If this week has a theme, that theme is “a little bit of everything.” A dark grey ink in a nib that can write F and EF. Straightforward, subtle shading. The same can be said for my dark blue option, Aonibi. Add purple (Sakuranezumi) and orange (Koiame) inks with strong shading. Shading is a go.

Two new pens enter the rotation this week. And I return to a manageable six pen and ink combinations. Six seems a fine fellowship. Every pen in this week’s kit sports a miniature version of a typically broad grind.

I went with adventurous pen and ink choices this week. Rarities and wild combinations of pens and nibs and inks. After a week in my penvelope and on my work desk, this week’s seven are traveling with me to the Philly Pen Show. I try to bring pens and inks that folks might not otherwise get a chance to handle in person.

Diamine’s inkvent offers up a cadre of inks dominated by blues and pinks to round out my holiday currently inked challenge. This week’s seven inks offer quite the challenge for a functional work-friendly currently inked.

Three blues, a green and three accent colors: two pinks and a purple. Three. Accent. Colors. Playtime.