Category: miscellaneous

Wednesday Weekly 30 April

30 April 2014 By ian

From around the web: Look over the watchmakers’ shoulders via Daring Fireball Andrea Joseph: The Kiss The Pen Addict: Smooth As A Baby’s Bottom – Or Not Refreshment via J Robert Lennon From the site this week: Marrakech chimney (sketch) An Interview with John Twiss of Twiss Pens Twiss Custom Fountain Pen in Patriotic Acrylic […]

An Interview with John Twiss of Twiss Pens

26 April 2014 By ian

John Twiss makes a huge variety of very beautiful custom pens. His Twitter stream is a constant source of loveliness and temptation. (I am still talking about pens, by the way.) Before reading this very interesting interview, take some time to look through John’s site and see what wonderful work he does. Also, check back […]

Very happy

11 April 2014 By ian

Lovely pen addicted friends. I am very happy because tomorrow I am getting married to Julia, who is the most beautiful and amazing person I know. Why she ever said yes, I shall never know, but she did and I am very lucky. Julia is my best and closest friend and I love her with […]

Comparison of D1 Refills (Part one)

10 April 2014 By ian

There are many many pens that take D1 refills, including a couple that I’ve reviewed here and several on Kickstarter. The new Retro 51 Tornado Touch also uses one. A D1 refill, if you don’t know, is a mini refill commonly used in pocket pens or multipens. There are as many D1 refills as there […]

Kokuyo NeoCritz Transformer pencil case review

3 April 2014 By ian

When I first saw the name of this I got entirely the wrong idea about what Transformer meant. I had visions of robots and terrible sequels and never being able to get the toys back the way they were. Fortunately I eventually worked out that these were something different. The transformation comes when you peel […]