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
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The surprising ‘Skribent’ from Germany
It would be a lie to say I knew nothing about Cleo Skribent before unboxing this pen. Several of my United Inkdom colleagues have written about the brand and a few well-known UK retailers now stock it. But, as with a few other brands that have recently garnered some attention — like Diplomat — Cleo… Continue reading
Apparently I now have a thing for twisty retractable fountain pens. You may remember my review of the Montblanc 1912. I have a Pilot Fermo on the way. And here is the Lamy Dialog 3.
I’ll say this first: this is a hell of an odd pen. No cap. No section. No finials or any… Continue reading
As a vinyl lover, I often think about this cartoon from the New Yorker.
Funny thing is, it accurately sums up how I feel about the Montblanc Heritage 1912, too.
Like vinyl, it’s expensive. Retail price in the UK is £755, which is even higher than the considerably more impressive-looking Montblanc 149. For your money… Continue reading
I’ve owned a Kaweco Sport. I own an AL Sport. And thanks to fortuitous availability at a pen shop in Spain, I can now say that I own an Art Sport too, in the purest alabaster finish. Despite said pen being discontinued for at least three years and out of stock everywhere else I’ve looked.… Continue reading
I’ll come straight out and say it: the Lamy Aion is a great pen and I like it much, much more than I thought I would.
In fact, when it was first announced I didn’t pay it much attention at all. Oh great, a mid-range Lamy, metal, same nib (ish) as the Safari. Yawn.
Then… Continue reading
Attentive readers will remember that at the London Writing Equipment Show I was bitten by the Graf bug. I handled an Intuition — but not just any Intuition, an Intuition Platino. And not just any Platino, a Platino wood.
Yes, these distinctions matter, because only the wooden editions (ebony, grenadilla, pernambuco) sport the largest bodies… Continue reading
At last, desk accessories for fountain pen geeks…
Desk accessories have, until now, passed me by. I mean, I’ve watched over the years with interest as companies like Grovemade have built out their ranges of gorgeous minimalist laptop stands, plant pots and the like — but they’ve always seemed like they’d take up valuable space… Continue reading
The Pelikan M805 is, far and away, my fanciest pen. It’s big, built like a tank, and extremely polished — both literally and figuratively. The sort of pen wielded by a statesman or captain of industry.
I purchased the M805 for an absolute steal, somewhere between £65 and £120 under even the competitive “street price”.… Continue reading