Month: October 2014

Kaweco Ink giveaway winner

26 October 2014 By ian

Thank you so much to everyone who entered the Kaweco ink giveaway. There were 114 entries! Wow! I used random.org to pick a number between 1 and 114 and it came up with 70, who was crumbum, interesting nick, who picked Midnight Blue as his or her favourite. Do not despair if you did not […]

Pen Friend pen holder: review and giveaway

23 October 2014 By ian

The Pen Friend is a wooden magnetised pen holder, so you can keep a pen handy on your fridge. It was a little Kickstarter project that delivered on time. They are now for sale on David Jonah Design’s website for £6 (about $9). They’re available in maple, walnut, yew or any of these woods combined […]

Wednesday Weekly 22 October

22 October 2014 By ian

From around the web: (Special pencil edition!) The Clicky Post: Palomino “Orange” Graphite Drawing Pencil – B I used these pencils to draw this Urban Sketchers: Clovis in and around – sketching video (Okay not strictly speaking all pencil.) A Penchant for Paper: Pencil Review: Tombow MONO Drawing Pencil Set The identical (more expensive but […]

Noodler’s Apache Sunset ink review

21 October 2014 By ian

Oh crumbs and crumble how lovely is this? Thank you to Pure Pens for sending me this ink to review and to keep. Pure Pens are Europe’s only supplier of Noodler’s inks. You can buy Lexington Gray direct from Pure Pens here. You can find some more reviews of Noodler’s Apache Sunset on Pennaquod.