Blog - Pen Boutique

[Note:  This article was written March 16, 2025, but I have updated the prices to be accurate for January 1, 2026.] I'm very excited to be writing this article, because it's about something I espec...

For my article this week, I decided to do something I've never done before:  choose comparable pens from three different brands and compare them, focusing on the nibs and the writing experience.  T...

What is Blue-Black? The idea for this article popped into my head a few weeks ago, and I couldn't shake it.  Blue-Black.  It didn't sound very exciting at first, but, the more I thought about it, t...

What do you know about the brand Faber-Castell? You're likely most familiar with its art supplies, office supplies, and, especially, its famous #2 yellow pencils, but Faber-Castell is globally este...

[An earlier version of this article was published in February, 2022, and it was updated to include more models on December 5, 2024.]    You May Not Know This Brand, But You Should! It all started w...

It feels as though 2024 has gone by too quickly, but it's already almost Thanksgiving, the days are getting short, and there's a bracing crispness to the air. Holiday season is the busiest part of ...

One of my favorite places in our store is the display cabinet where we keep our Namiki Maki-e and Chinkin fountain pens. Our collection changes slowly as the seasons pass, when collectors buy piece...

August and September have been busy months for me, but it's good to get back to exploring one of Pen Boutique's favorite Italian pen brands, Aurora!  This article is the second in a series I'll be ...

David Oscarson pens are such high-end works of art, they can seem intimidating and unobtainable, but I know two women who have recently purchased their first one. I realized I wanted to better unde...