Month: January 2015

Palomino HB Pencil Review

22 January 2015 By ian

The Palomino HB is a wooden pencil available in orange or blue. It costs about a dollar and is made in Japan. This pencil’s made from incense cedar, which is a good thing. It smells great and it sharpens well. Much like the Palomino Graphite Drawing Pencils, which I suspect are the same pencil only […]

Wednesday Weekly 21 January

21 January 2015 By ian

From around the web: Pen Chalet: The Fountain Pen Inks Infographic – A Categorization of Fountain Pen Inks Interesting and useful. Andrea Jospeph: the silence of a falling star and other juicy quotes Beautiful pictures (as always) and great advice. Write Analog: KUM 1-Hole Long Point Sharpener Review We all enable each other but when […]

Montblanc Winter Glow Ink Review

20 January 2015 By ian

This ink crept up on me. When I first tried it out I thought it was rather pleasant but after a while I realised it’s a really very unusual and beautiful shade of red. Here I am doodling the Inkling. Many thanks to Chris Stafford for sending me this sample.

Lamy Vista Fountain Pen Review

19 January 2015 By ian

The Lamy Vista is plastic bodied fountain pen (also available as a rollerball, ballpoint and pencil). It’s available with extra-fine, fine, medium, broad and left-handed nibs at the point of sale but several italic nibs (such as this 1.5mm one) are available as extras. It costs around £14 in the UK and $30 in the […]