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 […]
I’m on holiday at the moment so there aren’t so many blues as usual and I have an opportunity to get a few Inklings in the bag. (They don’t like being in bags at all, though.) From around the web: Nathan Lorenzana on YouTube: Realistic Ballpoint Pen Drawing for Pilot Pens Pira Urosevic on Twitter: […]
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. […]
The Diplomat Traveller fountain pen is a metal barrelled pen that, as far as I know, is available only with a medium steel nib. The nib is surprisingly good – I perhaps had low expectations but it’s smooth and very pleasant to write with. It takes international cartridges and my Monteverde converter fitted without any […]
The Matina was launched in 1946 and could carry up to 170 000 bunches of bananas. My father-in-law served his apprenticeship on this ship. Tombow Mono 100 pencils, Clairefontaine Graf It 90g sketchbook