Appelboom Bites

On this episode we have a chat with Emy, the owner of Romanian based fountain pen company Penventure. We talk to him about the writing culture in Romania and about his life as a high end collector. We also show some new products that have come on the market. Have fun listening this episode and don't forget to like and follow the show! ------ About the Appelboom Bites Podcast: Tune in to Appel...

On this episode we have a chat with Guiseppe Aquila, the CEO of Montegrappa. We talk to him about past and current special editions, the stories behind pens and Guiseppe's personal involvement in the design process. We also show some new products that have come on the market. Have fun watching this episode and don't forget to like and follow the show! ------ About the Appelboom Bites Pod...

On this episode we talk with Jan Zander about his new company, JanZander Design. Jan Zander was the head of design of Montblanc for 20+ years and was involved in many great projects of the German based company. Now, he starts creating his own designs and offer them to the market. We talked with hm about these designs and his history with Montblanc. In this episode we also talk about the Montblanc...

On the first episode of 2023 we talk with Vanessa Langton (Pen Gangster) and Michael Waltinger (Scriveley) about the new year's resolutions. We also start the year positive to talk about the negative comments under our social media posts. The Montblanc 149 Curved nib arrived in our store the last week of 2022, and we are happy to take an extra good look at that! ------ About the Appelboom Bit...

On the first episode with Vanessa Langton (Pen Gangsta) as the co-host we have the honor to chat with Matthew Morse. We talk with him about his passion for fountain pens, how he became addicted, about designing and a small recap of 2022. In the episode we also announce a few new products which can be found on our website. ------ About the Appelboom Bites Podcast: Tune in to Appelboom Bites - a pod...

In this episode of Appelboom Bites with David Parker AKA Figboot on Pens as co-host we have the honor to chat with Michael Gutberlet, the CEO of Kaweco.  Kaweco is a German brand and is very well known for its characteristing Sport pocket fountain pen. It comes in all colors and is avaialble in a variety of materials. Now Kaweco is working on a piston filling mechanism for this model and Michael i...

In this episode of Appelboom Bites with David Parker AKA Figboot on Pens as co-host we have the honor to chat with Michael Gutberlet, the CEO of Kaweco.  Kaweco is a German brand and is very well known for its characteristing Sport pocket fountain pen. It comes in all colors and is avaialble in a variety of materials. Now Kaweco is working on a piston filling mechanism for this model and Michael i...

In this episode of Appelboom Bites with David Parker AKA Figboot on Pens as co-host we have the honor to chat with Marco Frei, the CEO of Otto Hutt. Otto Hutt is a German brand that creates all their writing instruments in house. We also created an How It's Made video about Otto Hutt, which can be found on our Youtube channel. With Marco we discussed the Black Friday weekend, the Christmas ma...

In this episode of Appelboom Bites with David Parker AKA Figboot on Pens as co-host we have the honor to chat with Kerry Adams, also known from her Youtube channel Pens and Tea. We discuss how it is to be a famous Youtuber, how Figboot came up with his name,  what is important for the videos and how they decide which pens to review. ------ About the Appelboom Bites Podcast: Tune in to Appelboom Bi...

In the first episode of Appelboom Bites with David Parker AKA Figboot on Pens as co-host we have the honor to chat with Luca Baglione, the CEO of Scribo. Luca pops up a new color in the Feel collection as his pen check and will talk about some amazing future projects of Scribo. He explains about the heritage of the brand and why this is so important for them.   About the Appelboom Bites Podcast: T...

In the last episode of Appelboom Bites with Azizah AKA Gourmet Pens as co-host we have the honor to chat with Cary Yeager (Mr. Fountain Pen Day) about the most important day of the year, the first Friday of November, Fountain Pen Day. He tells us about the history of this event and what he wanted to achieve with this day. Joost also reveal the special promotion that Appelboom has for Fountain Pen...

In this episode of Appelboom Bites Azizah and Joost chat with Salvatore and Mariafrancesca Matrone of the Leonardo pen company. The pens in the pen check are hardly a surprise, but the reveal of a completely new pen model is! And that’s when things got really interesting, because Salvatore and Mariafrancesca reveal even more – very special! – new additions to the Leonardo collection, just in time...

In the 4th episode of the Appelboom Bites Podcast we have Hiren from Magna Carta as a special guest. Azizah from Gourmet Pens is our co-host again and she shows us the new Montblanc Naruto ink (amazing new color!). Furthermore we also discuss some new products from Scribo and Montblanc. Also the Diamine Inkvent Calendar 2023 is in stock, which is a pretty cool gift for the holiday season!

Appelboom Bites Episode 3: with Janine Scribbles and Azizah Gourmet Pens In this exciting third episode of the Appelboom Bites Podcast we welcome co-host Azizah aka Gourmet Pens and our special guest, Janine Scribbles. Janine will give some writing tips and we talk about the writing community.

In this exciting second episode of the Appelboom Bites Podcast we welcome co-host Azizah aka Gourmet Pens and our special guest, Ryan from Estebrook. Ryan will reveal the latest edition in the Esterbrook line up, so make sure to listen to this episode.

In this first ever episode of the Appelboom Bites Podcast we talk with Anabelle Hiller and Azizah of Gourmet Pens about the Commonwealth Pen Show and we asked Anabelle how life is as a nib specialist. We also discovered that Azizah did something crazy on the pen show. Some new products of Montblanc, Otto Hutt and Visconti are discussed. If you want to see the pictures of these models, head over to...