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  • Private Reserve Blue Suede Ink ReviewPrivate Reserve Blue Suede Ink Review
    This is a lovely greenish shade of blue. As is common with most Private Reserve inks it’s very saturated. Dry times aren’t horrific but aren’t exactly lightning fast either. Here I am doodling the Inkling. This sample was sent to me by Paul Joynes – thank you Paul! Paul’s fairly new site, Gorgeous.INK, is fast becoming one ...
  • Kaweco AL Sport Fountain Pen ReviewKaweco AL Sport Fountain Pen Review
    This Kaweco AL Sport is an aluminium fountain pen, available with nibs from EF to BB. This particular one has a fine nib. It costs about £60 in the UK and $75 in the USA. A clip is available as an extra. Kaweco loaned me this example for review purposes. The Kaweco Sport is a classic ...
  • Field Notes No. 2 Pencil ReviewField Notes No. 2 Pencil Review
    The Field Notes No. 2 pencil is a cedar wood pencil with a groovy green eraser. They cost around £4.50 for six in the UK. This is a round pencil with a natural finish. It smells absolutely fantastic. I accept that some people may think it’s a little weird to enjoy the smell of a pencil ...
  • Diamine Amaranth Ink ReviewDiamine Amaranth Ink Review
    This is a lovely purple ink, named after a flower, it turns out. (You probably knew this already but I didn’t.) Here I am doodling the Inkling.
  • Muji Acrylic Mechanical Pencil ReviewMuji Acrylic Mechanical Pencil Review
    The Muji Acrylic Pencil is a 0.5mm mechanical pencil that costs £2.50 in the UK and $3.50 in the US. It has a most excellent sprung clothes-peg style clip. It will clip onto most things and it’s very unlikely to break. It’s great! The barrel is, unsurprisingly, made of clear acrylic and if you like that kind ...