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Well the On The Paper Trail event has passed, and I will talk through the weekend, including my first ever unofficial type in/typewriter talk that happened at the event. In a shocking turn of events, I found myself with the Bauhaus Blue Lamy 2000 and the new F-in Birds Postcards arrived that I will open on the stream.

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It is the time again for another curated box from The Gentleman Stationer. This one is the New Discoveries box for 2026, and it has some great products inside, many of which are new to me which is great. Don’t be confused, as I was able to pick mine up local, so mine came in a bag, but these are normally posted to Gentleman Stationer Patrons first, and then are opened to the public if there are extras that were not claimed.

Joe does a great job of finding fun products that are very useful for day to day stationery needs, and this box sticks to that theme. Not all of the products are on their website, but here are some links of the items that are available currently, as well as the names of the other products that were included in the box.

https://shop.gentlemanstationer.com/products/anterique-mach-ball-5mm-three-color-multi-pen-mini-size
https://shop.gentlemanstationer.com/products/hightide-co-metal-book-stand
https://shop.gentlemanstationer.com/products/nolty-a5-notebooks-log-type-paper
https://shop.gentlemanstationer.com/products/craft-design-technology-memo-roll
https://shop.gentlemanstationer.com/products/tono-lims-friendship-line-fountain-pen-inks

Not yet on the site, the Fred & Friends Avocado Erasers

0:00 Unbagging the New Discoveries Box
1:19 Deep Dive Into the Nulti A5 Notebook
2:52 The Utility of a Folding Metal Bookstand
4:23 Swatching Tono and Limbs Ink
16:21 Testing the Craft Design Memo Roll

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So I have found myself in the hunt for limited edition Lamy 2000, and I have been able to add 3 of them into my collection. I found the Black Amber, Brown and Pine editions, and in order to use them regularly, we need to swap out the nibs. I placed an order from Vanness for a couple of EF nibs, and added a few more items in at the same time, so we will unbox the order, and then go through replacing the nibs in 2 of them pens.

I also do a line thickness comparison of the EF, F, and ground Lamy 2000 nibs using the Dominant Industry line gauge to show how the nibs all stack up.

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Here are some of the items seen in the video
https://vanness1938.com/products/blackwing-medium-a5-slate-notebook-white
https://vanness1938.com/products/uni-ball-one-p-0-5mm-gel-ballpoint-pen
https://vanness1938.com/products/rhodia-mechanical-pencil-sage
https://vanness1938.com/products/wearingeul-the-phantom-of-the-opera-binder-clip
https://vanness1938.com/products/lamy-cp-1-brushed-stainless-steel-tri-pen
https://vanness1938.com/products/lamy-2000-mechanical-pencil-7mm
https://vanness1938.com/products/lamy-ink-petrol
https://vanness1938.com/products/lamy-2000-replacement-nib
https://vanness1938.com/products/dominant-industry-measure-my-pen-mm-pad

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0:00 Expanding the Lamy 2000 Collection
0:45 Reflecting on My Lamy 2000 Journey
1:49 Exploring Special Edition Colors
3:22 Unboxing My Latest Vanness Haul
8:42 Step-by-Step Lamy 2000 Nib Swap
18:27 Testing and Comparing Line Widths