I spent most of my previous Hahnemuhle review talking about how this old brand is very new to making fountain pens. Well, today’s post is a review of a notebook — and that’s firmly within the Hahnemühle wheelhouse. Hahnemühle brings centuries of paper-making experience to the Manuscript notebook, and makes bold claims about its new… Continue reading
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I should start this review with a disclosure. I’ve had my eye on Elbwood for a long, long time — in fact, I included it in a popular post in early 2018. I really liked the ideas coming out of Frank Pressentin’s Hamburg atelier: a unique aesthetic blending metal, wood and ebonite through minimal engineered… Continue reading
Of all Lamy’s fountain pens, the Scala seems to get the least love and attention from the community.
It’s been knocking around since 2012, earned an honourable mention in the 2013 red dot design awards, and despite its minimal design Lamy has been treating the Scala to an increasingly daring range of special editions, including… Continue reading
It’s always exciting to try a new pen, and doubly so to try an entirely new brand for the first time. So when Hahnemühle reached out to me to review its new FineNotes range, how could I refuse?
Essential background: who on earth are Hahnemühle, and why are they suddenly making pens?
Hahnemühle might not… Continue reading
In case you missed it, Kaweco has started offering a “Premium” nib unit for its pens with a screw-in nib, like the Brass and AL Sports. For about £35 you get a different nib imprint and a fancy metal tin with very pretty retro packaging, and some claims like this:
Those who focus on writing… Continue reading
I’m a fan of Montblanc’s pens and inks, but I’ve never before tried its paper products. Why? Partly it’s because I’m a Tomoe River addict. But it’s also because I had bad experiences with awful demo paper used in the boutiques. I assumed the notebooks would be the same.
I wish I hadn’t made that… Continue reading
Long-term readers may remember my review last year of the Otto Hutt designC, the German brand’s centenary celebration pen made of silver in an edition of 500 pieces, for a price well into four figures.
At the time I described the experience as a rollercoaster. I found the designC alien, uncompromising, almost deliberately difficult to… Continue reading
I waited a long time for the Otto Hutt design08.
The fiesty German manufacturer’s wares have crossed my desk multiple times: I’ve reviewed the 03, 04, 06 and the flagship 07 too. Each pen model I tried was interesting, admirable, even exceptional, but not quite right for me personally.
Then along came the designC. It’s… Continue reading
It’s almost sacrilege to say it, because the Kaweco Sport is a true icon, but the Supra I have in front of me here is in many respects a better pen, and in my opinion probably the best competitor to the Schon P6 if you’re looking for a metal pocket pen.
Where the Supra shines… Continue reading
So Staedtler makes fountain pens?
When I think of Staedtler, I think of distinctive black-and-yellow wooden pencils, Mars erasers and chunky highlighter pens. Probably every household in the UK has a Staedtler product in a drawer somewhere — I know mine does.
I’m rather fond of this historic German brand. But I never thought of… Continue reading