note taking & writing
Wingback is a London-based independent design studio that has built a reputation in the stationery world around a handful of simple ideas: make things that last, make them beautifully, and make them in Britain. Their writing instruments – machined from…
Normally I don’t spend too much time with ballpoint pens, but there are a few truly iconic staples of the stationery world that deserve a place in any collection — and the Lamy Safari is certainly one of them. Its design has…
A while ago I have reviewed the Caran d’Ache Ecridor mechanical pencil – back then in the “Retro finish”. Ever since, I was eager to review an Ecridor in some of the other guilloche-finishes that are available, as they all…
Pocket pens often come with quite cool and sophisticated logics of how to be portable while being able to extend to a full length pen. Some examples include the Kaweco Sport, Kaweco Lilliput, Traveler’s Fountain Pen, Kaweco Special S, the…
The Lamy 2000 is my all-time favourite pen. To regular viewers of these pages here, this is no secret. By now, I have reviewed almost the whole lineup of writing instruments from the series: the fountain pen in different nib…
After a video on the Design 07 fountain pen, I am now delighted to bring to you a review of yet another Otto Hutt pen. This time a rollerball, and this time the Design 06. Otto Hutt is a long…
Very likely, the Kaweco Sport is the most iconic pen model that Kaweco has in its lineup. And while the Sport is a very useful pocket pen, my personal favourite Kaweco model is the DIA2 with its fantastic 1920’s design.…
BN Works is an interesting company from Taiwan that made itself a name in the pen community with the release of their BN Dot pen, which was a Kickstarter project. I had reviewed this pen back then myself. I quite liked it, but gave…
The company Verge has recently contacted me and asked me if I would be interested in doing a review of a rollerball pen – the so called “Sens Pen” – that came out of a Kickstarter campaign. I had a…
When it comes to pocket pens, many people think of the Kaweco Sport straight away. Me included, for the longest time. For some reason, I have always overlooked the Kaweco Special S. Maybe because I thought it is made from…
The Super5 pens are a very interesting lot that not many people talk about. I hope to see this change, because they are actually affordable, sturdy and reliable writing machines – and they come in a number of interesting nib…