Brad over at Pen Addict is always waxing enthusiastic about the Pigma Micron pens and I am always going on ad nauseum about the Marvy Le Pen so I decided it was high time these two pens went head-to-head. And to be fair, I threw a few other nylon tipped pens into the mix. The…
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Uni-Ball Jetstream F*Series Multi-Pen
As I have previously mentioned, after swearing that all ballpoint pens were the vilest of all writing tools and eating crow when introduced to the Uniball Jetstream 0.5 in Ash Green, I decided to test drive one of the Jetstream Multipens. This model is considered part of the F*Series (F for feminine but I think…
TWSBI Diamond 540 EF Review
First I have to start off by telling a little story of how the TWSBI Diamond 540 came into my life. I was having a particularly crappy week at work and knew my birthday was coming up so I thought I’d cheer myself up with a new fountain pen so I ordered a TWSBI 540…
Delfonics Utility Bag Review
I recently ordered a Delfonics Utility Bag from Notemaker in Australia and boy am I ever glad I did! This bag is extremely well made with pockets galore. The front of the case has three pen slots and then four other pockets, the back two pockets large enough to hold a Field Notes book easily.…
Pilot Prera Review
The Pilot Prera is a bit of a budget fountain pen celebrity and I finally broke down and bought one. Its a Japanese steel nib pen with a cartridge filling system though there’s a cartridge converter available for it as well. Don’t tease, I had to have the lime green one. The Japanese nib sizes…
Is the Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil really perfect?
I have been eyeballing the deluxe version of the Perfect Pencil for years with the aluminum cap and luminous golden pencils but a set starts at $50 but can go up to $500 for the platinum version. This Perfect Pencil, on the other hand, was purchased for $30HK (about $4US) and the set of three…
Staedtler Wopex Pencil
The Staedtler WOPEX pencil was found because it was coated in my favorite shade of lime green. I was drawn to it across a sea of writing tools at CN Square in Hong Kong. It is about five stories of office supplies, art supplies and paper goods that would make most of my fellow readers…