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Re: How Do You Like Me Now

One of my favorite types of blog post that Stephen Brown posts are from his "How Do You Like Me Now" series which you can check out here . This series is a really cool concept that piggy-backs off of a review. In these reviews, Dr. Brown reviews pens that he has already done reviews on. The key is to get to really know the pen in between the two reviews. The point of the second review is to point out new things about the pen that one would only notice after using the pen for a while. This may sound redundant, but I see it as a good way to see the characters that pens can develop over time. Or perhaps you just discovered something after the initial review that you found interesting or important and deserves a new review in order to cover this new discovery. One of the best parts of the review is to hear how the pen has changed in the owner's eyes. Is a pen more solid than it appeared at first? Does it write in a unique way that you have found in no other pen? Th

Next Pen?

I am reaching out to you, my readers, for this next post. I need help with a very important decision. What pen should I get next? In order to simplify the decision, I have narrowed it down to two pens: the TWSBI Vac700 and the Kaweco Sport AL blue stonewash. This came about when I made my Top 5 Fountain Pens Under $30 post. I was looking for pens in a reasonable price range for beginners, when I found these pens online. Of course I had heard about these pens before, but they really seemed to click for me and now my dilemma is that I want them both. They are both great pens in the price range around $70 so price is not so much of a factor in this decision. For the Vac700 by TWSBI, a new filling system is used to entice me. This fountain pen has a filling system known as a vacuum filler. This type of filling system uses a vacuum to draw ink into the pen. A knob (similar to a piston knob) twists at the end of a pen. Once it is fulling unscrewed, it can be pulled back. This acti

Popular Blog: SBREBrown

If you have been into this community for any amount of time you have probably heard this name come about. SBREBrown or Stephen Brown runs both a blog and a YouTube channel with fountain pen related content and is an active member in the community. To learn more, you can visit his blog here or his YouTube channel here . After spending a few minutes on his blog, you can see it has a normal layout. One thing that stood out was the banner at the top of the page offering a chance to subscribe to the blog to receive email alerts when ever a post is made on the blog. On his blog, you can find content ranging from reviews of pens, ink, and paper to every day carry (EDC) gear. Under the fountain pens, ink, and paper category, you can find topics covering anything from news, pen comparisons, and drawing lessons to tutorials on disassembly and nib tuning. He also has a section on his blog where he sells some of his used pens. One cool feature his blog has is a page on his academic achiev

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