Cut 'Em Things

Testing out some Sailor Shikiori Cartridges before fully committing to the bigger ink bottles. I've been looking around for some deep greens for my fountain pen lately. I've got the Herbin Vert de Gris, while it is an awesome muted green, it's not what I'm looking for. Today, I got the Shikiori tokiwamatsu. This is the closest to a dark green they have available in the Analog shop. When the chance arrives, I'm going to compare it to the Miruai. Sailor Shikiori Tokiwamatsu box Sailor Shikiori Tokiwamatsu  The price is alright for three fun color cartridges. Php 195.00 is about US$4. This should last me a few weeks. For fun, I ran it on Google Translate just to see what is written there. In a special bra case? That was funny. This was made less than a year ago, when all the world was on lockdown. How awesome is that. Opening and installation will be done tonight and until then, I'm preparing myself to be blown away.

Zebra DelGuard Honeycomb Green Mail call! Today the Zebra DelGuard in Honeycomb Green arrived. Sharing some photos before I open it up. Zebra DelGuard packaging The mechanical pencil came in a fat packaging like it's wrapped in one big bubble. You tear out the entire back plastic panel to get to another plastic morph that holds the pencil in place. The presentation of the whole package is overly done and quite excessive but it does make it look more premium over the Kuru Toga Advance Limited this came with. Close up view of the DelGuard System Mechanism Seriously, in this day and age, a mechanical pencil like this is purchased (most probably online) by discerning minds who have spent a few hours or even days on the internet. There's no need to go mad for packaging. Having said that, I still find myself looking at and caressing this disposed carcass that Stationery geeks so adore. Golden inscription at the clip that says "Zebra DelGuard 0.5" Why do I associate the them...