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Continue reading →: Quick Post: Revising my Rating Scale
It has occurred to me that taking a lot of categories and averaging them means that the actual overall writing experience isn’t accounted for very well. This can mean a pen that I don’t like gets a high score. I think I am going to experiment with a weighted scale…
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Zebra Sarasa Grand .5 and .7mm – A Proper Zebra Pen
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Continue reading →: Zebra Sarasa Grand .5 and .7mm – A Proper Zebra PenI felt guilty writing my last review. I mean, I’m supposed to be a fan of Zebra pens. I can’t let my only review of one be of me saying I don’t really like it. That’s why I’m writing about the Zebra Sarasa Grand. A proper Zebra pen. This one…
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Continue reading →: Zebra F-301: An Everyday Ballpoint
I’ll start this off with a full disclaimer, I don’t normally like ballpoint pens. I don’t like the inconsistent lines they put down. I’ll try to approach this pen while being cognizant of my biases, but I am biased. The ratings will fully reflect my personal biases as they are…
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Continue reading →: HongDian 6013 – It’s good.
With exam season fast approaching, I haven’t really sat down to blog. Today also won’t be the day, this post won’t be very long but I think it will be enough to capture how I feel about this pen. With that being said. It’s good. I don’t mean to say…
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Continue reading →: Jinhao X750 and Emerald of Chivor – An Unexpected Combination
Today I wanted to write about one of my favorite pen and ink combinations. I find it to be an interesting combination because this ink costs vastly more than this pen but it’s still one of the most enjoyable combinations in my arsenal. Jinhao X750 The Jinhao X750 was my…
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Continue reading →: Quick Post: Sailor Manyo Nekoyanagi
Here’s an ink I acquired recently. It’s a ‘Chromashading’ ink which means it shows different colors under certain conditions. I have a writing sample on Tomoe River Paper. It also does regular shading really well. The problem I have is that it isn’t very legible for us chicken scratchers.
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Continue reading →: Visconti Mirage Mythos – Apollo
An Italian Pen With a German Nib Ok, first things first, if there’s going to be one take away from this article, let it be this; this is a beautiful pen. The Visconti Mirage Mythos is my first Visconti pen. They consider this their ‘entry-level’ pen. I think that’s an…
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By Land, by Air, and by Sea – Three 14k Nibs from Japan
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Continue reading →: By Land, by Air, and by Sea – Three 14k Nibs from JapanToday I wanted to compare 14k nibbed pens from three of the biggest pen manufacturers in Japan. All three of these are what I would consider a luxury pen. All three of these are terrific pens. But what makes them different from each other.
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Continue reading →: A Sentimentary Rock
See how funny I am? Isn’t that title just great? This isn’t a natural rock by any means and I’m not sure what it is. I don’t really know anything about it actually. But it was a gift from a dear friend of mine with whom I spent much time…
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Pilot Custom 823 Review, + Asvine v126 and Wing Sung 699?
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Continue reading →: Pilot Custom 823 Review, + Asvine v126 and Wing Sung 699?For many, the Pilot Custom 823 represents the gold standard for what a pen should be. It’s well built, unique, well tuned, and it holds a lot of ink. Well, for me, it was expensive. I eyed it up and eyed it up and eventually stumbled upon a strikingly similar…