Month: March 2015

Chocolate Brownie Mini Pencil Case Review

18 March 2015 By ian

A bonus little review this week, of this absolutely beautiful pencil case. I backed this on Kickstarter and if I remember rightly it was delivered on time. It’s available online for $38 Australian, which works out at about $29 US or £20. It’s made from New Zealand waxed leather. It’s long enough to hold most […]

Private Reserve Avocado Ink Review

17 March 2015 By ian

A really lovely rich darkish green. I did finally learn how to spell Avocado properly, but not until I’d done all this. Here I am doodling the Inkling. You can find some more reviews of Private Reserve Avocado, and also discover I’m not the only person who has difficulty spelling it, on Pennaquod.

Pentel Graph 1000 Mechanical Pencil Review

16 March 2015 By ian

The Pentel Graph 1000 is a mechanical pencil available in several lead sizes: 0.3mm, 0.4mm, 0.5mm, 0.7mm and 0.9mm. This is the 0.5mm version. It costs about £13 in the UK and $14 in the USA. The look and feel is very different to the pencils I usually like. The body is made from plastic […]

An Interview and Giveaway with Mike Bond of Ti2 Design

12 March 2015 By ian

Mike Bond is the man behind Ti2 Design, responsible for the Ti2 TechLiner, a pen that is, not to put too fine a point on it, utterly fantastic. I use mine every day at work. Mike was kind enough to take some time out of his very busy schedule to tell me about how he […]