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  • Platinum Mix-Free Aqua Blue ink reviewPlatinum Mix-Free Aqua Blue ink review
    Platinum’s Mix-Free range is made so you can mix the different inks together and create your own colours. I haven’t gone down that particular rabbit hole yet but that’s okay because the unmixed colours are bright and interesting in their own right. This particular blue is a good example: bright and vibrant; quick drying; and wet. ...
  • Serwex 101 fountain pen reviewSerwex 101 fountain pen review
    I received this Serwex 101 eyedropper demonstrator for free with another pen I’d bought from Fountain Pen Revolution. It can be found for less than $6 if you look around. The nib is as scratchy as they come without being useless. Any scratchier and it would be tearing up the paper but it doesn’t and it fulfils ...
  • Palomino Graphite Drawing PencilsPalomino Graphite Drawing Pencils
    Palomino Graphite Drawing Pencils are made in Japan from incense cedar. They’re available in grades from 2H to 6B and cost around $12 for a dozen. Theses pencils look pretty good, with a bright orange-red barrel and black end. One side is printed simply ‘Palomino’ and the other side has the ugly but sadly ubiquitous serial ...
  • J Herbin Ambre de Bermanie ink reviewJ Herbin Ambre de Bermanie ink review
    I don’t know if you’ve noticed but I’m rather partial to orange and orangey browns (and orangey reds and orangey yellows). It’ll come as no surprise to learn, then, that I like this ink really very much. It’s a great colour and has lovely shading. Here I am doodling the Inkling. Many thanks to Paul Joynes for ...
  • Rotring 600 mechanical pencil reviewRotring 600 mechanical pencil review
    The Rotring 600 perhaps needs no introduction. But just in case… it’s a mechanical pencil made from brass that’s available in black or silver. Different versions can take 0.35mm, 0.5mm and 0.7mm. There’s also a clutch pencil version that takes 2mm lead. It costs around £23 in the UK and $33 in the US. The pencil ...