Tag: recommended

Twist Bullet Pencil Review

23 February 2015 By ian

The Twist is a modern bullet pencil made by Metal Shop. It’s available direct from their website and costs $37.50. I picked this one up a little less during their Kickstarter campaign. All pencils are delivered with two erasers and three Blackwing 602 pencil stubs. The version I’m reviewing here has a raw aluminium barrel […]

Tombow Mono 100 Pencil (Re-) Review

19 February 2015 By ian

The Tombow Mono 100 is not a cheap pencil. They cost about $2.35 in the USA and around £1.85 in the UK. There is a perfectly reasonable argument that no pencil could be worth this much. People who make this argument are wrong. I sort-of-reviewed the Tombow Mono 100 back in October 2013 but this […]

Field Notes No. 2 Pencil Review

5 February 2015 By ian

The Field Notes No. 2 pencil is a cedar wood pencil with a groovy green eraser. They cost around £4.50 for six in the UK. This is a round pencil with a natural finish. It smells absolutely fantastic. I accept that some people may think it’s a little weird to enjoy the smell of a […]

Papernotes Notebook Review and Giveaway

29 January 2015 By ian

Papernotes is a small Filipino company. They make just one kind of notebook (but have plans for more), which is available in a variety of colours (white, black, grey, blue, orange and red). The notebooks are A5 with 160 lined pages of paper and cost $5.50. The covers aren’t firm like a Webnotebook but they […]

Ti2 TechLiner Gel Ink Pen Review

26 January 2015 By ian

The Ti2 TechLiner is a machined metal pen available direct from the manufacturer for between $60 and $125. It comes with the Uni Signo 207 gel ink refill and will also take a Jetstream hybrid ink ballpoint. It will no doubt take others too. It’s available made from titanium, brass, copper or bronze in a […]