Sunday, June 12, 2011

3rd Goulet Pens haul

The past week has been the "week of the Noodler's flex pen" it seems. Goulet Pens, in particular, was assaulted by orders for the latest batch of Noodler's flex fountain pens and I was one of the lucky ones who managed to get their hands on a Noodler's flex in Lapis Inferno (aka blue with white swirls).

The title of this post is a bit dishonest because I've combined two orders into one post but that's only because the first order only contained ink samples plus a few notebooks (and this is not a blog for notebooks and paper), while the second order had another batch of ink samples, plus the 3 pens.

3rd Goulet Pens haul

Here's what this order contained:

Pens:
  • Noodler's Flex in Lapis Inferno
  • Pilot Parallel 3.8mm
  • Pilot Parallel 6.0mm
Ink samples:
  • Diamine China Blue
  • Diamine Coral
  • Diamine Prussian Blue
  • J. Herbin Bleu Azur
  • J. Herbin Diabolo Menthe
  • J. Herbin Vert Pre
  • Lamy Red
  • Noodler's Baystate Blue
  • Noodler's Bernanke Blue
  • Noodler's Fox Red
  • Noodler's Georgia Peach HL
  • Noodler's GI Green
  • Noodler's Kung Te-Cheng
  • Noodler's Mandalay Maroon
  • Noodler's Manjiro Nakahama Whaleman's Sepia
  • Noodler's Polar Green
  • Noodler's Shah's Rose
  • Noodler's Dragon's Napalm
  • Noodler's Firefly Yellow HL
  • Noodler's Hunter Green
  • Noodler's Year of the Golden Pig HL
  • Private Reserve Daphne Blue
  • Private Reserve Electric DC Blue
  • Private Reserve Invincible Aqua Blue
  • Private Reserve Invincible Black
  • Sailor Jentle Apricot
  • Sailor Jentle Grenade
Just a quick word about the Noodler's flex pen. I like the color and I'm glad I picked it instead of another. It also happened that the blue pens were the second most popular after the clear ones. I believe I have loaded the pen with the wrong ink because I used a very light gray which may not be the best option for a flex nib. Though I wasn't expecting much from this pen, at this point I'm not particularly impressed with its flexible nib. I'll have to play some more with it before I can review it though.

From the looks of it, I'll have enough ink samples to review for the next year. Can't wait to use them all!