Merry Christmas! Have you been lucky enough to get some money from Father Christmas? If so, below I suggest some fine places where you could spend it. But first, some thank yous. I started this site back in August and right from the start Brad Dowdy has supported and promoted Pens! Paper! Pencils! on his […]
One of these pens is a lot more orange than all the others. Can you spot which one? Kaweco Classic Sport, Schneider Black Faber-Castell Ambition, Diamine Eau de Nil Rotring Esprit, Organics Studio Copper Turqoise Parker 45, Diamine Royal Blue TWSBI Diamond 580, Diamine Ancient Copper Sailor Reglus, Diamine Kensington Blue Platinum #3776 Sai, Pelikan […]
This is a nice green that makes you think of Robin Hood and his merry men, lurking in the forest ready to leap on posh people. There isn’t a whole lot of shading going on with this ink but it’s a typically well-behaved Diamine ink that won’t let you down. Here’s a video of me […]
The Pilot Plumix is a very cheap fountain pen that is only available with a medium italic nib. I don’t get on too well with italic nibs but I’ve found this one to be smooth, though firm, and typical of the high quality of Pilot nibs even in this price range. The section is contoured […]
An interesting colour. Not necessarily a colour I could fall in love with but it makes me think fondly of holidays in France, where you see this kind of shade all over the place.