# really hard (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover really hard. Page: Feed: --- ## [Maruzen Athena Eternal Blue](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/maruzen-athena-eternal-blue) _2026-07-28 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ This ink is one of the all-time greats. ## [Anderillium Moray Eel Green](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/anderillium-moray-eel-green) _2026-07-27 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ Beautifully eel-colored ink handmade in Florida. The yellow-green is perfect for me, and I definitely recommend it. ## [Teranishi Guitar Taisho Roman Haikara Antique Black](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/teranishi-guitar-taisho-roman-haikara-antique-black) _2026-05-10 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ Teranishi’s Antique Black isn’t really black, but I won’t tell if you don’t. ## [Anderillium’s Blue-Ringed Octopus Blue](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/anderilliums-blue-ringed-octopus-blue) _2026-04-06 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ This is one of my favorite blues! ## [Tom’s Studio #60 Pigment Black](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/toms-studio-60-pigment-black) _2026-04-05 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ It writes great, and it’s waterproof! ## [#12PenPersonQuestions](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/the-12penpersonquestions-list) _2026-01-12 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ My friend Olive Octopus wrote this list of questions for pen people to answer, and I’ve decided to take a swing at it. Some of these questions are really hard! She has a whole list of people who have already answered them, and I’m looking forward to reading those when I’ve posted my own. I don’t want to be influenced on this one. I have a few of these questions that I just don’t know how to answer… ## [Unboxing some Paper Mind Loot!](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/unboxing-some-paper-mind-loot) _2025-11-01 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ Blake is always stocking new and cool things over at The Paper Mind, and I ordered a bunch of stuff from him this summer. Check out this video for some new papers, inks, and a few new pens! Check out the video, visit The Paper Mind, and let Blake know that I sent you. ## [Check out Diamine's 2025 Inkvent with Audrey!](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/check-out-diamines-2025-inkvent-with-audrey) _2025-11-01 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ SPOILERS! Check out the 2025 Inkvent with Audrey! ## [Push/Pull Sword Fern & Wet Branch](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/pushpull-sword-fern-amp-wet-branch) _2025-07-18 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ A pair of inks from a new-to-me brand! I wish I could give them a good review… ## [The Wet Pen Rainier Blue](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/the-wet-pen-rainier-blue) _2025-07-17 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ This is one of my favorite blues, and I bet you’ll like it too. I just can’t spell it. ## [Snapshot Showdown on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wIsDxOcSPeUH) _2025-07-17 · **Sponsored**_ Available on Google Play for Android devices. ## [KWZ “Meet Me in St. Louis - 314 Blues”](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/zlh4jpu4x2tj7h1kb9t2vcemhqweku) _2025-06-26 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ The 2025 St. Louis Pen Show Exclusive! ## [Become an "Embedded" Advisor. AI Is Coming for White-Collar Work.](https://theadvisor.substack.com/p/become-an-embedded-advisor-ai-is) _2025-06-13 · Reese Harper · The Advisor_ As planning, analysis, and portfolio management get automated, the real value of an advisor is shifting fast—to emotional guidance, embedded insight, and decision-making support. ## [Coming Home: What Financial Advisors Need to Rethink About Housing](https://theadvisor.substack.com/p/coming-home-what-financial-advisors) _2025-06-06 · Reese Harper · The Advisor_ How rising home prices are forcing a rethink on ownership, security, and what “home” really means in 2025. ## [What Will Advisors Actually Do in 2030?](https://theadvisor.substack.com/p/what-will-advisors-actually-do-in) _2025-05-30 · Reese Harper · The Advisor_ AI, Niches, and Job Maps ## [Nagasawa Kobe #22 Monogatari Shinkaichi Gold](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/nagasawa-kobe-22-monogatari-shinkaichi-gold) _2025-05-18 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ The weirdest Kobe ink? Probably! ## [Octopus Fluids Write & Draw Orange Bunny](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/octopus-fluids-write-amp-draw-orange-bunny) _2025-04-21 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ This cover-card is so YouTube coded. I don’t usually like doing that, but this one earned the nearly-click-bait title. ## [Platinum’s 3776 Shape of Heart Bluebird](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/platinums-3776-shape-of-heart-bluebird) _2025-04-20 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ These Shape of Heart pens from Platinum are always beautiful. They’re also expensive and hard to get. The Bluebird was no exception. It cost $430 when I bought it at Atlas Stationers . It was also a preorder that sold out everywhere immediately.( I think that’s how I ended up with an Extra Fine nib.) This is also the last of the Shape of Heart series. I didn’t know that when I bought it, but I’m… ## [The Wet Pen’s Elliott Bay](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/euql4yrc25eqlc7unsmpnqtatymq18) _2025-03-21 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ This is just an awesome blue ink. ## [Lennon Tool Bar’s Want](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/lennon-tool-bars-want) _2025-03-13 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ Is this the one you’ve been Wanting? Or will it leave you Wanting… ## [Tom’s Studio Wren](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/toms-studio-wren) _2025-03-02 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ This little pocket pen is pretty cool. It writes well, it carries well, and I like that the replacement parts (like the tips and reservoirs) are inexpensive. My only real quibble is that it can be really hard to open up sometimes. I just tried to open mine to write some notes, and I had to get something to grip it with. If they just made that bottom bit a little longer or a little grippier it… ## [Sync Bookmarks Everywhere (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fBXLqMvHEsUU) _2025-03-02 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync keeps folders and toolbar intact across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. ## [The Carolina Pen Co. Convert!](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/the-carolina-pen-co-convert) _2025-03-01 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ ## [No Foolin’: Deception Pass](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/no-foolin-deception-pass) _2025-02-22 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ I’m a big fan of all of the inks that Matthew at The Wet Pen makes. They’re all excellent. The flow is good and the colors are great. Some of them have sheen. Some of them have a color-shift as they dry. Some have both ! They’re great. This is one of my favorites in the set, too. Deception Pass is a blue that turns green as it dries. Sometimes it doesn’t change on the weirder papers out there, but… ## [Midori Dark Red](https://www.inkdependence.com/blog/midori-dark-red) _2025-02-12 · Mike Matteson · Inkdependence_ Midori’s Dark Red was the first ink I’d seen from Midori. They do, apparently, make several colors in this range, and they seem to have shown up at a few stores like Cult Pens and Yoseka . I got mine at Vanness Pens on clearance a while back, and they don’t seem to have them any more. These inks are made for the 15th anniversary, and they’re meant to coordinate with, or invoke the colors of,…