The shortest of posts as we head toward the weekend.
I’ve updated my for-sale page with a few pens and a few non-pen items too: knives, flashlights and multitools (hey, didn’t you read my post about EDC?).
I have plenty more items to add, but figured this was a good start. I’m keen to raise… Continue reading
Month: June 2018
To me, Pilot is a little bit like the Mafia. You try to escape, but they reel you back in.
I have written at length about my love affair with the 912 FA, then reluctantly sold it when I admitted to myself that my grip doesn’t suit flex. I bought, sold, bought and sold the… Continue reading
I’m a sucker for blue-black inks. So when Nick Stewart offered me the chance to try a sample of his new ink, Randall (named after one of Nick’s aquatic adventurer friends), I jumped at it.
I don’t claim to the mastery of ink and lettering that Nick has, but even I can see that Randall… Continue reading
Blast off
I pride myself on my rational thought, my insight, my critical eye and my consistency. The new Reaktor Starliner pens from Karas Pens have made a mockery of that.
But let’s rewind. The Starliner and Starliner XL are two of the new ‘Reaktor’ budget pens from Karas Pens, whose Decograph I recently reviewed.… Continue reading
Way back last year I reviewed quite a few notebooks, including a fetching red number from Dingbats‘ Wildlife series. (If you’re interested: Summary was here. Recap was here.)
I was hugely impressed by the spec of the Dingbats notebooks, but I commented that the feathering and bleedthrough bothered me. So, when the founder of Dingbats… Continue reading
I recently sold my trusty Kaweco AL Sport, leaving me with just one Kaweco: the Art Sport Alabaster. But it transpires that my Art was only destined to be lonely for a short while. The itch to experience the Kaweco Dia2, which I’d resisted since reading Rupert’s excellent review, finally overtook me.
And I’m glad… Continue reading
You may have spotted that things have been quiet on the blog for a while: just two posts in May. Well, good news: the drought will soon be over. My mailbox is eagerly awaiting the arrival of a new Earth notebook from Dingbats, as well as the new Karas Reaktor pens and the Stilform Kosmos.… Continue reading