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  • Lamy Studio fountain penLamy Studio fountain pen
    This review was first posted on the Pen Company blog. I’m including it here for the sake of keeping this site comprehensive. It’s almost a year since I wrote this review but my views haven’t changed. This Lamy Studio is an all-metal fountain pen with a shiny metal grip and a soft lacquered brushed metal barrel ...
  • Staedtler Mars Lumograph Pencil ReviewStaedtler Mars Lumograph Pencil Review
    The Staedtler Mars Lumograph is a wooden pencil available in grades from 8B to 6H. They cost about £1 each but at the time of writing Cult Pens are selling a sketching kit with six pencils, a sharpener and an eraser for £4.50, which is half price. (Cult Pens are not sponsoring this post. I bought ...
  • Diamine Pumpkin Ink ReviewDiamine Pumpkin Ink Review
    A beautiful rich reddish orange ink from Diamine. Lots of shading, lots of loveliness. Because it’s very free flowing, a wet nib puts down a lot of ink and so leads to long dry times. It dries quickly under other circumstances. Here I am doodling the Inkling.
  • Pentel P205 Mechanical Pencil ReviewPentel P205 Mechanical Pencil Review
    The Pentel P200 series are mechanical pencils available in 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 and 0.9mm lead sizes. The 0.3mm is called the P203, this 0.5mm version is called the P205, and so on. The different sizes are also different colours, making them easy to select. They cost about £6 in the UK and $8 in the ...
  • Papier Plume Forget-Me-Not Blue Ink ReviewPapier Plume Forget-Me-Not Blue Ink Review
    Papier Plume is a shop in New Orleans that produces its own range of inks. I must admit I hadn’t heard of them until Kyle of the wonderful Reverenced Writing sent me a couple of samples. Thank you Kyle (and go check out his site). This ink flows well and has good dry times. It’s a ...