note taking & writing
While there are a lot of reviews about fountain pens on those pages here at Scrively, pen cases are not less important. Pen cases certainly receive much less attention, are less discussed, and lesser brands are known. Sometimes, it is…
Over the years, I have reviewed most of the popular TWSBI fountain pen models there are. For an overview: I know I lack the “GO”-model with the spring in above list – but it is sitting here in the review…
Montblanc normally does quite a few special releases over the calendar year. Mostly, those releases are different designs of pen bodies. In the recent time, however, Montblanc has also started to release special edition pens with speciality nibs, such as…
Every year, Pelikan blesses us with a bunch of special edition writing instruments – and inks. Among the writing instruments, Pelikan often comes up with excellent finishes and color schemes to excite the stationery connoisseurs out there. One of the…
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…
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…
Wow, was I surprised to notice that it has been 4 (!) years since I have reviewed the last Diplomat pen – a brand which I have a high opinion of, and that I have reviewed multiple pens from. Diplomat was…
It is pretty much exactly one year ago that I had introduced the then new stationery brand Ateliers Phileas with a review of their first product, the A5 leather notebook cover called Yokohama. I have used that A5 cover, and…
I am still contemplating of pulling together a series on “iconic stationery objects”. By now, I would at least have a pretty good list to start with. One pen that would surely make it onto this list is the Caran…
J. Herbin is pretty well known for the wonderful inks that they are making – if you never came across those, they are for sure worth to check them out. A while back, they also launched a more premium stationery…
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…