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Staedtler make just about every kind of pen and pencil in this Triplus range. The range is distinguished, unsurprisingly, by the triangular barrel. I’m taking a look at the Roller, Color and Fineliner pens. Thank you to Staedtler for sending me, a very lone time ago now, these pens to try out. Staedtler Triplus Fineliner…
Franklin-Christoph make distinctive looking pens and the Pocket 40 (sometimes known as the M40P) is no exception, particularly with the ice-effect barrel that has become one of their trademark materials. Price: $130 (steel nib) $210 (gold nib) Nib options: extra-fine, fine, medium, broad; 1.1mm & 1.4mm cursive calligraphy (steel only) Masuyama-ground nib options: needlepoint, medium…
Aristo in an Austrian company that’s been making drawing instruments since 1862. Price: £2.20 Tip size options: 005, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08 Barrel options: black with different coloured tips, according to the tip size Ink type: waterproof, lightfast pigment ink The GeoCollege Pigment Liner is a drawing pen with a fibre tip…
Gold nibs are hard to find for less than £50 and usually cost an awful lot more, so a whole pen for less than that, featuring a gold nib, is going to be either something rather special or a golden turkey. Thank you to Cult Pens for sending me this pen to review. These are…
The Tikky Graphic is Rotring’s budget drawing pen. It comes in a range of tip sizes and has lightfast waterproof ink. Price: £2.70 Tip size options: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08 Barrel options: brown Ink type: black pigmented ink The plastic tip is held in a metal sleeve at the end of a…