https://www.frugalpen.org/posts/ Recent content in Posts on The Frugal Pen Hugo en-us Sun, 02 Aug 2026 22:00:00 -0500 https://www.frugalpen.org/posts/2026/08/what-is-inked-this-week/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 22:00:00 -0500 https://www.frugalpen.org/posts/2026/08/what-is-inked-this-week/ <p>Each week, I ink up a pair of pens for use with my work log book. This week, I chose my pair of <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ensso/piuma-super-minimal-titanium-brass-and-aluminum-fo">Ensso Piumas</a> I got back in 2017 from Kickstarter. The Brass one is inked with Monteverda USA Erinite which is a nice emerald green. The black aluminum one is inked with Hongdian Red.</p> https://www.frugalpen.org/posts/2026/08/welcome-to-a-new-pen-blog/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 21:28:20 -0500 https://www.frugalpen.org/posts/2026/08/welcome-to-a-new-pen-blog/ <h1 id="welcome-to-a-new-pen-blog">Welcome to a new pen blog</h1> <h2 id="what-is-the-frugal-pen">What is the Frugal Pen?</h2> <p>This is my attempt to document my growing experience with the fountain pen hobby (lifestyle?), but on a budget. I am finding that this is a wonderful hobby, and that there are a lot resources out there, but a lot of the blogs and YouTube channels I have found will look at the mid to high end of the range. For example, the most expensive pen I have paid for is US$95, and I like it, but it has problems which keeps me from using it a lot. On the other end, I have a nice pen I paid about US$3.33 for, and it is currently my daily carry pocket pen, even though it is not a pocket pen design. I plan to do a review of them both at some point.</p>