note taking & writing
Galen Leather is one of those pearls out there that I guess everyone should simply know about. Out of Turkey, they make a wide array of wonderful handmade leather goods. They all have this distinct Galen Leather vintage trademark look…
There is quite a few new pen models that Pelikan has announced in the most recent time. Among others, there was the M205 Moonstone, the M405 Silver-White (I will have a review of this one coming, soon), as well as…
Montblanc is a classic – and I have reviewed some of their most iconic models over the past few years (e.g. 146, 149, Rouge et Noir). Most Montblanc pens do have a distinctive look, and you’ll probably recognise them pretty…
I just checked the search function of my own website, and was myself surprised by how much Pilot stuff I actually have reviewed over the years. Still, for a long time, there was a pen on the list that I…
KRON Leather Goods, who are based out of Kronstadt (Romania), from where they make a lovely selection of fine leather products such as notebook covers, wallets, and pen cases /pouches, had sent me a great pouch for Kaweco Sport pens…
There is loads of Kaweco that I have reviewed over the years. Some inks. Some ballpoint and rollerball pens. Some mechanical pencils. But mostly fountain pens. All with steel nibs. Wait! What? Yeah. You know, when you look at pen…
Here comes another installment of the “Comparative Overview-Series” that already has quite a few episodes. This series intends to help with a side-by-side of some pens whose differences, at least at a first initial glance, may not be entirely obvious.…
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…
It has been a little while I had some Lamy on those pages here. At least in product reviews, as the most recent Lamy related post was a original interview that I conducted with the Safari-Designer himself, Wolfgang Fabian, in…
Yes, I am somewhat on a roll of reviewing a few pen models from German pen manufacturers that are not as well known in the pen communities as they maybe should be. Because: design-questions aside, which are always subjective, they…
Montblanc is a very interesting (pen) maker in many ways. One of the ways I find particularly noticeable is that their cigar shaped 146 & 149 Meisterstück series pens are probably the only model(s) that most people know well and…