After lampooning the Pilot Varsity, I got a lot of feedback from readers that they had a good experience with the pen and that it helped to inspire them to try fountain pens. While I am still not over the bruising experience of the Pilot Varisty, I was willing to try some other sub-$5 fountain…
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Word Notebooks
Word Notebooks do something with the concept of the pocket notebook that is a little different than the rest. These notebooks are lined with a dot/circle along the left margin specifically to aid the list-maker. Color in the small dot for a bullet point or use the larger circle to check off all those to-do…
What’s the difference between a Signo and a Signo Bit?
I have owned a Uni-Ball Signo Bit in the smallest possible size (0.18mm which is for writing on grains of rice or equally tiny things). Its so fine that it scratched along my toothy paper until I had completed clogged it into disuse. I’d heard lots of praise for the Bit thought so I wanted…
HEMA Vulpen Fountain Pen Review
While vacationing over the holidays, my friend Cecelia picked up a HEMA Vulpen fountain pen in Belgium for me. I had to do a bit of detective work about it before I could post a review about it. HEMA is a chain of department stores from the Netherlands. From their website it looks like a…
Michael Rogers Dispatches Notebook Review
Michael Roger is a line of notebook products best known for the Decomposition Composition notebooks. While in Chicago, I found this lovely kraft paper covered hardcover blank notebook called Dispatches. The airmail-trimmed belly band caught my eye and the simple look of the book really appealed to me. Its a 5″x8″ (hello, A-5 size-ish!) notebook…
Field Notes Steno Pad Review
Like all good office supply junkies, I’ve been listening to the Pen Addict podcast. There have been several episodes lately that have waxed poetic in regards to the Field Notes pocket memo books. They have become quite collectible. But, truth be told, my favorite Field Notes product so far is the Steno Book. It is…
My Favorite Pencils: Tombow 8900, Faber-Castell Grip 2001 and Palomino Blackwing 602
Since I’ve been talking about pencils all week, I thought I’d come clean and tell you my favorite pencils. They are, of course, on the higher-end of the pencil spectrum, in other words not cheap and not usually available at your local big box office supply store. But I think they are worth the effort…