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Tom’s Studio Fountain Pocket Pen

16 Friday May 2025

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I had actually been toying with trying a Tom’s Studio Pocket Fountain Pen since it was first launched, but due to a need to keep the size of my collection under control it was a nice to have, not a must. Thus when I saw one going in the ‘previously used’ area of the Cult Pens stand at the March 2025 London Pen Show I had the excuse I needed, after all it was discounted and so would not be considered a regular purchase (man maths).

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… On Pocket Pens

09 Friday Aug 2024

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Looking at my desk at present I feel like I might have a thing for EDC or pocket pens. Certainly half of those in front of me fall in to that category, though not all are out as part of my daily use set. It did make me wonder though if I am moving towards this genre, though in reality they still only make up about 12% of my collection.

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Gravitas Ultem Quark

05 Friday Jul 2024

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The Gravitas Quark fountain pen has been out for a while and as I have heard good things about it, when this Ultem® one unexpectedly arrived with my Dinkey who was I to object. It is presently it is the smallest pen (capped) in the Gravitas range, though for how long we shall see as we know Ben Walsh likes a design challenge.

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Namisu Nova Titanium Pocket Pen in Ultem

28 Friday Jun 2024

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The Nova Pocket Pen is the latest Kickstarter launched fountain pen by the Kirkcaldy based design company Namisu. Originally with titanium cap, body, and section, one of the stretch goals was for the cap and body to be made from Ultem®, with this also being a clipless version. Backers started to receive their pens at the start of June and mine arrived on the third of the month.

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Gravitas Skittle Dinkey

07 Friday Jun 2024

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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.

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Scriveiner Brushed Copper EDC

10 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.

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Cheap French Supermarket Pocket Pen

02 Friday Feb 2024

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Back in August I was in an E.Leclerc hypermarket near Barjouville when back road travelling between Tours and Rouen. Browsing the stationary aisles (there were multiple) I spotted this ‘mini stylo-plume’, which came with iridium tipping for the princely sum of €1.43. Yes you read that correctly. So of course to the big question … is it junk or a great bargain.

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Shibui North Copper Pocket Pen

11 Friday Aug 2023

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It has now been just over two years since I first reviewed a pen from Shibui North and since then Ruth Bolton’s range has changed and expanded. Come late 2022 I reviewed the first of her pocket pens, the Kitsune (in Japanese folklore a manipulative, magic possessing, shape shifting, multi-tailed fox). Come her first pen show appearance, October in London, an expanded range of PVD and Cerakote coated pens were on display. None quite appealed to me, however come the Spring 2023 show one did, a copper pocket pen.

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ION Infinity II Titanium Pocket Pen

21 Friday Jul 2023

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ION is the brand mainly used by UK based designer Charles Lethaby for his writing implements. Starting his own design studio in 2014 he initially specialised in lighting, testing the Kickstarter waters in 2016 with an unsuccessful lamp project (at a far lower cost than his normal products). 2020 and second funded project came about, his first pen, the ION Pen. Part of its USP was that you could swap and change barrels, cap, section and both finials as well as being able to buy extra parts. The Infinity II is his third full design to be launched.

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