note taking & writing
There is a new star rising on the stationery horizon! And if the likes of Superior Labour, The Traveler’s Company, Midori MD, or Y-Studio are floating your boat, you definitely might want to check out the Ateliers Phileas, as they…
This review is ‘innovative’ in different ways. First, believe it or not (I could not believe it myself), even after many years of reviewing (fountain) pens, this is the first Parker review on those pages. Second, this review is about…
Kaweco is a fantastic brand with a very long and successful history. In recent years, however, they went through a little bit of turmoil in the pen community due to supposedly sub-par quality control of their nibs. Die-hard Kaweco Sport…
I won’t make this post right here a long wound one, as I have already reviewed both the Pilot Custom 823 and the Pilot Custom 845 Urushi separately. Since these are pens that are on the (grail) pen list of…
Pen pouches really are a delicate thing. The market for those looks entirely different than the one for pens. For one, not all pen makers do make pen pouches as well – and not all do pay the same attention to…
The Graf von Faber-Castell Tamitio is the gateway into the upper class of Faber-Castell writing instruments. The Tamitio is very typical a ‘Graf von Faber-Castell’, sporting all the iconic characteristics that will reveal it as a GvFC from miles away:…
Makers Cabinet surely does produce some very unique stationery items. You may even say that the artefacts that they produce are somewhat polarising. Why? Because, in essence, they truly set apart certain mindsets on how to approach stationery. One way…
Inside Stationery – series background (click to expand) I have been doing stationery reviews for a few years now. While I will continue making these, I sometimes feel that the focus on the products and their specs tends to take…
The Lamy 2000 is my all time favourite pen. Ya’ll know that by now. I have reviewed the makrolon fountain pen, and I have done a comparative overview of makrolon vs. stainless steel. Since to me personally, fountain pens and…
The Lamy Imporium is one of Lamy’s top-line pens that you don’t see around all too often. I had it on my radar for review for quite some time now, but it always slipped my mind. But then, in 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…