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  • Maruman Mnemosyne Inspiration Pad reviewMaruman Mnemosyne Inspiration Pad review
    The Maruman Mnemosyne Inspiration Pad has 70 sheets of bright white paper. It’s available plain or with a dot grid and in sizes from A7 up to A4. This is the A5 version. The pad is meant to be used in landscape format but there’s no reason you have to, of course. There is a margin ...
  • De Atramentis Document Ink Blue ink reviewDe Atramentis Document Ink Blue ink review
    De Atramentis Document Ink Blue is a good solid blue colour and is also lightfast and waterproof. It’s very wet though and where the ink pooled in this Inkling it absolutely soaked through the paper and not the next sheet. Having said that, there was a lot of ink there and it does dry almost instantly. Here ...
  • Pilot Choose gel ink pen reviewPilot Choose gel ink pen review
    The Pilot Choose is a pigment gel ink pen with a 0.7mm tip. It’s part of Pilot’s BegreeN range of sillily capitalised recycled pens. The ink is vivid and it is waterproof and lightfast. The tip puts down a good crisp consistent line. As well as green, the Choose can be bought with a wide range of ...
  • Clairefontaine GraF it 90g sketchbook reviewClairefontaine GraF it 90g sketchbook review
    The Clairefontaine GraF it 90g is an A5 sketchbook that can also be used as good quality letter writing paper. It’s available in other sizes (A4, A6 and A7) and also with a dot grid. There are 80 sheets in each pad. I’m not a fan of the name. It’s silly. Is it trying to appeal ...
  • Kaweco Midnight Blue ink reviewKaweco Midnight Blue ink review
    This is another great ink from Kaweco. It’s a classic good old-fashioned blue black, with just a little shading and quite a lot of character. All the Kaweco inks I’ve tried so far (which is most of them) have flowed well and dried quickly and this is no exception. Here I am doodling the Inkling. I’ve reviewed ...