You know how sometimes you get a new pen and it’s just so fresh and clever that you immediately love it and just want to rave about it to everyone?
Well, that’s me with the Karas Pens Vertex. I’m so blown away by this pen that they should have called it “vortex”. (And I promise… Continue reading
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Tomorrow morning I’m off on my next travels: a few days in Miami. Waiting for me there is my new Wahl Decoband Jade and Karas Re-Entry with Ti nib, so I’m travelling pretty light: just three pens, in my Franklin-Christoph “glasses case”. Here’s what I’ve picked:
Conid Kingsize, F Ti, Graf Burned Orange
Conid Regular,… Continue reading
The Karas Ink is one of those pens I kept adding to my cart, for literally years, without pressing the ‘buy’ button. I was attracted by its design (particularly the clip) and colours, but I guess I wondered whether I needed another fairly generic metal pen in my life, and I also worried about the… Continue reading
I’ve been spending this week in snowy Pullman, Washington, hanging out with my brother. It’s always nice to see him — we live on separate continents, so it doesn’t happen often enough.
But really, I came to visit him to pick up my post. I regularly order stuff from US retailers directly to his house… Continue reading
I haven’t posted a blog since 22nd October, 17 days ago. It’s been a busy couple of weeks.
At the end of October I took a long weekend with the family down to Fowey Hall in Cornwall. It was a chance to get away and unwind from work.
I took just four pens with me:… Continue reading
Blast off
I pride myself on my rational thought, my insight, my critical eye and my consistency. The new Reaktor Starliner pens from Karas Pens have made a mockery of that.
But let’s rewind. The Starliner and Starliner XL are two of the new ‘Reaktor’ budget pens from Karas Pens, whose Decograph I recently reviewed.… Continue reading
Although I couldn’t resist snapping up Birmingham Pens’ ‘Unicorn Barf’ beta pen, I’m not a man for loud colours in my pens. Most of my collection is various shades of black and grey.
Luckily, Franklin-Christoph caters to colour-minimal buyers like me, and I find their pens irresistible. The model under review here, the Model 02… Continue reading
Most “fancy” pen cases are leather. I get that. Leather is durable, attractive, and has a premium reputation. But for whatever reason, some of us want an alternative: something made of non-leather material that still protects our precious pens and that looks great, too. There are plenty of fabric cases out there, but few of… Continue reading
Here’s the backstory.
I’ve wanted an Edison Collier for a long time, but never quite got around to pulling the trigger before the gold nib frenzy stole me away. A guy on Facebook (hi Nick!) posted an Edison Beaumont for sale for £75 (about half retail) a month or so back. I jumped on it,… Continue reading
History repeating
I feel like I go back a long way with Karas Kustoms. I backed their Render K machined ballpoint pen way back in 2011 (although it’s long-since sold). Yet despite many hours spent configuring colour combinations, I’ve never actually pulled the trigger on one of their fountain pens.
Partly that’s because I’ve drifted… Continue reading