During the whole Black Friday hullabaloo, Jet Pens had a special offer for some of the Rotring Mechanical Pencils. It was an offer too good to pass up as I’d always wanted to see what all the fuss was about so I went for it. The Rotring 600 0.5mm mechanical pencil ($33) came in a…
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Review: Kaweco Sport Skyline Fountain Pen in Black F Nib
The Kaweco Sport Fountain Pen is one of my favorite tools. With the introduction of the Skyline series this year featuring silver hardware, its rocketed to the top of a lot of lists for good quality, reasonably priced fountain pens. Of the Kaweco Sport Skyline fountain pens, the black model is the most classic of…
Review: Conklin Duragraph Cracked Ice Fountain Pen (F Nib)
Inside this large paper board box is a reasonably priced fountain pen treasure. After removing the outer shipper, there is a matching leatherette box of epic size… the suspense and tension builds. Opening the spring-loaded lid reveals a white satin bed that reminds me of a coffin but contains a beautiful Conklin Duragraph fountain pen…
Review: Karas Kustoms Tu-Tone RETRAKT
In a pinch, today’s review was photographed with my new iPhone 6. Pardon any wonkiness but I had a wicked migraine yesterday and didn’t get a chance to pull everything together until today at lunch. And its here! The amazingly cool Karas Kustoms RETRAKT in the new Tu-Tone Colors… green, of course. And its…
Review: Pentel i+ 3 Multi-Pen
I’ve got a soft spot for multi-pens. Especially Japanese gel multi-pens. While the Pilot Hi-Tec C multi-pens are often the most talked-about, followed by the Uni Style Fit line, I still find a little space in my multi-pen universe for Pentel and their Sliccie line of gel pens. The individual Sliccie pens are not much…
Review: Pentel Energel 0.35 Needle Point
The Pentel Energel 0.35 Needle Point ($2.50) is a pen I can’t believe I had never tried or owned before last week. I’ve heard others talk about them but I’d never tried one. It was about time! In the past, I’d only ever seen the larger point sizes (0.5, 0.7 and 1.0) and I knew…
Review: Tombow Airpress
The Tombow Airpress is another contender in the “extreme conditions” pressurized ballpoint pen race. Other tools in this category are the Fisher Space Pen, the Uni Power Tank, Pilot Down Force and Rite in the Rain All-Weather Pens. The Airpress body design is pretty unusual. The length of the pen is relatively short but quite…