Author: ian

One Star Leather Goods Kaweco Sport Sleeve

30 January 2014 By ian

One Star Leather Goods say Buy good things, own them a long time and I couldn’t agree more. This pen sleeve is made especially for the Kaweco Sport but One Star Leather make sleeves for other sizes of pen too. It truly is made to last. The leather is very high quality and the stitching […]

Alice Hole Gallery

29 January 2014 By ian

Alice Hole Gallery I found out about Alice Hole from Cult Pen’s Penorama monthly newsletter (which is also highly recommended). She does a lot of work with pens, which is my excuse for including a link to her work here. It’s all very very beautiful.

J Herbin Vert Olive ink review

28 January 2014 By ian

J. Herbin’s Vert Olive ink is a beautiful colour. I don’t think you even need to like olives to like this colour but I don’t know because who in their right minds doesn’t like olives? And gin. Olives and gin and good company, preferably sat outside in the evening sun. Does it get much better? […]

Monteverde Poquito pocket pen review

27 January 2014 By ian

The Monteverde is a great little pocket pen. And by little, I really do mean little. It’s a small pen. This makes it an excellent pocket pen. It’s a shame it’s got a clip because if I put a pen in my pocket then it rattles around in there and I’d rather there wasn’t a […]

Franklin-Christoph Replacement Nib (sketch)

24 January 2014 By ian

I’ve always felt that you find out if a company is any good not when everything is going well but when something goes wrong. When I received my rather beautiful Franklin-Christoph M27 fountain pen last week, the extra-fine nib it came with just wasn’t quite right. The ink wasn’t flowing properly at all. After a […]