Ti2 TechLiner Shorty - Black Edition - Giveaway!

January 24, 2015

If you haven't heard, the Ti2 TechLiner by Mike Bond is all the rage these days in the machined pen community. Since gracing Kickstarter and many blogs for review over the last year, it has garnered favorable reviews with good reason; it is a solid pen!

I've made several reviews of the TechLiner here on The Clicky Post and I love this pen.

Material: Titanium
Magnetic tip and tail (sweeeet)
Refill: Uni-ball Signo 207

Mike was kind enough to offer up as a giveaway one of his TechLiner "Shorty" pens in the matte PVD black edition. The pen retails at $120, so this is a big deal and an awesome prize so a big thanks to Mike!

Regardless of whether you win, Mike is running some specials on all of his TechLiners so make sure to check out his site if you've been itching to get one... and if you use the promo code CLICKYPOST you can get 15% off!

See details below of how to enter:

CONTEST RULES (the "fine print"):

- Contest will run through Friday, January 30th, 2015 and will end at 11:59pm Arizona Time, USA. I will be announcing the winner the next day so stay tuned...

- To enter, leave a comment below (limited to one entry per person; no cheating!)

- I will arrange the entries in numerical order and randomly select a winner. The winner will be announced on the blog on Saturday, January 31st and will need to connect with me within a week to claim their prize.

- This giveaway is open to both US and International readers.

Aurora Black Ink - My Favorite Black

January 18, 2015

I've actually been sitting on this ink for awhile and am finally getting around to posting a review.

9 out of 10 times (9.9 out of 10 actually) I prefer blue or blue/black ink, but Ron from Pen Chalet provided me a bottle of this Aurora Black to try a few months back and it almost converted me... ok, not really, but it makes me wonder if I will ever use another black ink again.

I've used several black inks: Noodler's, Kaweco, Lamy, Namiki; the Noodler's was pretty good, but the others seemed to be a thinner, lighter ink that leaves room for more.

When I first put the Aurora Black to the page I was literally surprised at the experience. The ink came out super smooth, wet on the page, and super dark. Like, midnight black type dark.

Another characteristic seems to be the sharpness of the lettering. Granted, this is greatly due to the Rhodia dotPad I use for my day to day fountain pen writing, but even then some inks feather. The Aurora makes crisp and clean lines which adds to the appeal in my book.

Dry times (again, paper considered) range probably between the 15 - 30 second mark which isn't super fast, but fast enough.

Water resistant? Nope. If this is a need for you, the Aurora won't cut it.

Compared to the others I'd tried before that left me wanting, the Aurora stood out and made me think that if I had to convert from blue to black (which is silly) that this would probably be it.

Is Aurora the cheapest bottle of black ink you can buy? No, but I feel it is priced really well for the quality you get. $15 per bottle from Pen Chalet (use promo code CLICKYPOST to save 10%) is actually quite a steal when compared to Iroshizuku or Edelstein at $25 - $35 per bottle.

I'd highly recommend this ink to anyone that is looking for a nice saturated black. Thanks again, Pen Chalet!

The CUBE (CU13E) by Karas Kustoms + Dudek Waiting List

January 8, 2015

With the Kickstarter campaign for The Cube (CU13E) by Karas Kustoms + Dudek ending last month, production and fulfillment on pledges made by backers will be commencing soon!

As a recap, The Cube (CU13E) is a revisit of my original walnut pen holder design of the same name that started it all, but machined out of solid metal (aluminum or brass) as a collaboration with my friends over at Karas Kustoms.

Thanks again for helping to make it a success!

If you weren't able to get in on the Kickstarter pledges, but are still wanting to get a Cube when they are available for retail purchase, the guys at Karas have put together a waiting list if you wanted to put your name down. This isn't a pre-purchase, but a sign up to gauge demand for colors/finishes and to notify directly those that are interested when they officially launch.

To sign up, you can visit the Waiting List form to fill out your information.

Thanks again for the support!