Tag: recommended

BN Works Twiist Pen Review and Giveaway

25 April 2018 By ian

BN Works are a Taipei based company that makes ballpoint and rollerball pens. They asked me if I’d like to review their new Twiist pen and I said I would. These are my own honest opinions on this pen. As always, I don’t keep review samples and so am giving this away. Details at the […]

NoteShel Sticky Note Holder Review

5 April 2018 By ian

NoteShel are a UK based company who asked me if I’d like to take a look at a couple of their products, one of which is this holder for sticky notes (post-its). These are my own opinions The Sticky Note holder costs £10 and comes in five colours: pink, green, purple, blue and orange. It […]

Faber-Castell Ondoro Fountain Pen Review

28 March 2018 By ian

I’ve been a fan of Faber-Castell since very early on in my fountain pen obsession interest. The Ambition was one of the first fountain pens I bought and it remains, many years later, one of my favourites. Since then I’ve acquired examples of all their modern range, finally completing the set with this bright and […]

Studio Tartuensis Classic Notebook Review and Giveaway

21 March 2018 By ian

Studio Tartuensis are, in their own words, A museum and studio for letterpress and intaglio techniques, a hotbed of new ideas for old crafts, a center for print-related education, research and art. They’re based in Estonia and they have a cat called Johannes Gutenberg. If you’re not already falling for them, you have no soul. […]

Goathard Sunburnt Orange Fountain Pen Review

14 March 2018 By ian

Brad Goathard is a UK-based pen maker who specialises in individually turned metal pens. Price: £269 Filling method: standard international cartridge/converter Barrel options: this pen is named after its barrel finish but Goathard makes many other machined metal pens in different finishes Nib options: stainless steel medium or fine The actual name of this pen […]