The Pentel P200 series are mechanical pencils available in 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 and 0.9mm lead sizes. The 0.3mm is called the P203, this 0.5mm version is called the P205, and so on. The different sizes are also different colours, making them easy to select. They cost about £6 in the UK and $8 in the […]
This sketch was drawn using Staedtler Mars Lumograph pencils. Check back next Thursday for a review.
The Leuchtturm1917 Whitelines notebook is a hardbacked A5 sized notebook with 250 pages. It costs about £11 in the UK and about $20 in the USA. I was sent this notebook by a new UK based company called StudioAlt. StudioAlt aim to bring analogue tools to the digital world and the Whitelines notebook couldn’t be […]
Papier Plume is a shop in New Orleans that produces its own range of inks. I must admit I hadn’t heard of them until Kyle of the wonderful Reverenced Writing sent me a couple of samples. Thank you Kyle (and go check out his site). This ink flows well and has good dry times. It’s […]
The Schneider Slider XB is a ballpoint pen that uses a hybrid ink dubbed ‘ViscoGlide’. It’s available with nine different colours of ink for about £1.75 ($3-ish) in the UK. The XB in the name stands for extra-broad and this pen puts down a 0.7mm line. Medium and fine versions are also available. It suffers […]