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What your favourite pen brand says about you

November 17, 2014 ♦

Pens

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Although you may often see ‘What your [insert personality identifying medium] says about you’ quizzes on places like Facebook and Buzzfeed, using the brand new YouGov profiling tool, we are now able to see just which personalities happen to like particular pen brands. What’s more, if you fancy giving it…

How to keep the quality of your handwriting in the age of technology

November 14, 2014 ♦

Handwriting

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In August 2010 it was revealed that people use technology at least seven hours a day in the UK. This ranges from watching television, attending to Facebook on tablet devices, and playing games on mobile phones. Being that the average adult is awake for roughly 15 hours a day, this…

What it means to be left-handed and how to help lefties write!

November 4, 2014 ♦

Handwriting

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Once upon a time, not even so long ago, left-handed people were thought to be sinful, bringers of bad luck or simply less capable of reaching an average level of intelligence. Thankfully, none of this is true, but there are still some people in the world who believe common myths,…

Petition to bring back extra broad & oblique Pelikan nibs

October 30, 2014 ♦

Fountain Pens

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Please sign our petition to bring back Pelikan broad nibs by leaving a comment on this page. What is this petition about? Pelikan has stood out from other brands because of the quality of these German made pens but more particularly the quality and choice of it’s nibs. The ability…

Spy Pens: Fact or Fiction?

October 14, 2014 ♦

Pens

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We’ve all seen it, the James Bond film where Boris the computer nerd casually clicks away at a pen-grenade before accidentally detonating it, blowing up the evil lair and letting Bond get away with his lady. Click, Click, Click….BOOM Poor Boris. But have pens even been used in such a…

Getting to know your child’s handwriting

October 7, 2014 ♦

Handwriting

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During a child’s life, there are very few things that are more important than learning how to write. Like the learning of maths, alongside important social skills, writing is something that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. So encouraging them to do so from the very…

Win ANY Paperblanks 2015 Diary with The Pen Company

October 6, 2014 ♦

Competitions

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Thank you to everyone who entered, this competition is now closed, and the winners notified. It’s that time of year again when we all start thinking about replacing perhaps one of the most important items in our possession, the diary. We have thousands of brand new 2015 Paperblanks diaries in…

Getting the right ink for your fountain pen

September 29, 2014 ♦

Fountain Pens, Ink

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Although many people believe that a fountain pen can take all kinds of ink, the truth is that there are some inks out on the shelves that have proven to be very bad for fountain pens. Here at the Pen Company, all our inks are of the best quality…

Samsung Galaxy Note to have one very special extra

September 23, 2014 ♦

Stationery News

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Here at The Pen Company, we absolutely love hearing about collaborations all around the world. But we especially love them when they involve a collaboration between the world of pens and the exciting world of technology. With the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 hitting the stores this October, we found the…

San Francisco International Pen Show Proves a Roaring Success

September 3, 2014 ♦

Stationery News

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Here at the Pen Company, we love everything there is to know about pens, whether it’s new technology, anniversary editions, or even pen events! One of the newest, which has come our way via the internet, is the brilliant International Pen Show that takes places every single year in San…