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Vintage Parker 21 Review

Author AnaPosted on May 8, 2013May 27, 20176 Comments

Prior to acquiring the reproduction style pens known as the HERO from China, I purchased a Parker 21 from Ebay. It turned out to have a crack in the plastic that caused ink to leak out of the pen which made me very sad. Sad because just writing a few lines with it had left…

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Review: Pilot G-2 0.5mm Black Gel Pen

Author AnaPosted on May 7, 20133 Comments

I recently discovered that of all the pen reviews I’ve written over the years, I never actually used or reviewed the office supply closet staple, the Pilot G-2 gel pen. Partly I think it was because I had never found one in an office supply shop that was narrower than the 0.7mm width. I just…

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Esterbrook Pastel Pink Purse Pen

Author AnaPosted on May 7, 2013February 21, 2018

If I wasn’t such a fan of the vintage Esterbook pens, I don’t think I ever would have imagined myself as someone who would buy a pink fountain pen. But… I have a secret desire to own an Esterbrook in every color they were ever sold in (maybe not every variation… that would get complicated).…

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Ticonderoga Sensematic Mechanical Pencil

Author AnaPosted on May 6, 2013May 28, 20177 Comments

I recently had a little excursion to the local Office Depot which requires a pass through the pen and pencil department no matter why I went in originally. One of the items I found was the Ticonderoga Sensematic Mechanical Pencil. It came on a blister card as a set of two. It claims to be…

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HERO 329 Fountain Pen Review

Author AnaPosted on May 1, 2013July 21, 2019

After my post about reproduction Chinese pens, my good friend Donovan of The Letter Writers Alliance (LWA to those in the know — including my father-in-law!), offered me three HERO 329 pens from China to review and giveaway. So, here goes: This particular HERO pen is listed on Ebay as a “vintage” edition of the…

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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-Rin (Bamboo Forest) Ink

Author AnaPosted on April 30, 2013September 18, 2014

After my review of the J. Herbin Vert Olive, reader Jose offered to do an ink swap with me so that I could compare the Vert Oilve to Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-Rin (AKA Bamboo Forest). Since the color of the Chiku-Rin is so light, I decided to test it in a pen with a wider nib…

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Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen Review

Author AnaPosted on April 29, 2013May 27, 201713 Comments

I had recently seen the Pilot Metropolitan pop up on JetPens but noticed that most of the color options had sold out immediately. Then I heard Brad of The Pen Addict Podcast discuss his rather blah reaction to it and his general aversion to all things gold. So… guess what I bought? Yup. The gold…

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