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  • Kaweco Student fountain pen reviewKaweco Student fountain pen review
    The Kaweco Student has an acrylic barrel and chrome plated brass section and clip. It’s available with stainless steel nibs from extra-fine to extra broad and in black, translucent blue (which looks fab), white and red. It costs about £45 in the UK (with a converter) and $55 in the USA (without). The black barrel/chrome section ...
  • Kaweco Pearl Black ink reviewKaweco Pearl Black ink review
    This is a good neutral and very dark black. If that’s what you’re after I’d say it’s pretty much on a par with Aurora Black. Here I am doodling the Inkling. Many thanks to Kaweco for sending me this bottle to keep and review. I tried not to let their generosity influence my views in any way.
  • Caran d’Ache Frosty mechanical pencil reviewCaran d'Ache Frosty mechanical pencil review
    The Caran d’Ache Frosty is a 0.7mm mechanical pencil available with a black, blue or red barrel. Even though it’s from Caran d’Ache it’s quite cheap, available for about £5 from Cult Pens, who sponsored this review. It certainly looks good and it’s also well made. The frosty look that gives the pencil its name is ...
  • Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-Gaki ink reviewPilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-Gaki ink review
    What an interesting colour this is! Red and orange and peach all going on at once. It’s very lovely and full of character. It also dries quite quickly. Here I am doodling the Inkling. You can find some more in depth reviews of Iroshizuku Fuyu-Gaki on Pennaquod.
  • Pilot Elite fountain pen reviewPilot Elite fountain pen review
    The Pilot Elite is a vintage fountain pen that can be easily found online. It was first produced in the 70s and was available in a posh gold-nib metal-barrel version and in a non-posh steel-nib plastic-barrel version. This is a review of the non-posh version. Pilot have also released a new version that can be ...