Review by Jessica Coles The Platinum 5000-A Balance caught my eye a couple weeks ago when I noticed it had a gold nib. That’s not actually a remarkable thing in itself; Platinum makes many excellent gold nibbed pens. However, I was looking at pens sorted by price. There was no way I had scrolled down far enough…
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Platinum 3776 Kumpoo UEF Fountain Pen (AKA The Kung Fu Panda)
Oh, Platinum! Why did you name such a beautiful pen with a name that sounds so awful to English speakers? I trie to resist the Platinum 3776 Kumpoo UEF Fountain Pen on the name alone but when everyone kept telling me how stunning the color was, I couldn’t hold out any longer. Then Lisa Vanness…
Notebook Review and Giveaway: Rollo London Softcover A5 and Hardcover A6
Review by Laura Cameron A few weeks ago Rollo of London offered us an opportunity to try their A5 Diary as part of their promotional campaign to announce that they are partnering with Paperchase stores. I selected The Softie Collection, Larkin in British Mulberry A5 (£19.25). The Larkin is a soft sided journal, with a…
Pen Review: Desiderata Precession Flex (Zebra G Nib) Fountain Pen
Desiderata Pens is known for making some of the most unique pens that utilize the Zebra G calligraphy nibs in a modern fountain pen housing for flex writing experience. Every time I see Pierre at a pen show, he has developed a new design and refined, retooled or improved upon his previous designs for a…
Baron Fig Writing Tools: Elements Archer Pencil, Squire, & Squire Click
Since all the Baron Fig writing tools I had seemed to coordinate so well, I decided to just review them altogether. The Archer Elements Pencil First, I’ll cover the newest item, the new Archer pencil release called Elements ($15 per dozen) which is a collaboration with Caroline Weaver from CW Pencil Enterprise. Like previous Baron Fig…
Notebook Review: Nanuk
Review by Jessica Coles I love notebooks. Doesn’t matter what they look like. What size they are. I love to look at them and buy them and then… well, I have a harder time actually using them. What if I mess up something that could have been an incredibly lovely piece of art? What if…
Fountain Pen Review: Opus 88 Picnic Purple (Fine nib)
Review by Laura Cameron When I first saw the Opus 88 Picnic in Purple ($99), I really wanted one. So I was delighted when Vanness Pen Shop asked if we wanted to review it. Ana already reviewed the Picnic in Green, so she suggested I try the Purple. The Opus 88 Picnic is a resin…