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72: Feels Good To Be a Noob!
CY and Jacob discuss last-minute stationery gift ideas, Pilot’s elusive annual Capless LE, filling systems, clicky knocks, and vintage camera lenses.
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71: Champagne Pink Portable Printer
CY and Jacob discuss Maruzen’s 2023 spring event lineup, Pilot’s new 30th-anniversary Custom 74, flea markets, kimono fabric, and sticker printers.
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70: Drunk Nagahara Fixed My Nib
Jacob, CY, and guests April from Penguins Creative and Alesa recap TIPS 2022 and discuss planners, new pen releases, engraved gold nibs, and shrinking profit margins.
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69: Live from TIPS 2022
Jacob and CY record live from Tokyo International Pen Show 2022.
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68: Wet and Creamy
CY, Jacob, and returning guests Alesa and Khuê discuss nib grind names, paper testing, shady business practices, Montblanc’s Naruto pen, price increases, and TIPS expectations.
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67: (Cosmo Air) Light at the end of the tunnel
CY and Jacob talk about paper conglomerates, bankruptcies, nib-shaped factory buildings, and new releases from Sailor, PenBBS, and Majohn.
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66: Are They Padawan If They Are Sith?
CY and Jacob talk about Shishikura pens, Toyooka trays, Hobonichi paper testing results, nib padawans, and anime inks.
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65: Sweet Pink Purple Whatever
CY and Jacob talk about Bungujoshi’s annual ink show in Tokyo, paper theories, new pen releases, lemons, factory calligraphy nibs, and the business of nib grinding.
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64: Counterfeit Urushi
CY and Jacob talk about CY’s pen adventures in the US, pocket pens, Sailor’s new dip pen, upcoming retail events in Tokyo, maki-e stickers, and Japan’s commercial transactions law.
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