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  • Pelikan M120 Fountain Pen ReviewPelikan M120 Fountain Pen Review
    The original M120 was released in 1955 as a school pen. This reissue keeps the same design but includes a modern piston filling mechanism and has a nib that is etched with a pattern from 1889. Thank you to Pure Pens for lending me this pen in exchange for a fair and honest review. If you’d like ...
  • Kaweco AL Special Fountain Pen ReviewKaweco AL Special Fountain Pen Review
    Kaweco make some wonderful metal-bodied pens and they make some wonderful small pens. The AL Special is a small metal pen. What’s it like? Thank you to Kaweco for lending me this pen so I could write this review. These are my own honest opinions. Price: £72 Nib options: stainless steel extra-fine, fine, medium, broad, extra-broad; stub options ...
  • Kaweco Purple Liliput Quick LookKaweco Purple Liliput Quick Look
    This is just a quick look at a limited edition Kaweco Liliput in purple. It’s one of just fifty in this colour, available from Most Wanted Pens. It’s got an aluminium body so feels a little lighter then the brass version I’ve previously reviewed in more depth. It also feels less robust. Whereas the brass Liliput ...
  • Kuretake Zig Millennium Drawing Pen ReviewKuretake Zig Millennium Drawing Pen Review
    Kuretake make a wide range of pens for art and calligraphy. Many have a good reputation and I have a Kuretake brush pen that’s pretty good. How does the Millennium drawing pen hold up? I was able to get this pen at a discount thanks to Cult Pens’ support of the site. These are my ...
  • Noodler’s G.I. Green Ink ReviewNoodler's G.I. Green Ink Review
    G.I. Green is part of Noodler’s V-Mail series. This sample was sent to me by Pure Pens who describe this series thus: These are all replica vintage inks that exhibit classic period ink behaviours with mild (when compared to our modern bulletproof and eternal inks) water resistance upon the page (particularly after the passage ...