@clif I wish I could say I was surprised by the Goulet situation but since they defended the Noodlers guy (libertarian, fan of conspiracy theories, cultural appropriation with his ink names) it tracks.🫠 ah well. I’ll have to find other places to buy obnoxious inks than Goulet

@clif Seaside Pens just got up and running in the last year, and she just opened her brick and mortar store this year, so you didn’t miss it; it was probably a knickknack shop at the time.The various Safaris/Studios/Scalas from Lamy all use the same nib type, and have similar nib swap directions youtube.com/watch?v=i82pPFCkpGI — new nibs are mostly about $15 for steelFound the drama on the goulets on a Reddit thread: reddit.com/r/fountainpens/comm — I’m not surprised

@clif if you’re in the PNW/Oregon seasidepenshop.com/ — I’ve gotten some really fun stuff from them, including a bunch of rare Lamys, but in general the price of everything fountain pen has jumped up due to the tariffs.I think Goulet/goldspot/vanness might be running dads and grads deals over Memorial Day weekendTeam “give them safaris” since they’re super easy to swap nibs on (and lamy also makes lefty friendly nibs)