I finally got around to swatching three inks from The Wet Pen ‪@thewetpen‬ . The first two, Deception Pass and Elliott Bay, are from Matthew's first release in February 2024; the third ink, Gas Works Park, is from his second release in July 2024.

I love all three of these colors, and I've had Deception Pass, a greenish blue-grey, continually inked in one of my Walltown Pens, Onslow Vegas Orange/Hyacinth, with a broad nib since I got the pen and ink in February. It's a very lovely shading ink, especially in my daily journal - an A5 Yu-Sari Notebook.

If you want to learn more about these lovely inks, please check out his info here:

https://www.thewetpen.com/inks/blue/t...

Thank you very much for sharing some of your time with me! Have a great day!

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 ~ Intro
0:24 ~ Hobonichi Weeks Cream Colored Tomoe River paper
1:00 ~ Inks and Cat Stamps
2:28 ~ Deception Pass (Col-o-Ring)
5:20 ~ Wearingeul Impression Color Swatch Book
6:33 ~ Hobonichi A5 Notebook
9:25 ~ Yu-Sari A5 Notebook
9:56 ~ Midori MD Paper A6 Notebook & Chromatography
10:30 ~ Rhodia A4+ Dot Grid
11:18 ~ Elliott Bay (Col-o-Ring)
14:23 ~ Wearingeul Impression Color Swatch Book
15:30 ~ Hobonichi A5 Notebook
18:04 ~ Yu-Sari A5 Notebook - but still Deception Pass (duh!)
18:48 ~ Midori MD Paper A6 Notebook & Chromatography
19:48 ~ Rhodia A4+ Dot Grid
20:33 ~ Gas Works Park (Col-o-Ring)
23:35 ~ Wearingeul Impression Color Swatch Book
25:00 ~ Hobonichi A5 Notebook
27:33 ~ Yu-Sari A5 Grid Notebook
28:10 ~ Midori MD Paper A6 Notebook & Chromatography
29:17 ~ Rhodia Notebook
30:25 ~ Closer up Dry Inks on Hobonichi A5
31:36 ~ Closer up Dry Inks on Yu-Sari A5
32:38 ~ Three Dry Ink Col-o-Ring Swatch Cards

INKS: The Wet Pen Inks

PEN: Pensive Pens AU Serendipity Hybrid Dip (B)

SWATCH PENS: Pensive Pens AU Serendipity Hybrid Dip (B) pen hand-turned and nib expertly tuned by James Finniss; Kakimori Brass Nib, Kakimori Sakura Wood Pen Holder (I got mine here: https://kakimori.com/en/pages/kakimori)

PAPERS:
📓 Hobonichi Techo Colors Happiness Pink Weeks Hardcover Spring (April-start) 2023 (240 pp, 52gsm, cream, 2023)
📓 Hobonichi Plain Notebook A5 Tomoe River Paper Grid (Stilo&Stile, 52gsm, ivory);
📓 Nakabayashi Yu-Sari A5 5mm-Grid (Stilo&Stile, 96 sheets, 95gsm, eggshell) NYN-A501-SB;
📓 Rhodia Classic Spiral Bound dotBook Notebook A4+ (Stilo&Stile, 80gsm, superfine Clairefontaine white vellum paper, dot grid);
📓 Midori MD A6 Notebook Graph Ruled (5mm grid, 80gsm, cream paper color);
📜 Col-O-Ring Ink Testing Book, Standard Size (according to Ana from The Well-Appointed Desk it's pronounced coloring like what we do with crayons; Skylab Letterpress, 160gsm, white);
📜 BartOvation Grade 1 Chromatography Paper Strips (0.16mm thick, 22s filtration speed, 6 x 0.75 inches);
📓 Wearingeul Impression Color Swatch Book: 9 Ink Bottles (Stilo&Stile, 40 pp, 200gsm, white, 2022)

HOBONICHI COVERS: Hobonichi Techo Night Flamingo 2023 ~ A5 Size (fits Hobonichi Techo Cousin); Hobonichi Techo Accessories Yuka Hiiragi: Cover on Cover for A5 Size (Light in the Distance); Hobonichi Techo minä perhonen: anone-anone (Black) A5 Size; Hobonichi Techo 2022 Hobonichi Katsushika Hokusai - Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (2022) A6 Size (fits Planner and Original); Hobonichi Techo 2022 Tokyo National Museum: Shibata Zeshin - Small White Butterfly A6 Size (fits Planner and Original); Yuka Hiiragi: Clear Cover for Weeks (Light in the Distance); (All Covers from the Hobonichi Store except the Weeks and its cover, which came from Paperimuru Paper Shop in Finland)

ELF & INK BOTTLE RUBBER STAMP: Paper Game Co on Etsy ~ Ink Bottle Rubber Stamp, Fountain Pen Ink Swatch, Empty Glass Bottle and Elf

CAT RUBBER STAMPS:
🐈 All Night Media Tiny Cat
🐈 Kinoko Neko Copy Cat (Mushroom Cat) & Maneki-Neko 招き猫
🐈 Studio Ghibli Kiki & Jiji (Beverly Stamp)
🐈 Neko Hanko Pottering Cat w/ Fishbowl
🐈 Neko Hanko Pottering Cat w/ Large Envelope
🐈 Black Cat Fishing (Paper Game Co)

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