21 Friday Jun 2024
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While I have not reviewed a 3776 before (I do own a limited edition Kumpō model and previously had a regular in bourgogne with a SF nib from back in the day when it was an ‘in’ model) this article is just about the nib, the hard to find C or Coarse grind.
Continue reading14 Friday Jun 2024
I’m not sure why but it has taken me over a year to start putting the allegorical pen to paper for this fountain pen. In some respects the delays are due to having others to review, pens more relevant to a lot of my audience, but now I have finally pulled me finger out but with something a little different for me. Rather than an overly long post on the pen and the background I have decided to split it into two, starting with the company and the ordering process, then a follow up a bit further down then line on the pen itself.
Continue reading07 Friday Jun 2024
Ben Walsh loves designing new models and also seems to have a thing for pocket pens as he has just released his fourth, the Dinkey, following on from the Pocket Pen, the Pocket Dropper, and the Quark. Over the last few months a few have already become available in limited numbers and I have managed to get my hands on one to test.
Continue reading02 Sunday Jun 2024
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I think most of you will know about this by now, but for those of you who do not, Ben Walsh of Gravitas Pens has gone in to partnership with Pen Venture, where Emy and his team will now deal with orders and communications.
Continue reading24 Friday May 2024
As I did not register last year due to a clash I was not sent the email by Pelikan, so for those of you, like me, who have not yet heard this year it will be held on Friday the 27th of September.
Continue reading10 Friday May 2024
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For most of us Scriveiner Pens have been on our radar for the last few months due to their creations being reviewed on a number of high profile YouTube channels. As I documented in my article on the London Spring 2024 Fountain Pen Show, I caught up with them during a break in my trying to reduce my pen collection and had a decent chat. The result was the purchase of this pen.
Continue reading09 Thursday May 2024
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Just a quick one, while I am actually writing a review. I have now added two new tags for quick searching, EDC and EDC Fountain Pens. This is partly to cover retractable pens, but also as more people are referring to small and pocket pens as ‘every day carry’ pens.
30 Tuesday Apr 2024
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I try not to do the Daily Carry and Daily Use posts too often as to me they can feel a bit like fillers, especially as changes are slow, however it has been just over a year since I last discussed what I take with me to the office where I volunteer. I must square up and level with you on this one that I have been somewhat busy these last few weeks with my other hobby, which has also caused a delay in posts and reviews.
Continue reading05 Friday Apr 2024
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Like many of its rivals, this Parisian originated luxury goods manufacturer has for several decades been selling fountain pens along side their other products to provide a complete service to their customers. The D-line is at the top of their regular range, though there are a couple of variants with other names (Eternity and Liberty). So having picked one up in a Cult Pens sale, just how does it fair.
Continue reading20 Wednesday Mar 2024
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So I wasn’t going, then I was. Next I was getting a table again, but this time by myself. So how did it go, what did I see, did the table work again, will I go for another. All these questions and more to be answered. Maybe.
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