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  • Rotring Tikky Graphic Drawing Pen ReviewRotring Tikky Graphic Drawing Pen Review
    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 clear grip section. This section ...
  • Cult Pens Mini Fountain Pen ReviewCult Pens Mini Fountain Pen Review
    Cult Pens are building up quite a range of products. I reviewed their mechanical pencil recently and now it’s the turn of their pocket fountain pen, made for Cult Pens by Kaweco. Thank you to Cult Pens for sending me this pen in exchange for an honest review. These are my own opinions. Price: £30 Nib options: extra-fine, ...
  • Diamine Night Sky Ink ReviewDiamine Night Sky Ink Review
    This is one of Diamine’s shimmery inks and it’s quite a tasteful one (unlike some). The silver sparkles nicely against the black and it really does feel like a crisp winter’s night sky. Here I am doodling the Inkling. You’re not going to get the best out of this ink in anything but the broadest or stubbiest ...
  • Tombow Zoom 101 Fountain Pen ReviewTombow Zoom 101 Fountain Pen Review
    I was very pleased to have a chance to try the Tombow Zoom 101 fountain pen from The Pen Company. Tombow make some of my favourite art supplies and are famous, in particular, for their pencils, but they are not the first company you tend to think of when considering fountain pens. Having spent some ...
  • Caran d’Ache Grafwood Pencil ReviewCaran d'Ache Grafwood Pencil Review
    Last week I reviewed the Caran d’Ache Edelweiss, a reasonable writing pencil that is inexplicably extremely hard to get in the UK. The Grafwood, in contrast, is a drawing pencil that can be found almost everywhere. Price: £2.50 Lead grade options: 4H to 9B Barrel colours: many shades of grey Barrel shape: hexagonal Eraser?: no The Grafwood is plumper than the ...