Have you heard about the new crowd-funded aluminum pen, the Brauller? It appears to be a pen designed to customize by slipping the refill unit out of one case and allowing the user to slide it into a different colored case while swapping out the grip and/or cap as well. The Brauller takes an assortment…
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Review: Uni Power Tank 0.7 Smart Series Pen Review
The Uni Power Tank Smart Series 0.7 ($3.30) is another in the growing pressurized ballpoint market. The pressurized ink cartridges are designed to allow the pen to be used in severe weather, upside and in zero gravity though I’ve not had a lot of call to test the validity of these claims. The Fisher Space…
Fashionable Friday: Pantone Color of the Year 2015 – Marsala
Every year, for the past few years, color experts Pantone chooses what it thinks will be the color of the year. This year, they selected a deep wine-y red they call Marsala. I immediately thought of all the inky possibilities available in the burgundy, red-black and deep berry range. There were so many to choose…
Winner: Jet Pens Gift Certificate
Congrats to Jen, the winner of the Jet Pens $25 Gift Certificate giveaway. You have your own little “green” now! I’ll be emailing you directly today. Happy Holidays to all my wonderful readers. I wish I could give everyone of you a gift certificate. Maybe if these scratchy lotto tickets amount to anything… (scritch, scritch,…
Link Love: Another Time-Sucking Rabbit Hole
Fountain Pens: Kaweco Liliput Fireblue Fountain Pen Review (via Pen Addict) Nemosine Singularity (via Inklode) Lamy 2000 (via The Pencilcase Blog) Rotring 900 Fountain Pen (via Unroyal Warrant) Levenger True Writer Element Fountain Pen – B Nib (via Clicky Post) Kaweco Art Sport in Amber – Broad Nib (via Gourmet Pens) Pelikan M205 in demonstrator…
Review: Parker Jotter Ballpoint Pen
After discussing* how much the Karas Kustoms new Tu-Tone RETRAKT reminded me of the classic, “Mad Men” good looks of the Parker Jotter (prices start at $9.50), I realized I didn’t actually own a Jotter. So, I immediately remedied that. I purchased the teal-y blue version which is called “grey-green”. The model I purchased is…
Giveaway: $25 Jet Pens Gift Certificate
Happy holidays from The Well-Appointed Desk and Jet Pens! I just want to share the holiday spirit and thank all of you for reading, commenting and supporting this blog so I’m giving away a e-gift certificate for $25 from our friends at Jet Pens. You, my darling readers, make it all worthwhile! The GIVEAWAY: To…