2025 Year End Recap: Five Favorite Things

Each year I typically do a series of posts in which I walk through my favorite acquisitions from the prior year. This year was a bit different than previous ones, since I actually picked up far fewer fountain pens and focused instead on more practical "work" pens, including nicer notebooks and planners (though I did acquire a very nice Pilot Decimo that's a Nagasawa exclusive from @Vanness1938). This year was also notable because I dove even further into my fineliner obsession, and discovered the Pentel Tradio, a pen that's been around for seemingly forever but which I've never used until discovering it as part of the Craft Design Technologies lineup. Watch on to learn more. Links below: 00:00 Introduction 01:10 Nagasawa Kobe Harbor Gradient Pilot Decimo 03:17 Craft Design Technology Pentel Tradio 05:44 Brelio 6-Ring Binder 07:16 Craft Design Technology Memo Rolls 09:21 Zenith Plier-Style Stapler 10:10 Summary and Conclusions from 2025 Nagasawa Kobe Harbor Mint Decimo (No longer available but check here for other exclusives):https://vanness1938.com/collections/fountain-pens-by-brand?sort_by=created-descending&filter.p.vendor=NAGASAWA&filter.v.price.gte=&filter.v.price.lte=&page=1 Craft Design Technology Pentel Tradio: https://www.gentlemanstationer.com/the-curated-shop/cdt-tradio-plastic-fountain-pen Brelio: https://vanness1938.com/search?type=product&options%5Bprefix%5D=last&options%5Bunavailable_products%5D=last&q=Brelio&type=product&options%5Bprefix%5D=last&options%5Bunavailable_products%5D=last Craft Design Technology Memo Rolls: https://www.gentlemanstationer.com/curated-paper/craft-design-technology-memo-roll Zenith Staplers: https://www.gentlemanstationer.com/curated-desk-and-reading?category=Zenith Many thanks for watching! If you enjoyed our content, please subscribe, as it helps me grow the channel and increases exposure for T.G.S. in general. To further support us, consider shopping from our curated stationery store, which also has a new brick-and-mortar location in Nashville, Tennessee! Finally, we have a Patreon, which offers access to behind-the-scenes content, meetups, and periodic used pen and sample sales. Details below: T.G.S. Curated Shop: https://www.gentlemanstationer.com/curated-shop-brands T.G.S. Nashville, Tennessee Location Details: https://www.gentlemanstationer.com/tgs-warehouse-shop-address T.G.S. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gentlemanstationer