Author: Máté
Changes in 2024 for Pennonia
Dear Friends, I would like to wish Everyone a Happy and Successful 2024! Despite not making posts on the blog for quite a while now and having social media (or rather Instagram) on life-support, I was still working in the background on my passion-project when time permitted. Fortunately and unfortunately I switched jobs and moved…
Pennonia Fountain Pen Inks – Calligraphy Samples
Are Pennonia inks good for calligraphy? Will they work well with a dip pen? I often get these questions on various channels and while I personally don’t dabble in calligraphy I do have a great friend who does! Her name is Melinda and she has an Instagram channel which you should check out if you’re…
Pennonia New Inks Launching 1st of August
Hello Everyone! Pennonia has launched nine new colours on 1st of August! I am really excited about this launch because it not only contains inks with new features but some standard colours that are fine-tuned and have added nuances to them which makes them a joy to use and appreciate on paper. I launched the…
How to pronounce the names of Pennonia fountain pen inks? 💬🤔❓
Hey everyone! 😀 I know that pronouncing the Hungarian 🇭🇺 names for the Pennonia products can be hard so here are recordings for each Pennonia ink. I hope it will be helpful! Pennonia Inks
Introducing: Pennonia Ink-Lab 🧪🔬
The Ink-Lab will be a new section on the website which is going to feature colors from the Pennonia color mixing lab. I am always constantly experimenting with new dyes, mixes, shades, effects etc. and the result of these experiments are sometimes too good to be disposed of. Instead of throwing out liters of perfectly…
A New Chapter – From Pens to Inks
Hello Everyone! I have some exciting and maybe bittersweet news to announce. Pennonia is going downsize and refocus. Why are you doing it? As you may know the original plan was to have a fountain pen web shop purely as an extension of my hobby with the hopes of one day becoming a community favorite…
PARTNERS: Shigure Inks (US) and Hokushin Co., Ltd. (JP)
Today I’m happy to announce that Pennonia Handmade Fountain Pen Inks and Liquid Shimmer ink additives are available at two new partners. 🎉 Shigure Inks from the USA is carrying our inks currently. If you are from the US definitely check them out as they are not only the sole retailer selling my inks but…
Brand New Six Pennonia Colors available NOW
Pennonia Csontváry-kék (Csontváry’s Blue) Tivadar Kosztka Csontváry was famous Hungarian painter. He had an eccentric personality not understood by his contemporaries. His works were universally recognized only after his death. Most of his works can be categorized under expressionism or post-impressionism but truly they were neither. I invite you to have a look at some…
Review: Nakaya Neo-Standard SF (wakakusa-iro)
Introduction Hi everyone! 😀 I had the chance to try out a masterpiece of a pen thanks to Daniel Berecz. You may know him as one of the co-host of the Fountain Pen Companion podcast. If you haven’t heard of them yet be sure to check out their show! Dani lent me his Nakaya Neo-Standard…
How (not) to restore engraved letters on pens?
First, let’s see what you came here for and if you’re interested in my ramblings they are marked with italics at each step. WARNING: Do this at your own risk, you may damage your pen in the process. The tools you will need: White Oil Pastel (this is going to be the new paint filling)…