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  • Montblanc Toffee Brown Ink ReviewMontblanc Toffee Brown Ink Review
    This is a lot darker than I’d been expecting but it’s a good dark rich colour with just a hint of shading. Reminds me very much of the 70s. Here I am doodling the Inkling. Many thanks to Chris Stafford for sending me this sample.
  • Pentel Kachiri Ballpoint Pen ReviewPentel Kachiri Ballpoint Pen Review
    The Pentel Kachiri is a 1.0mm ballpoint pen available in black, blue, red and violet. The barrel matches the ink colour. It costs 80p in the UK. It’s a retractable pen: Kachiri means click. I find reviewing ballpoints difficult because although I know lots of people like them, I don’t. However, being purely objective for a ...
  • Nock Co Lookout Pen Case ReviewNock Co Lookout Pen Case Review
    The Lookout is a three slot pen case available for $20 direct from Nock Co. It’s available in a range of groovy colours though, shockingly, no longer in this particular combination. (You can get the mandarin exterior or the mango interior but not with each other.) This is a solid case that gives you confidence that ...
  • J. Herbin Rouge Hematite 1670 Ink ReviewJ. Herbin Rouge Hematite 1670 Ink Review
    I completely misspelled this in the review! I’m on a roll with my bad spelling at the moment. This is a bright jolly red that dries quickly. With an average kind of nib it’s hard to notice the gold sheen at all but with a big fat wet nib, or a dip pen, or a straw, ...
  • TWSBI Vac 700 Fountain Pen ReviewTWSBI Vac 700 Fountain Pen Review
    The TWSBI Vac 700 is a vacuum-filling fountain pen that costs about $65 in the USA and £55 in the UK. It’s available with nibs from extra-fine to broad plus 1.1mm and 1.5mm stubs. The one I’m reviewing has what is becoming my favourite kind of nib, a 1.1mm stub. All Vac 700s, like most ...