The idea of the grail pen should be very familiar to anyone in the pen community by now, although of course there's still room for disagreement about what exactly the term means. To me, it's the pen you're (currently) obsessed with, that's tantalisingly close but just out of reach, whether due to reasons of price … Continue reading Forget the ‘grail’ pen… what’s your ‘exit’ pen?

It barely seems two minutes since the last London Pen Show in July, and here we are just days away from another one. Yes, it's the autumn London Pen Show this Sunday, and I'll be there. I hope you will be too. When I first bought my ticket a few weeks ago, I was feeling … Continue reading Another pen show? Yes, another pen show.