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First things first: about 3 weeks of summer vacation in Germany meant a little break from doing and posting stationery and pen reviews. Vacation is now over, and everyday pen-life is back. Sure enough, such a long break asks for…
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 Kaweco Dia2 is an interesting pen model whose vintage appearance refers back to the origin of the original Kaweco Dia model from the 1920s. Especially the knurling on the pens end and on the cap reinforces this vintage feel.…
Ystudio is a Taiwanese stationery design studio. Over the past ca. one year, the company has gained quite a lot of attention in the pen community – especially for their hexagonal pen model that seems to sort of surf the…
Laban is a Taiwanese pen brand that seems to get more and more recognition out there in the fountain pen-community. There are still only a few reviews of these pens readily available – I have contributed two: one of the…
It’s no secret: there are few Italian pens that I personally like design-wise – no offence intended. While I can totally appreciate the art in them, and also see why many people do like them, the over-the-topness of many Montegrappas…
I have already reviewed about a handful of pens by the UK-based pen company Namisu – and among these one of my favorite of their pen models, which is the (meanwhile unfortunately discontinued) Nova Studio ebonite pen. In the end of last…
I have already given the Pilot Capless aka Vanishing Point a review a little while ago. In the meantime, I had a Pilot Décimo incoming – the little sibling of the Capless so to speak – as I also had a couple of…
Okay, I admit it: review-wise, I seem to be on a bit of a Pelikan spree the past few weeks. Yes, I promise that this will not become a Pelikan blog :-). But what shall I do with those folks…
It’s been about two years ago that I had reviewed the Pelikan M805 Stresemann. The pen back then was a loaner. In the meantime, I have my own, and I do plan to give that pen a re-review towards the…
Caran d’Ache is a well-known fountain pen maker. However, their pens are neither seen widely in the diverse social media-channels and pen communities all around, nor are they frequently reviewed. An exception is the rather new model 849 (recently reviewed…