Cult Pens have teamed up with Kaweco to make a fountain pen, Diamine to make a range of inks and, more recently, a mystery Japanese manufacturer to make this mechanical pencil. This inks are pretty nice (the Deep Dark Orange in particular is gorgeous) and the pen is on my list of things to try […]
The Mitsu-bishi 9850 is a mighty fine cedar pencil with, unusually for a Japanese pencil, an eraser. It’s purpose is printed proudly on one side: “Smooth writing pencil for office use.” Price: $1 each Lead grade options: HB Barrel colours: A rather lovely maroon Barrel shape: Hexagonal Eraser?: Yes The paint is thickly applied and […]
The Wopex and Eco are, as far as I can tell, identical except for the finish. They are made from a wood-plastic composite and shout out their environmentally friendly credentials. What are they like? Price: Lead grade options: HB (Wopex and Eco), 2B (Wopex), 2H (Wopex) Barrel colours: green/black (Eco), silvery blue/green/red (HB/2H/2B respectively) plus […]
I was very fortunate to be able to visit Italy again this year, for nine days at the end of August. I know I’m among friends here, so I can admit that I spent quite a long time before the trip trying to decide which pens to take. In fact, I was spending far too […]
A common complaint about mechanical pencils is the paltry size of the eraser most come with. The Pentel Twist Erase tries to solve this problem in a rather clever way. Does it work? Is the pencil itself any good? Price: £5.40 (UK) Lead size options: 0.5mm, 0.7mm, 0.9mm Barrel options: Black (both sizes) or blue […]