Tag: recommended

Maruman Mnemosyne Inspiration Pad review

14 August 2014 By ian

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 […]

Nock Co Sassafras pen case review

27 July 2014 By ian

I was very excited when Brad Dowdy announced he would be going into business with Jeffery Bruckwicki to manufacture handmade pen cases. I knew they would be great and I backed the Kickstarter project immediately. Just recently Brad and Jeffery opened their online store and so I thought the time was right for me to […]

Staedtler 308 Pigment Liner drawing pen review

21 July 2014 By ian

The Staedtler 308 pigment liner is a fibre-tipped drawing pen available in 9 different line widths (0.5mm to 0.8mm) with black ink. I’ve found it difficult to find very many good drawing pens. The Copic Multiliner is a great and so is the Sakura Pigma Micron but apart from those I’ve not found any that […]

Franklin-Christoph Model 02 Intrinsic fountain pen review

30 June 2014 By ian

The Franklin-Christoph Model 02 ‘Intrinsic’ is an acrylic fountain pen that can be used as a standard international cartridge/converter or as an eye-dropper. It comes in three and a half different colours (black/maroon, black/cherry, smoke and ice, and emerald). This is the smoke and ice version. The barrel is the ice and the section is […]

Worther Shorty clutch pencil review

29 June 2014 By ian

The Worther Shorty is a 3.15mm clutch pencil. It’s a short pencil, which is just as well else it would have a very silly name. It’s quite wide, making it a lot like a big fat chunky crayon. It’s very comfortable to hold and to use. There is a short but functional clip which is […]