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  • Private Reserve Black Cherry ink reviewPrivate Reserve Black Cherry ink review
    This is a great reddish purplish black with a little shading and good dry times. Here I am doodling the Inkling. Yet again, I used up all the sample in the pen and so couldn’t do my usual bits and pieces for the review.
  • Apollo Technical Pen reviewApollo Technical Pen review
    The Apollo Technical Pen is a metal barrelled pen designed to be used with a wide variety of refills, including the ever popular Hi-Tec-C. The body and cap are made from titanium and the nib and grip are made from steel. I backed this pen on Kickstarter back in December and the estimated delivery date was ...
  • Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-Yo ink reviewPilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-Yo ink review
    This is an absolutely fantastic dark blue ink. It has some lovely shading, dries fairly quickly and looks beautiful. It’s my favourite dark blue. Here I am starting to doodle the Inkling. The camera ran out of memory and I didn’t notice so it comes to a sudden halt.
  • Zebra Drafix mechanical pencil reviewZebra Drafix mechanical pencil review
    The Zebra Drafix is a mechanical pencil available in 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 and 0.9mm versions. Each size has a different coloured ring – this 0.5mm version has a red ring, as you can perhaps tell. This Zebra Drafix ticks all the right boxes: low cost; eraser; long fine lead sleeve; grade indicator; size indicator; and metal ...
  • Diamine Cult Pens Deep Dark Orange ink reviewDiamine Cult Pens Deep Dark Orange ink review
    This is a fabulous burnt orange colour with some subtle shading and good dry times. Here I am doodling the Inkling.