Pocket pens are a sneaky little side hobby for me. I enjoy the creativity of the designs and how they overcome the constraints of the pocket pen brief. It’s remarkable how many different solutions there are to the same problems. And as a result I’ve ended up with quite a few over the years, several… Continue reading
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Remember the Brutalist Namisu Naos I reviewed a couple of weeks back? Well the pen I’m reviewing here, the Horizon, could not be more different in its design approach.
While the Naos was all ruler-straight lines and flat ends, the Horizon, when capped, is all curve.
Run your finger from end to end, past the… Continue reading
When I get a pen in for review, I often sit with a blank sheet of paper in front of me and freely jot down the observations or ideas that occur to me about it. With the Namisu Naos, one of the first things I wrote down was ‘Brutalist’.
Its severe, angular barrel in matte… Continue reading
The Ixion is a love-hate pen. I don’t mean you either love it or hate it; I mean there are plenty of points on both sides of the argument.
Let’s start with the positive.
Design-wise, it’s handsome. The size and proportions are spot-on for most people, similar to a Lamy 2000 when capped. The decagonal… Continue reading