I got whipped up in the frenzy of the launch of the 2018 Hobonichi Techo products this year so I bought one of everything before they sold out without knowing for sure which one I would actually use. FOMO is a terrible thing. Then the Jibun Techo was released a couple weeks later and I…
First, a Merry Christmas to all! And then, a big thank you to our anonymous donor for the Jibun Techo for this giveaway. The pen community really is full of the nicest, most generous people I have ever met. And finally, a great big congratulations to our winner: I hope that the Jibun Techo 3-in-1…
Thanks to the kindness of one of our readers, I have a beautiful, unused Kokuyo Jibun Techo 3-in-1 2018 Planner to giveaway. I have done a short review of the Diary portion of the planner in the smaller size when they were first available in the US. This is the full monty with the black…
Review by Tina Koyama, Laura Cameron and Ana Reinert All the reviewers on The Well-Appointed Desk participated in the Baron Fig bag Kickstarter and all three of us purchased the tote bag so we decided that it would interesting to write a review with each of us weighing in. Hope you enjoy this mega-review. (All…
Kobe #47 Aoya Cascade Green is a perfectly holiday themed green. It reminds me of blue spruce and pine needles. The Kobe inks are Sailor, of course, so they are good stable inks that shade beautifully and #47 has a lovely reddish sheen. I love the shading variation in a wider nib and the dark,…
Even though I was already the proud owner of a Sailor Pro Gear Slim Purple Lamé, when I heard about the Sailor Pro Gear Slim Purple Cosmos way back in August at the DC Pen Show (Thank you, Squishy Ink and Inkaday! You are both terrible enablers and I love you both for it!) I…
Baron Fig released the Squire Experiment several months ago as part of its quarterly subscription and it sold out almost immediately. What was so amusing was that almost everyone who knows me and my love of green assumed I bought one and/or would love it. However, I must have had my head down for a…
