Category: Pen review

Noodler’s Nib Creaper Rollerball review

24 March 2014 By ian

Noodler’s Nib Creaper Rollerball is a piston filling rollerball. It holds a lot of ink – any ink you like, too. In terms of look and feel it is very Noodlerish. By which I mean rather retro, well-made, good value and basic but thoughtful. As far as I know it’s only available in this demonstrator […]

Noodler’s Konrad fountain pen review

17 March 2014 By ian

A good pen is a pen that brings you joy when you pick it up and write. That has nothing to do with price, nib goldiness, filling mechanism or any other objective quality. It’s hard to define and it will be different for every individual person. The Noodler’s Konrad is, in our little pen-world, dead […]

Kutsuwa Stad Sharpest Compass review

10 March 2014 By ian

In what may well be a first for a pen blog, I present here a review of a compass. It isn’t just a compass though. It is also a mechanical pencil. This video shows the rather groovy way the Kutsuwa Stad Sharpest Compass (that really is its name) converts from pencil to compass and back […]

Platinum #3776 Sai fountain pen review

3 March 2014 By ian

The Platinum #3776 Sai is by far the most expensive pen I own (even though I got it on special offer from Cult Pens). It is also, without doubt, the most beautiful. I have other demonstrators and some look lovely but they don’t sparkle like the Platinum #3776 Sai sparkles. This series is named after […]

Zebra PenPod ballpoint pen review

24 February 2014 By ian

I don’t tend to review ballpoint pens here because I don’t like them very much. As such, I feel it’s better to leave their reviews to people who can appreciate them more. I wanted to review the Zebra PenPod though because it is a groovy little pen. I received this as a freebie, as part […]