Brad over at Pen Addict is always waxing enthusiastic about the Pigma Micron pens and I am always going on ad nauseum about the Marvy Le Pen so I decided it was high time these two pens went head-to-head. And to be fair, I threw a few other nylon tipped pens into the mix. The…
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Faber-Castell PITT Artist Brush Pen
I have had this pen floating around in my collection for awhile. I’m always attracted to the Faber-Castell pens because they often have such wonderful colors available. On this trip, I decided to grab this deep blue gray color called Indianthrene Blue in the brush tip version. The brush tip is a shaped felt tip…
Link Love: The Slightly-Off-Topic Edition
Platinum 3776 Extra Fine Nib (Ink Nouveau) Monteverde Invincia Stealth 1.1mm nib (via FP Geeks Forum) A Visit to the General Pencil Company Factory (via How To Sharpen Pencils) Writers’ Rooms (via The Guardian) Platinum mini-ballpoint 0.5 review (via Economy Pens) Totally off-topic: The Apple corporate recruiting video (via 9to5Mac) Self Aware ROOMBA (via twitter)…
Uni-Ball Jetstream F*Series Multi-Pen
As I have previously mentioned, after swearing that all ballpoint pens were the vilest of all writing tools and eating crow when introduced to the Uniball Jetstream 0.5 in Ash Green, I decided to test drive one of the Jetstream Multipens. This model is considered part of the F*Series (F for feminine but I think…
TWSBI Diamond 540 EF Review
First I have to start off by telling a little story of how the TWSBI Diamond 540 came into my life. I was having a particularly crappy week at work and knew my birthday was coming up so I thought I’d cheer myself up with a new fountain pen so I ordered a TWSBI 540…
Link Love: Instagram
(From top left: Soaking a Lamy Al-Star by @aspire_to_be, Pilot Custom 74 by @jonogilmour , silver globe paper weight by @goosenotswan, Daily carry by @imyke, binder clips by @nerfect, EDC for the Notemaker bag contest by @jonogilmour, Pelikan M205 Duo by @bakanekosan, Golden Dymo by @paperpastries, Kaweco Al-Sport by @dowdyism) The links this week are all the lovely images that…
Rad + Hungry Double Whammy
I’m so far behind in everything that I have two months worth of Rad + Hungry kits to share with you today. The first is the May 2012 kit from Hungary. It was wrapped so beautifully with the doll-topped pencil and paper protractor (that’s what those are called, right?) that I had to photograph the…