Reviews

Below is a chronological list of all reviews.

To search dozens of pen blogs, including this one, you can use Pennaquod, or you can search just Pens! Paper! Pencils! using the search box above.

An index of all reviews on Pens! Paper! Pencils! can be found here.

  • OHTO Auto Sharp Pencil AP-205 reviewOHTO Auto Sharp Pencil AP-205 review
    The OHTO Auto Sharp Pencil, catchily named the AP-205, is a 0.5mm mechanical pencil. It’s available with black, blue, green or red barrels and costs £1.60 ($2.50ish) from Cult Pens, who sponsored this post. The Auto Sharp part of the name refers not to a fancy Kuru-Toga style rotating system but to an auto-advance system. The lead ...
  • Noodler’s Lexington Gray ink reviewNoodler's Lexington Gray ink review
    This is a great neutral grey/gray. It’s very wet but dries in a reasonable time. This is part of Noodler’s waterproof range. Thank you to Pure Pens for sending me this ink to review and to keep. Pure Pens are Europe’s only supplier of Noodler’s inks. You can buy Lexington Gray direct from Pure Pens here.
  • Platinum Double R3 Action multipen reviewPlatinum Double R3 Action multipen review
    The Platinum Double Action R3 sounds like some kind of video game controller but is in fact a three-way multipen. It’s available in five different translucent colours for about £5 (around $8) from Cult Pens, who sponsored this post. There’s also a more expensive steel version. The barrel holds a 0.5mm pencil and two D1 refills ...
  • Analog LatLon notebook reviewAnalog LatLon notebook review
    Analog’s LatLon notebooks are the result of a slightly tardy Kickstarter project and are now available from Analog’s website. They are A5 sized with 270gsm letterpressed covers and 40 pages of 90gsm plain paper. The post-Kickstarter price is $11 for one or $25 for three. The theme of this Kickstarter project was islands. I bought the ...
  • Kaweco Caramel Brown ink reviewKaweco Caramel Brown ink review
    This is the last of the eight inks Kaweco sent me to review. It’s the last because I’ve been putting off trying it. A Fool With a Pen described it as hideous and he and I often have very similar tastes, so I wasn’t looking forward to using Caramel Brown at all. Was he right? Yep. I do ...