Review by Tina Koyama I’ve seen a few brush pens in my day, and most with bristles have the same average-size tip. Pentel’s Ultra Fine Artist Brush Sign Pen ($3.65) is a rare exception. (I chose black to test, but it comes in 12 colors.) On the outside, it has a basic plastic body typical…
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Pen (Pre)Review: Spoke Pen
I was fortunate enough to get my hands on an early edition of the Spoke Pen (starting at $65 — 5 days left), a collaborative project recently launched on Kickstarter between Brian Conti of Spoke Design and Brad Dowdy of The Pen Addict. Y’all have heard of Brad, right? Of course you have. Probably have…
Pen Review: Lamy 2000 Multipen
It will probably come as a surprise to discover that, up until recently, I did not own any model of Lamy 2000. While I own many different models of Lamy fountain pens, including the Lamy Scala with a gold nib, I don’t own any of Lamy’s rollerball or ballpoint pens. So, I decided to break…
Tag Team Pen Review: East Hill Tombstone White Brush Pen
Review by Tina Koyama (and Ana Reinert, with art from Hannah Carey and Cory Say) Here at the Desk, we love brush pens, and we also have a penchant for white ink. Imagine our excitement when a white brush pen appeared on the market! By way of explaining the product’s unusual name, JetPens describes the…
Pen Review: Pilot Grance
By Jessica Coles I found myself lost the other day in the depths of JetPens, wandering through various corridors. It seems that even though I could swear I’ve seen everything they offer, I can still find nooks and crannies of previously unseen goodies. This time, I came across a Pilot fountain pen that I had…
Pen Review: Franklin-Christoph SIG nib from Audrey!
By Jessica Coles Last week, I showed the Philadelphia Pen Show through the eyes of a vendor. Hopefully, this was a different viewpoint for some people, but I did end up leaving out some great times. Daytime during a show is often a blur for me, but there is one table that I always make the…
Pen Review: Retractable Gel Pens
Review by Tina Koyama A few months ago I compared three gel pens that were known to have “dry” inks. My goal then was to find one that might help this lefty reduce the smudging and smearing that often occurs while writing. You can read that review to learn that I wasn’t altogether satisfied with…