11 Friday Apr 2025
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Ensso have made a brave decision in taking their own route on how to make a retractable fountain pen. Instead of the more usual knock they have gone for a side bolt design (hence the name). This is minor however compared with how the nib is sealed. Instead of a trap door there is a silicone membrane which the nib pushes through.
Continue reading01 Tuesday Apr 2025
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There are two problems most of us face. Ink bottles that are hard to get pens through narrow necks and ink bottles where the ink level is now too low. Both preventing the filling of some of our favourite inks. The solution, convert the bottle to be part of the pen. Such was the result of the research of William Shakour, he of the Titan fountain pen plus the OMAS parts creator for Stephen Brown.
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EDC, EDC Fountain Pen, Endless Stationary, Endless Stationary Creator, fountain pen, retractable
Endless Stationery were know for their range of respected notebooks and in mid 2023 they added to this by the introduction of the Creator retractable fountain pen. This did create a fair bit of interest across the community. I missed out on getting one at the time but was changed by the arrival of this loaner.
Continue reading21 Friday Mar 2025
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Decimo, EDC, EDC Fountain Pen, fountain pen, pilot, pilot capless, Pilot Decimo, pilot vanishing point, retractable, vanishing point
I reviewed my pair of Pilot Vanish Points back in 2020 however there are a number of other variants now available in the UK. One of these is the thinner model, the Decimo, which has been around in Japan for almost as long as the original model.
Continue reading07 Friday Mar 2025
Sunday the 2nd of March saw the Spring London Pen Show take place at its regular haunt, the Hammersmith Novotel. As ever some regulars were not present and there were some new appearances, including from a couple of big names. Ticket prices had risen, but at just £7 for 10am access and £12 for early bird, these were still nominal in cost.
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I am sure most of you are aware and hopefully many near enough attending, but it is the London Pen Show at the Hammersmith Novotel tomorrow.
Continue reading21 Friday Feb 2025
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EDC, EDC Fountain Pen, fountain pen, lamy dialog 3, musings, pilot vanishing point, Platinum curidas, retractable, vanishing point
Many of us like retractable fountain pens. Not all are based around a bolt or knock, some are twist, and in reality not all can be opened one handed despite that being an often used excuse behind the purchase.
Continue reading14 Friday Feb 2025
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So there I am last March at the Spring 2024 London Pen Show with a table and no intention to buy more pens. A wander around to say hi to friends resulted in me chatting with the people at Vitstyle on of all things places to go for dim sum we both knew in Hong Kong when I realised the pen I was fiddling with I rather liked.
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It is the final day of 2024 and so time for a wrap up of the year, something I have only done once before. I will also cover my pen of the year.
Continue reading21 Saturday Dec 2024
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Some of you may have wondered what’s happened with me in recent times, especially as I was aiming and managing to post weekly and did so for a couple of years. Well do not worry this blog is still very much live, I just tend to be busier these days.
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