Tag: recommended

Sakura Pigma Micron drawing pen review

10 February 2014 By ian

The Sakura Pigma Micron is an excellent drawing pen that is also pretty nifty for writing with. It’s my pen of choice for sketchnoting primarily because it dries quickly and tends not to smudge when I’m filling in with colour. There are a range of tip sizes from 005, writing a 0.2mm line, to 08, […]

One Star Leather Goods Kaweco Sport Sleeve

30 January 2014 By ian

One Star Leather Goods say Buy good things, own them a long time and I couldn’t agree more. This pen sleeve is made especially for the Kaweco Sport but One Star Leather make sleeves for other sizes of pen too. It truly is made to last. The leather is very high quality and the stitching […]

Calepino Large Notebooks review and giveaway

31 December 2013 By ian

I am, it is safe to say, a huge fan of Calepino notebooks. They look great, the small sized ones are a good price, they’re durable and the paper is fantastic. I use them all time: for work, for a pocket book, to write down three-plus-one good things each day, to plan out my days […]

Pilot V7 Hi-Tecpoint rollerball pen review

16 December 2013 By ian

The Pilot V7 Hi-Tecpoint is a refillable rollerball pen, available in a 0.7 size, writing a 0.5mm line, and also a 0.5 size (the V5), and in red, blue, green and red. The black version is properly black, which, sadly, makes a nice change from the grey you so often get. There’s a nice ink […]

Davis Leatherworks Notebook Covers

26 November 2013 By ian

It’s possible to spend a lot of money on a leather notebook cover but why do that when you can get a beautiful cover from Davis Leatherworks for less than the price of a fancy bottle of ink? You won’t find any covers more beautiful than these no matter how much you spend. The covers […]