A Timex watch in a digital age.
What surprized me last year was a pen, the Platinum Carbon Desk Pen, and a year on from that and it’s time to write about what surprized me in 2019 and once again it was a pen, the Helix Oxford fountain pen. Continue reading “Surprize Of The Year 2019”
In May last year I reviewed the Kaweco Dia2 and whilst I love the retro styling there was just something about the pen I was not happy with, so I cleaned it and put it into storage.
Continue reading “Kaweco Dia2 Nib Swap”
This is my second brass Delike pen, my first was the Alpha (Delike’s answer to the Kaweco Brass Sport) which underwent a significant renovation to remove the coating and the deeply annoying ‘War & Peace” motif. Continue reading “The Delike Element – Pocket Pen”
I’m not sure why but there was just something about the M600S that caught my eye, I’d seen some pictures online but generally speaking I’m not really a fan of either brown or teal acrylics or gold trim. Continue reading “The Moonman M600S Fountain Pen”
This version of the Eco has generated a lot of interest since it was released and rightly so, and like many other people I can say with certainty the pictures do not do it justice. Continue reading “The Tangerine TWSBI – The Transparent Orange Eco”
This is probably my first mechanical pencil review, in fact I’m pretty sure it is and as I have a lot of pencils both regular and mechanical, I decided I should make a start on them. Continue reading “Muji Low Centre Of Gravity Mechanical Pencil”
As The Indian Marmalade Company has now been operating for over two years the board and I met and when I say met I mean I talked and the board opened one eye, washed her paws and went back to sleep. I took the lack of opposition as the board’s approval for me to make the investment and acquire an official company pen. Continue reading “The Indian Marmalade Company Is Proud To Present The Ranga 8B Indian Marmalade Edition.”
I said once before that the Penbbs 323 was an exceptional pen and this incarnation of it is no exception to that rule. This time on the desk in front of me I have an anodized aluminium version with a Penbbs medium nib and because of my love of coffee I chose the Mocha coloured version. Continue reading “The Return Of The Penbbs 323”
I must own up and say when I bought this pen, I wasn’t exactly sure what I was buying but it was very unusual, looked kind of cool, so I thought I have to buy one. Continue reading “Fuliwen’s 015 – The Pocket Lightsaber”
