Month: October 2014

Kaweco Caramel Brown ink review

7 October 2014 By ian

This is the last of the eight inks Kaweco sent me to review. It’s the last because I’ve been putting off trying it. A Fool With a Pen described it as hideous and he and I often have very similar tastes, so I wasn’t looking forward to using Caramel Brown at all. Was he right? […]

Kaweco Student fountain pen review

6 October 2014 By ian

The Kaweco Student has an acrylic barrel and chrome plated brass section and clip. It’s available with stainless steel nibs from extra-fine to extra broad and in black, translucent blue (which looks fab), white and red. It costs about £45 in the UK (with a converter) and $55 in the USA (without). The black barrel/chrome […]

Back to Basics with a Waterman Hemisphere fountain pen

2 October 2014 By ian

Can you use a fountain pen at work exclusively for all your writing needs? That was the question Pen Heaven gave to me and some other teachers to try and answer. They sent me a Waterman Hemisphere (‘Blue Obsession’, medium nib) to use for a week (and, in the interests of full disclosure, to keep). […]

Wednesday Weekly 1 October

1 October 2014 By ian

From around the web: @Pentriloquist on Twitter: Review of the Tilburg pen show. Loved this! Pencils.com: Anonymous Artist Creates Pencil-Inspired Street Art Modern Stationer: What is a Pen? pencilsandotherthings: The Pencils of My Childhood: Mitsubishi 9800 and others From the site: Pencil Artist of the Week Kaweco Pearl Black ink review Caran d’Ache Frosty mechanical […]