Month: May 2014

Kaweco Royal Blue ink review

29 May 2014 By ian

Kaweco Royal Blue is a fairly standard shade and one that reminds me of being at school as a child. This may explain why it’s a colour I’m not especially fond of. However, if you are after a royal blue ink, this is a solid contender. It doesn’t have a lot of character or shading […]

Wednesday Weekly 28 May

28 May 2014 By ian

From around the web: The fantastic Claire Hutton on Flickr: Chesil Beach and some of its millions upon millions of pebbles (I’m lucky enough to live near here.) Pencil Revolution: The Pencils of Pens #1: Bic Crystal Taking Note: Some Criteria for Buying a Fountain Pen J. Robert Lennon on Flickr: Near Erieville NY BBC […]

Diamine Peach Haze ink review

27 May 2014 By ian

This is a pinky peach slightly pale ink with all the usual good qualities of an ink from Diamine – good flow, good dry times, good value. Here I am doodling the Inkling. Thank you to The Writing Desk for sending me this sample. If you would like to buy this ink direct from The […]

Retro 51 Tornado rollerball review

26 May 2014 By ian

There was a time when Myke Hurley used to talk about the Retro 51 Tornado so often that it became a pen-that-should-not-be-named on the Pen Addict podcast. Is Myke completely mad or did he know what he was talking about? Or, at least on the podcast, trying not to talk about. The build quality of […]