note taking & writing
Esterbrook is an American pen manufacturer with a long history. Kenro Industries has recently secured the rights of using the brand name – and has then revived this traditional brand, hence the slogan “Americas original (Est. 1858), Reborn (2018)”. Esterbrook…
I have seen through quite a bunch of TWSBI pens over the years. The Eco, the Vac 700 – or the Diamond 580. The latter pen has a somewhat special place in my heart. Back in 2015, it was the…
It is about two years ago that I had shot a comparative overview-video of the Kaweco Sport-Series. Since that time it has been pretty quite around the Kaweco Sport fountain pens on these pages here – apart from the review…
Apparently it has been about a year since I had a post about some pencil related stuff on these pages here – even though pencils are my second favourite writing implement, right after fountain pens. To be honest, I was…
There are few ‘things’ out there that are so iconic that they may stand as an epitome for the whole ‘thing’-category that they are a part of. The Montblanc Meisterstück is such an epitome: even if you’re a lifetime BIC-ballpoint…
It is no secret that I am quite fond of Diplomat pens. I have already reviewed quite a number of them: the Traveller, Aero, Excellence A and Excellence A+. The Diplomat Excellence A2 that I review in this video is…
The Souverän-Series by Pelikan is without a doubt one of the most popular line of fountain pens that is available today. Having a long historical tradition, Pelikan has meanwhile released the pens in a wide array of different finishes, nib…
Having their 180 year-jubilee in 2018, Pelikan seems to be somewhat on a spree when it comes to releasing special edition pens in this year. I, for one, almost can’t count them anymore at the time of writing this post…
Namisu is an interesting UK-based company that has successfully come up with a range of writing instruments – especially fountain pens – that excel first and foremost through their built quality as well as a unique, clipless, minimalist design. The…
Both the Sailor Pro Gear and Pro Gear Slim are classics of the fountain pen world – and I have already given both of them their appropriate single pen-review treatment (find the ProGear here and the ProGear Slim here). Since…
It has been almost one year ago that I have reviewed the Osprey Milano – a pen made by the US-based pen manufacturer Osprey Pens. Osprey pens does aim at pushing the skill of handwriting, priding itself of having “given…