Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “maruzen”
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75: Across the North Pole
CY and Jacob talk about large and small Sailor nibs, long flights, retractable fountain pens, clicky keyboards, vermilion urushi, and owls.
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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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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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52: Laughed Out Of All The Stores
Jacob and CY talk about expected and unexpected pen fairs, a new ink trend, nibs with pacifiers, and a new retailer-exclusive Decimo.
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46: Hilariously Huge Pens
CY and Jacob talk about Maruzen’s 2022 pen fair lineup, Sailor’s Pro Gear configurator, Kakimori’s metal dip nibs, and CY’s visit to Tohma.
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41: Don't Give Up On Tomoe River
CY and Jacob discuss exciting paper news from Sakae TP, the annual Inku-numa show, Maruzen’s autumn event, Moonman’s revenge pen, and new product announcements from Sailor.
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40: Speculative Pro Gear Bubble
CY and Jacob talk about Plotter and other system techo planners, Maruzen’s upcoming events and pens, calligraphy nibs, Wagner news, and the history of Nakaya.
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31: Greige is a Popular Women’s Hair Colour
CY and Jacob talk about telescopic piston fillers, tax deductible pens, two new Platinum releases, and why they’re passionate about fountain pens.
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27: The Mad Lads Did It!
CY, Jacob, Khue, and Alesa get together after the Maruzen World Pen Fair to discuss the event, Pilot’s latest exciting releases, and Sailor’s never ending LEs as well as a surprise release from Kokuyo.
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23: It’s a Cat Show
CY and Jacob talk about Onoto and Maruzen, junk bin finds, cat shows, wooden pens, and about pen events during Tokyo’s second state of emergency.
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13: We bought all the Moonmen
CY, Jacob, and Khuê talk about paper, planners, nib engraving, Chinese pens, and metal powder.
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Emergency 2: Sailor Minus
In this second ‘emergency’ episode, CY and Jacob talk about new announcements from Sailor.
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2: Maruzen of Emergency
CY and Jacob talk about Maruzen, sparkly Sailor pens, stationery hunting during State of Emergency, paper, and pen doctors.
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1: The Holy Land
CY and Jacob gather to discuss the lay of the land and the general Japanese fountain pen scene, pen shows, and more!