Review by Laura Cameron. A few months ago I saw that Amazon was having a sale on the Ghost Paper Notebook. I forwarded the link to Ana, and she let me know she already had one on the way. Of course! I wasn’t entirely surprised when she put the Ghost in my bag of goodies…
The Pilot Decimo Fine Fountain Pen ($139) is my first foray into the world of retractable fountain pens. The Pilot Vanishing Point or Capless is the best known of these pens but the Decimo is its smaller version. The barrel is slightly narrower and in general looks like it was designed with the “fairer sex”…
There are a couple of brands of ink recently that I’ve developed a terrible case of FOMO about and a oddly, Montblanc is one of them. Generally speaking, I am not a big Montblanc pen fan in general because they are too expensive and fussy for me in regards to modern pens and the well for…
Posts of the Week: I confess the Post of the week was going to self-indulgent and feature Ken Crooker’s very flattering review about the Col-o-ring Ink Testing Books (I swear I did not put him up to writing it!) Instead, I want to point you to some lovely articles over at CW Pencils about the…
Pens: News: Introducing the Lamy Safari Petrol Pen Collection (via Pen Chalet Blog) Kaweco Student Demonstrator Fountain Pen (via The Pencilcase Blog) Retro 51 Tornado Prism (via Anderson Pens Blog) The Wink Pen (via Pen Addict) Tale of a Vandal Pen User: Nibs Part 3 Revisiting Japanese Favorites (via Peaceable Writer) Visconti Homo Sapiens Dark…
This week’s link of the week is left-handed illustrator, Anke Weckman who went above and beyond and did a pen and pencil test of every tool she owned. I double-dog dare you to do the same. Pens: Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen (via The Pencilcase Blog) Pens and Markers for Food Labels and Kitchen Storage (via…
Pens: In Defense of the Humble Pilot G2 (via Comfortable Shows Studio) Pen Problems: What to do when your new pen isn’t quite right (via Anderson Pens Blog) Review: Conid Minimalistica, Delrin, EF Titanium Nib (via Hand Over That Pen) Twiss Pen Eye Candy (via The Clumsy Penman’s Inkfusion Site) Parker Duofold Centennial MKII Black…
