23 Friday Jun 2023
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Over time you may hit the problem that an ink you love the colour of and have bought will not work with any of your pens. Either it floods through (wet), else it struggles to flow (dry). Such was the case for me with TAG’s Kyo-Noto Hisokou. Thing is not all pens are the same.
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Bronze, EDC, EDC Fountain Pen, kaweco, kaweco sport, Kaweco Sport Bronze, pocket pen, pocket pens
As well as the aluminium AL Sport, there have also been brass and steel Kaweco models for quite a while. 2023 saw the release of an additional version, in bronze, with the one difference being this is a limited model. How limited and for how long, Kaweco do not say.
Continue reading09 Friday Jun 2023
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When you mention Japanese pocket pens most people will think of the Pilot Elite 95 from the late 1960s, or the modern recreation the Elite or E95S (depending on whether sold in Japan or the USA), however back in the day Platinum and Sailor also had a range of similar pens. Here I have a 1960s Sailor pen with a fully hooded nib (most, like the Elite, are semi-hooded).
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OK strictly speaking not true. It has been a busy week with me putting extra time in to my voluntary work, however last week’s arrival has also been partly to blame.
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