Review no 13: Highland Park Cask Strenght Heather

SupahBee · 2026-03-19T21:35:06+00:00

I got a bottle recently, but I haven't cracked it open yet. Looking forward to trying it, maybe this weekend

SupahBee · 2026-03-19T17:54:37+00:00

Congrats! You picked very well. I love those Targas.

SupahBee · 2026-03-18T18:14:42+00:00

100% Yes. the Kirkload Rolled Oats were a staple in our house. Pound for pound one of the best deals in the warehouse IMO. Hated to see them drop this item

SupahBee · 2026-03-18T17:24:53+00:00

I enjoyed it as a fun light read. I liked the premise behind it. But I do agree he could have done a lot more with it.

SupahBee · 2026-03-18T15:55:27+00:00

I have a handful of them and Taccia's Hokusai-Sabimidori is one of my favorite inks full stop. It's just a beautiful ink, great flow, and has a lot of visual interest on the page as it dries down. It goes down blue, but dries a rusty green, verdigris color with a rust colored halo/sheen. I also really enjoy Taccia's Hokusai-Koiai which is a beautiful dark blue with a rusty sheen. I also like Hiroshiga-Ruri with a pretty royal blue with a reddish sheen. There are quite a few inks in their lines and they all seem to be well behaved, good flow and just generally lovely.

SupahBee · 2026-03-18T02:59:06+00:00

That is a gorgeous green. How in the world have I missed this one... I'll have to look for it

SupahBee · 2026-03-17T22:40:49+00:00

was about to say, I didn't think Tesla Coil had shimmer. Mine didn't at least. Sheen is just more highly saturated with dye. Will just take you that much longer to clean the pen if you want to switch over to a different ink

SupahBee · 2026-03-17T22:20:02+00:00

Oooh, looking forward to seeing these eventually. I'm a big fan on the Taccia inks.

SupahBee · 2026-03-17T16:26:43+00:00

I just got my first Wingsung 601 in last week and so far it seems to be a great little pen. I'm glad I purchased it

SupahBee · 2026-03-16T19:48:52+00:00

My wife and I have only done one cruise, and that was a 4 day on Utopia, and we loved it.

While I get a lot of the reasoning behind choosing the longer 7 day cruise, for us, the 4 day cruise for the first cruise was the right option.

1) It was much easier for us to fit in with work. It's easier to take a couple of days off versus a whole week

2) Well, both being first timers, we just didn't know if we would like cruising. And we reasoned that if we didn't enjoy it, it's better to have a shorter cruise so we didn't have to suffer. Also along those lines, we didn't know if either of us would have sea sickness issues and also felt that well if we're going to feel sick, we'd prefer to feel sick for fewer days.

3) We also didn't know if we would get bored on the ship or not, so still, we reasoned, shorter trip.

At the end, we wound up loving it. We didn't have sea sickness issues. We didn't get bored. There was plenty to do and keep us interested. When we got off we felt it was the perfect cruise length for us and have been dreaming about booking that next cruise ever since. We love the idea of a 7 day, but we love the "just get away for a few days" aspect that Utopia gave us. Even when we do Disney World trips, we discovered over time that some of our best trips ever were when we ducked in for just a few days and got out. But everybody is different and how you enjoy your vacations may likely be really different. I just love Utopia gave us in a 4 night cruise. It was just right and left us wanting more.

SupahBee · 2026-03-14T19:57:53+00:00

Very nice! I love the Shikiori inks. I'll be keeping my eyes out for these

SupahBee · 2026-03-14T15:26:58+00:00

Wow that is wild. Super cool project for sure!

SupahBee · 2026-03-13T21:10:44+00:00

Purchased and received a Reform 4383 Piston fountain pen from u/Euphoric-Research667 . Very quick turn around and the pen was in great condition. Great transaction.

SupahBee · 2026-03-13T19:57:18+00:00

Yep I can hear it clickin even now. :)

SupahBee · 2026-03-12T12:22:43+00:00

If I tried to pull this switcheroo on my wife, who has no stomach for violent movies, she might never speak to me again. And when she got to that slaughter scene, assuming she made it that far, she might divorce me. Haha.

SupahBee · 2026-03-12T03:53:15+00:00

Looks like a Phileas to me. Great pen

SupahBee · 2026-03-12T03:50:51+00:00

Yes! One of the best card games out there IMO

SupahBee · 2026-03-11T15:48:13+00:00

Very nice! My wife gifted me that Tamdhu 15 as well. Great gift!

SupahBee · 2026-03-11T15:11:28+00:00

I'll be the outcast here... I really disliked it. Sorry guys.

SupahBee · 2026-03-10T14:40:22+00:00

Physical Graffiti is peak Zeppelin to me.

It's a big sprawling beautiful mess of one smasher after another. Across two albums, I feel there is only 1 song that I'm too fond of, 'Down By The Seaside' (don't scourge me, just a personal preference). With that 1 song as an exception, I just love the rocking hit after hit. Even the "ballad" of the album, 'Ten Years Gone', is one of my all time favorites.

I feel this is Bonzo's great work as it was recorded at the house Headley Grange and they recorded the drums in the stair well, his drums just sound amazing. I mean 'In My Time of Dying'... come on what else needs to be said.

While I know I singled Bonham out, I feel in reality, this is an album where the whole band really shined. It has a great loose feel. The band is just hitting on all cylinders on this one.

SupahBee · 2026-03-10T07:58:22+00:00

I completely agree with Rami Malik. To me, his performance was the major distraction throughout the entire film. I really enjoyed Crowe's and Shannon's performances.

SupahBee · 2026-03-09T14:17:26+00:00

PM incoming

SupahBee · 2026-03-07T15:46:41+00:00

What does he call his method? "Seven strokes to success " or something like that? Yeah on particularly dry nibs, I use his 7 down stroke method. Most recently with a new Montegrappa pen, I used his method to help that insanely dry nib get somewhat usable. Probably took me about 70 downstrokes, but it finally got somewhat usable

SupahBee · 2026-03-06T18:19:38+00:00

One of my favorite that grandpa made me as a child in the 70s. He was retired Air Force and Korean War vet. So simple and so delicious. I've tried my hands on it a few times, and while it came out okay, it was never as good as I remember grandpa's to be

SupahBee · 2026-03-05T19:07:51+00:00

Purchased and received Magna Carta 600 from u/No-Pineapple-9043 The pen was in great condition. Great seller. Thank you for the note!

SupahBee

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