This is a lot darker than I’d been expecting but it’s a good dark rich colour with just a hint of shading. Reminds me very much of the 70s. Here I am doodling the Inkling. Many thanks to Chris Stafford for sending me this sample.
The Pentel Kachiri is a 1.0mm ballpoint pen available in black, blue, red and violet. The barrel matches the ink colour. It costs 80p in the UK. It’s a retractable pen: Kachiri means click. I find reviewing ballpoints difficult because although I know lots of people like them, I don’t. However, being purely objective for […]
Here’s the same view as last Friday but whereas last week’s picture took many hours to draw dot by dot, this one took a few minutes using charcoal.
The Lookout is a three slot pen case available for $20 direct from Nock Co. It’s available in a range of groovy colours though, shockingly, no longer in this particular combination. (You can get the mandarin exterior or the mango interior but not with each other.) This is a solid case that gives you confidence […]
We do like to joke about how much money this pen obsession/interest/hobby costs us and, I can’t pretend otherwise, it has cost me a small fortune. It’s easy to lose perspective: you begin by sweating over spending £18 on a Kaweco Classic Sport (I mean, £18 on a pen) and before you know it you’re […]