note taking & writing
Scrively and the Bullet Journal – Background (click to expand) I have become a user of the analogue Bullet Journal organization system in the beginning of this year. For that, I have configured a Leuchtturm1917 A5 dot-grid (often the to-go notebook for Bullet Journalers)…
Never before had I owned or written with a Waterman pen (not that I would remember it, at least). I don’t know why, but the brand has never really been on my radar for some reason. In the last time,…
On Scrively’s Ink Reviews – Background Information (click to expand) Lefties, Ink, and Fountain Pens Why is there a need for an explanation of the format of an ink-review, you might ask?! Well, because the ink reviews on Scrively are not like all…
Leuchtturm1917 has, in the first half of 2016, released a new notebook-format – the B5 Composition. Price- and size-wise, this notebook lays pretty much exactly in between the Medium-notebook (A5) and the Master-notebook (A4+). Since I also am an avid…
The Palomino Blackwing pencil is one of those iconic stationery products that one probably just has to have reviewed. I have, of course, seen them all over the place for quite a long time now. However, for some reason I have never…
On Scrively’s Ink Reviews – Background Information (click to expand) Lefties, Ink, and Fountain Pens Why is there a need for an explanation of the format of an ink-review, you might ask?! Well, because the ink reviews on Scrively are not like…
I have recently released my guide of my Top 5 Beginners Fountain Pens. However, I had not yet reviewed all of the pens that I presented there in depth. Hence, I do aim for covering all 5 pens, bit by bit…
The ONLINE Switch is a writing instrument that is made by the Germany pen company ONLINE. The very affordable Switch is part of the company’s Young Writing line and I found it pretty interesting, since it combines a fountain pen…
When being new to fountain pens, a rather common question is the one of an appropriate beginners pen. The wide array of available pens might be confusing at first glance and there are less and less brick and mortar-stores out…
The traveler’s notebooks are customizable notebooks that are very popular among many. They do, however, often come in formats that take a little getting used to. X17 notebooks follow the same exchangeable and customizable book-by-book format, just that they…
There is a wide belief that the TWSBI Eco is the most inexpensive piston filling fountain pen that is available. This is wrong. While the Eco certainly is an inexpensive and good piston filler (I will have a review coming…