Author: ian

J. Herbin Black Metal Ink Rollerball Pen review

13 January 2014 By ian

The J. Herbin Black Metal Ink Rollerball Pen is a refillable rollerball pen for a very reasonable price. It’s rather small and impossible, for me, to comfortably use unposted. It has a good solid feel and heft to it though. The black matte finish is lovely, the chrome trim not so great – it looks […]

Calepino notebook winner

11 January 2014 By ian

Thank you so much to all of you who entered this competition and suggested how I might be able to use this beautiful Calepino notebook. It has genuinely been very difficult to pick a winner. There were so many wonderful suggestions and I certainly have some great ideas to use in the future. However there […]

Watching Dr Who

10 January 2014 By ian

There’s something magical about a programme that’s been going over 50 years and still has the same effect on children as it always has. I remember quite literally hiding behind the sofa when I was a child and 35 years later, here are my children and nephews fascinated and scared (but wanting more!) in equal […]

J. Herbin Bleu Pervenche ink review

9 January 2014 By ian

A very bright turquoisey blue. A little shading. A delicate little ink. Lovely bottle. French. Me doing the doodle: Note that I did learn how to spell periwinkle properly between the beginning and the end of writing this review. J. Herbin Black Metal Rollerball on Rhodia Notepad

A Fool With A Pen

8 January 2014 By ian

A Fool With A Pen I mentioned this site yesterday because it has a much better review of Rhodia paper than mine. It’s a new site but already one of my favourites. This is someone who loves pens and inks and paper too! He may have a pen but he is certainly no fool. The […]