Category: miscellaneous

Standing the Test of Time (2)

3 March 2016 By ian

I’ve been writing here at Pens! Paper! Pencils! for almost three years now and in that time I’ve reviewed 130 inks, 61 pencils (wooden and mechanical), 116 pens and 47 other items (notebooks, cases, etc). As I did around this time last year, I thought it would be interesting to look at what I reviewed […]

SPONSOR: Pocket Notebooks

2 March 2016 By ian

Thank you very much to Pocket Notebooks for sponsoring Pens! Paper! Pencils! again this month. They have an excellent range of notebooks available, many of which aren’t easily found anywhere else in the UK. On top of that, they have monthly subscriptions of varying sizes. They’ve also really gone all-in on the wonderful Hobonichi Techo. […]

Journaling with Purpose

4 February 2016 By ian

I mostly write nonsense in my journal. In fact a lot of the time I use my pens to write to myself about pens. If, in a hundred years, my papers should be discovered by some eager historians, they are going to come to some very strange conclusions about life in the 2010s. I do, […]

SPONSOR: Spotlight Stationery

30 January 2016 By ian

Thank you very much to Spotlight Stationery for sponsoring Pens! Paper! Pencils! this month. Spotlight Stationery are a brand new British company that sends you a secret box of contemporary stationery every month (or every two months, if you prefer). Their first box contained an excellent selection, including two Paper Oh notebooks, a couple of […]

SPONSOR: Pocket Notebooks

27 January 2016 By ian

Thank you very much to Pocket Notebooks for sponsoring Pens! Paper! Pencils! again this month. They have an excellent range of notebooks available, many of which aren’t easily found anywhere else in the UK. On top of that, they have monthly subscriptions of varying sizes. Also, you’re quick you might just be able to snap […]