A Timex watch in a digital age.
On a recent trip to Edinburgh, I found myself in a branch of Rymans stationary store but instead of the usual Rymans this was the ‘Design’ version offering a wider range of niche stationary options. Continue reading “The Stabilo Boss Caffe Latte Highlighter”
This is a pocket review of a couple of different packs of pens from the TikTok shop. First, of course, is the Afternoon Tea set to be closely followed by the Linear Color Pen Set. Continue reading “Afternoon Tea At The TikTok Shop”
For those of us that remember the days when school essays were written in long hand and laptops were a thing from science fiction and we all carried with us, to every lesson, the equivalent of a small stationery store crammed into a pencil case that was around A5 in size. Continue reading “Pen & Pencil Cases”
When I was at school, somewhere around the age of ten, my classmates and I were considered old enough and dare I say it responsible enough to put our pencils aside and graduate to fountain pens and by doing so our handwriting would by some miracle improve. It did not. Continue reading “No Nonsense Strawberries & Cream”
A long, long time ago in a decade far far away you will find the 1970’s. Continue reading “TWSBI Eco Caffe”
A few weeks ago I was in Bath and I paid a visit to Meticulous Ink who are to be found at 134 Walcott Street. Continue reading “Meticulous Ink”
TWSBI’s latest release is its Cerulean Blue Eco; now there’s nothing new about this Eco that you haven’t already seen on earlier models except the cap and the piston knob are a really nice sky-blue aka cerulean blue. Continue reading “The Blues – Cerulean & American”
Having chosen and published some suggestions for inks for Spring and Summer my thoughts were turning to what I might suggest for Autumn when TWSBI released a new Eco fountain pen and changed my plans. Continue reading “Pen & Ink For Summer ’22”
A long, long time ago in a world far far away; in a time when the internet was known as ARPANet and the ideas that one day turned in to the iPhone were just starting to be discussed, junior schools handed out fountain pens to those leaving to go to high school. Continue reading “Back To School”
As the first month of the new year is nearly over I have spent some time considering what it was in 2021 was my ‘Surprise Of The Year’ me and I’ve reached the conclusion that it was the Faber-Castell 2011 Grip Fountain Pen; a budget cartridge/converter pen. I expected nothing from it and I was, therefore, very happily surprised by it. Continue reading “Surprise Of The Year 2021”
The Indian Marmalade Company 
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