Nerd behaviour of the day: Today at work, I saw a #travelersnotebook on someone’s desk. The desk’s occupant wasn’t there at the time, so I couldn’t nerd out with a (presumed) fellow #stationeryaddict. The next time I walked past they’d gone for the day.

As a stationery snob, I admit to caring a lot (maybe too much) about the pens and papers I use.
So it would come as no surprise that news of Tomoegawa using a new machine for manufacturing their Tomoe River paper is causing me no small amount of concern.

It does not help matters that reviews show that things I love about the TR paper – paper thinness, ink shading, ink haloing and ghosting (I love ghosting!) – are all supposedly worse in the new paper.

I am now wondering to what extent I would go to to get my hands on some of the new stuff so I can test it out for myself.

It might result in me buying a lot of notebooks now in an attempt to stave off the inevitable.

Oh, first world problems…

A pretty, sparkly, blue acrylic fountain pen held in the palm of someone's hand

I’d actually forgotten that I’d placed an order for this until it arrived at my office this afternoon. I thought I’d managed to be good for once, oops 🖋️💸😛

A pretty, sparkly, blue acrylic fountain pen laid out on display on a woollen jumper.

A pretty, sparkly, blue acrylic fountain pen held in the palm of someone's hand