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  • Cult Pencil Mechanical Pencil ReviewCult Pencil Mechanical Pencil Review
    Cult Pens have teamed up with Kaweco to make a fountain pen, Diamine to make a range of inks and, more recently, a mystery Japanese manufacturer to make this mechanical pencil. This inks are pretty nice (the Deep Dark Orange in particular is gorgeous) and the pen is on my list of things to try ...
  • Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai Ink ReviewPilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai Ink Review
    Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai (deep sea) is a gorgeous blue-black ink with a touch of red about it. The red really shows up where the ink pools. As with all Iroshizuku inks, it’s quick to dry and flows well. Unfortunately the memory card in my camera failed while I was drawing this so there’s no video this week. Thank ...
  • Fountain Pen Revolution Jaipur ReviewFountain Pen Revolution Jaipur Review
    Fountain Pen Revolution is a family run company that specialises in sourcing and selling Indian-made fountain pens. If having read the following, taken from their website, you don’t instantly want to try out something that FPR have to offer, I don’t know what to say to you: FPR was founded in 2011 and is ...
  • Platinum Carbon Pen – Sketch and ReviewPlatinum Carbon Pen – Sketch and Review
    The Platinum Carbon Pen is a bit of a legend amongst artists, being recommended by, for example, one of my personal artistic heroes Marc Taro Holmes. Therefore I’m doing something a little different with this review and looking at this pen is for sketching. If you’re wanting to know what it’s like to write with ...
  • Hundred Million Hard Work Notebook ReviewHundred Million Hard Work Notebook Review
    There’s no doubt about it: Hundred Million’s Hard Work Notebook is an unusual fellow. Born of a successful Kickstarter campaign back in 2014, the notebook is available direct from Hundred Million’s website and has many unusual features. I bought this notebook with my own hard-earned cash but Hundred Million are very kindly offering a a brand ...