I can’t believer how long Pilot waited to release the brightly colored line of their Metropolitan pens known as Retro Pop. The Retro Pop line offers six fabulous colors of the brushed aluminum bodies: red, orange, lime green, turquoise, purple and grey. And the pens are available as both fountain pens and rollerballs. I had…
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Review: Inkwell Press 4th Quarter 2015 Planner
This fall, Inkwell Press released a sort of “filler” planner for folks who didn’t get in on their first release of the 2015-2016 planner which I think debuted in June. This “filler” fourth quarter planner is a staple-bound, A5-sized booklet that provided folks with a taste of their larger planner and it spanned from September…
The New Karas Kustoms INK
The first improvement to the Karas Kustoms INK fountain pen is a snazzy wrap, letterpress printed right here in Kansas City by Skylab Letterpress — not that I’m biased or anything. But it is pretty spiffy, isn’t it? CORRECTION: The premium packaging will only be included with the copper and brass models. I got a…
Pen Review: Staedtler Triplus Fineliner Nature Colors 6-colors Set
First, I promise this is the last set of Staedtler Triplus Finerliner markers I will review because I have them all now. I couldn’t resist. That said, the Nature Set of Staedtler Triplus Fineliners ($7.50) are probably my favorite set. It could be because they are the most seasonally appropriate here in the autumnal continental…
Pen Review: Crayola Gel Markers
A few weeks ago I saw a post on Instagram where a calligrapher was doing some amazing lettering on black paper and laying off to the side was the distinctive undulating line on the marker of the Crayola wedge marker but the marker was black. Why had I never seen one of these markers before…
Review: Moleskine Soft Cover XL Plain
Before you start asking if the headaches are giving me brain damage, I have to say I asked myself the same question when I picked up this Moleskine Extra Large Plain Soft Cover Notebooks. In general, I find Moleskine notebooks leave me wanting but there was something about the size of this book that appealed…
Review: UniBall Signo DX 0.38 Hello Kitty Special Edition Pens
I’m clearly catering to my inner 7-year-old this month. I saw the Uniball Signo DX 0.38 Hello Kitty Special Edition gel pens and the next thing I know, the whole color array was in my mail box. There are only five colors available: red, pink, orange, purple, green and blue and each sells for $3…