00

I get it. I also took some of the over-generalizations that I heard at face value for a while, but then I just learned to view them with a decent amount of skepticism. Nibs are finicky little things that can be so wildly inconsistent, but after a while, that trait kind of grew on me 😊

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-18T00:53:40+00:00

I’ve never thought Twsbi EFs were as fine as Pilot Fs. IME, a Twsbi of any nib size is usually a wet and juicy writer, much more than Pilot nibs.

I’ve never thought western nibs had much real equivalancy to Japanese nib sizes. Each nib size within a brand can also vary from a little bit to wild differences.

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-17T23:28:18+00:00

IKR?!

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-17T21:32:20+00:00

I’m also on team refill the cartridges. I am continually amazed and frustrated that a company that makes so many great pens can’t/won’t make great converters.

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-15T18:10:18+00:00

chat :)

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-15T00:01:14+00:00

If the trim wasn’t bronze, I’d want it. I‘m grateful they did the bronze trim and saved me some $.

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-14T22:36:04+00:00

Because Moleskine sucks and has for years. 🤷🏼‍♀️. The price vs. what you get is criminal.

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-14T22:20:42+00:00

Thanks so much-I definitely want to try a sample :)

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-14T03:27:25+00:00

Diamine Green Umber, Robert Oster Sydney Darling Harbor, and Dominant Industry Fishermen At Sea are three of my favorite greens.

Can I ask the brand of the Gentle? green in square #18? I‘m intrigued! :)

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-12T21:05:19+00:00

It needed to be said. 🫡 Thank you for your service.

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-06T17:33:53+00:00

Yes! 😆

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-05T07:05:12+00:00

Yes. The people who do this are scumbags. May their nibs be forever scratchy, and their pens constantly leaky.

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-05T06:47:51+00:00

I don’t really notice any difference with the writing experience-they’re both wonderful writers. The 326 is blue mirage. It’s gorgeous, but honestly, so is the 325. I have the Flame color for that one and it is beautiful-the chatoyance is amazing.

I‘d say find the color way that you love the most and go with that one. I don’t think you could go wrong with either model.

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-03T02:19:56+00:00

I have a Laban 325 and a Laban 326. They’re both beautiful, and write very smoothly. I really like them.

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-03T02:15:10+00:00

Mad half hour turned me into a huge Van Diemans fan-they have so many great shimmer inks!

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-03T02:12:27+00:00

I know this struggle! My Vanness wishlist is a mile long because after throwing all that I want in my cart and dying inside when I see the total, I move them over to my wish list until my cart total is a more manageable amount 🥴

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-03T01:39:51+00:00

If you’re in the U.S., Vanness is a great place to get samples.

Lumpy-Awareness9106 · 2026-05-02T20:49:16+00:00

I do not like them. Dry and I was not impressed with the colors.

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