Welcome back to Uncapped! This is my 301st post on UK Fountain Pens. I hadn’t realised I’d passed that milestone, so raise a belated glass with me here….
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Fudefan took us on a photographic tour of the Tokyo pen show. I practically hyperventilated with excitement. It looked amazing.
Mary from From the Pen Cup… Continue reading
Month: October 2019 (Page 2 of 2)
I’ve always liked the idea of a pocket fountain pen, but I’ve never managed to find one that I actually carry on a daily basis.
The Kaweco Liliput and Milim Pocket Pen are marvels of miniaturisation, but they’re just too narrow to use for more than a few sentences.
The Kaweco Sport is famously the… Continue reading
Notebooks must get nervous when they see me coming. I’m such a Tomoe River snob that I immediately start looking for faults in any other paper.
I know, I know, it’s unfair of me — there are plenty of other important qualities to look for in a notebook.
And so I came with fresh eyes… Continue reading
Today has been a pen-heavy day, thanks to my morning at the London Pen Show. So today’s Uncapped will be on the short side…
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Bungubox’s latest edition Tears of Alice pen and ink leapt straight on to my radar when Kaoru posted it on Facebook this week. I find these Japan-only special editions inexplicably… Continue reading
If you’re not familiar with the word “sumgai”, let me educate you. It’s a term for someone who gets an amazing deal: “sumgai got here before me and snagged a Nakaya for a tenner”. Well, I didn’t quite get that deal at today’s London Pen Show, but I do feel quite pleased with myself anyway.… Continue reading
One of my earlier ‘proper’ pen purchases was a Pelikan M205 in the Aquamarine colour, a tie-in to the Edelstein ink of the year for 2016. It was a sweet little writer, packing a proper piston filler into a tiny package.
This M205 Star Ruby is much the same recipe, following on from the Smoky… Continue reading
Since I have now hit double the capacity of my pen tray, it’s time for a ruthless clear out. Over the next few weeks I’ll be listing 19 pens for sale.
I’m selling some darned good, nearly new pens here, sometimes just a few weeks after a positive review. I’d like to emphasise that selling… Continue reading
The London Writing Equipment Show. or London Pen Show as it now is, is this Sunday. Curiously, I’m in a position where I am planning to go, but I don’t have anything on my wishlist to buy.
I mean, if Regina Martini is there with any killer deals on Grafs, I’d love to have another… Continue reading