Tag: pen

Noodler Nib Creaper fountain pen review

28 October 2013 By ian

I like this pen. Why is it spelled Creaper and not Creeper though? I don’t know. Like the success of Downton Abbey, it’s one of life’s great mysteries. This is a pen with a flex nib and try as I might I can’t get the hang of it. So I just use it as a […]

Inked on Saturday 19th October 2013

19 October 2013 By ian

I’ve been trying my new regime of not changing inks or pens every week just for the sake of it (watch out for a thrilling post about this soon). I’ve been very good but, you know, inks do run out, new pens mysteriously arrive in the post, old pens get dusted off. So quite a […]

Faber-Castell fountain pens

15 October 2013 By ian

While Faber-Castell pencils are frequent visitors to the online pen community their fountain pens are, on the whole, ignored. This is good for me because it means that on the odd occasion they come up on eBay I’ve sometimes (well, three times) been able to pick up an absolute bargain. But it’s a shame that […]

Reynolds Ink Pen fountain pen review

14 October 2013 By ian

This is a cheap and very cheerful pen. Okay so it did leak all over me but that’s my fault for not sealing it properly. It’s an eye-dropper after all. This cost me a grand total of £2.29 from eBay. It is very plasticky and when I first tried it the nib clicked in a […]