With a ton of comparison reviews out there, and new iPhone and Pixel models coming out later in the year (notches for the holidays!), why this one? Most phone camera shootouts feature landscapes, portraits, and some kind of petal-power macro. Pen people want to know if the phone will take great pictures of nibs, ink …
“Oh yes, a lot of pen people work in technology.” “Really? So why do they use old pens?” “…Balance in the Force?” “Okaaaaay.” There are days it feels like I’m living from screen to screen. I answer several messages on your phone, check Instagram, hop to my laptop to clean up a few slides. Before …
I dedicate this pen re(cap) to everyone who can’t wait to write in their 2018 journals because 2017 was way too crazy in way too many ways. Japanese Admittedly perennial, with variations. Japanese makers delivered novel twists in familiar shapes. Pilot startled with its Custom Urushi with a no. 30 nib, and its Japan-only clear …
Social networks not only connect those who share interests, but those who can create together. Big brand and entertainment partnerships make the most commercial impact – think Sheaffer’s affordable Star Wars-themed pens, the more high-end Cross versions (I must admit that the Boba Fett fountain pen made me look twice), Montegrappa x Game of Thrones, …
If you can tell your nebulae from your quasars, you will feel a special fondness for Colorverse, a high-concept line of inks out of Korea. The brand brings outer space down to earth in two ink collections: Spaceward, Season 1, has 12 colors, including Proxima B, a blue-black with hints of grey, and Sea Europa, …
“…and this is my friend with the pen collection!†“…sleigh bells ring, are you listening…†“She collects fountain pens, can you imagine that?†“Oh really? What kind of pens?†“…†Like ink stains, holiday parties happen to pen people. Deprived of the companionable silence of fellow nib-gazers, pen people turn into hard starters, struggling to …
He exuded confidence and impatience. Traveling the world and teaching with passion takes a lot of energy. Even if Alvaro Castagnet dove into the class with the verve familiar to those who devour his passionate-painter videos, we could tell he was a touch more stretched than the paper in front of him. But he smiled, …
Many vintage nibs outlast their bodies. Hard rubber oxidizes beyond elbow grease and redemption, celluloid combusts, casein warps. Levers come unhinged, piston shafts detach, rubber sacs gooeify – but nibs of noble metal soldier on, a long way yet from the Great Parts Bin in the Sky. I will preserve the entire vintage pen as …
There are many reasons not to make your own watercolor. Not enough time. Lack of access to tools and materials. Besides, you can buy ready-made, ready-to-use watercolor and start painting immediately. And then there’s WHEEEEEEEE! I CAN MAKE MY OWN WATERCOLOR!!! Whee wins. Other people go to Katz’s, I proceed to Kremer. I’ve always wanted to take a …
If you found your way here, it’s safe to assume you have, at one time or another, agonized over which notebook or pad to bring, and ended up taking them all. This happens to me everyday. “I really should just stick with the Crossfield… But one of my pens has this new ink… Wonder what …