Review by Laura Cameron When I was working at the Vanness table at the Chicago Pen Show, I noticed that the Pilot Metropolitans ($18.50) had an additional nib option that I hadn’t seen before, the calligraphy nib. I resolved to order one to try and write up for the desk, since I do love my…
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Notebook Review: Stifflexible V.2 Notebooks
A couple of years ago, I got a copy of the Stifflexible notebook from Pen Chalet. Stifflexible is an Italian notebook that, according to its web site, has been around for decades but has recently been relaunched and has been trying to make in-roads in the upscale notebook landscape in the last couple years. The…
Paper Review: Composition Notebooks
Partially inspired by Les’ Composition Book posts and her conversation a few weeks ago with Brad and my own back-to-school nostalgia, I purchased a handful of composition books and decided to test drive them myself. I stopped at CVS and grabbed a full-sized UStyle Colllection ($3.49) and a smaller pocket-sized version as well ($1.99, not…
Notebook Review: Curnow Leather Cover + Nanami Paper Seven Seas Standard Notebook
I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to write a review about the Curnow Leather Journal Cover ($45), the Nanami Paper Seven Seas Standard Notebook and the Curnow Plain Paper Insert. I thought I should write them as separate reviews, or as comparisons to other products, but in the end, I…
Fountain Pen Review: Platinum PTL 5000A Balance
Review by Jessica Coles The Platinum 5000-A Balance caught my eye a couple weeks ago when I noticed it had a gold nib. That’s not actually a remarkable thing in itself; Platinum makes many excellent gold nibbed pens. However, I was looking at pens sorted by price. There was no way I had scrolled down far enough…
Platinum 3776 Kumpoo UEF Fountain Pen (AKA The Kung Fu Panda)
Oh, Platinum! Why did you name such a beautiful pen with a name that sounds so awful to English speakers? I trie to resist the Platinum 3776 Kumpoo UEF Fountain Pen on the name alone but when everyone kept telling me how stunning the color was, I couldn’t hold out any longer. Then Lisa Vanness…
Notebook Review and Giveaway: Rollo London Softcover A5 and Hardcover A6
Review by Laura Cameron A few weeks ago Rollo of London offered us an opportunity to try their A5 Diary as part of their promotional campaign to announce that they are partnering with Paperchase stores. I selected The Softie Collection, Larkin in British Mulberry A5 (£19.25). The Larkin is a soft sided journal, with a…