Pens

Faber-Castell E-Motion Pear Wood Ballpoint Pen Review

March 6, 2015 ♦

Ballpoint Pens, Expert Advice & Product Reviews

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Over the years I’ve become a big fan of Faber-Castell fountain pens. Their nibs are consistently smooth, smooth, smooth. The Faber-Castell E-motion (parquet version) was my first Faber-Castell fountain pen. I love how that pen feels in hand, so it stands to reason that I’d love the E-motion ballpoint just…

Lamy Linea Fountain Pen Review

February 26, 2015 ♦

Expert Advice & Product Reviews, Fountain Pens, Pens

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The Lamy Linea is an aluminium-bodied fountain pen with an interesting herringbone pattern. It takes standard Lamy converters and cartridges, and standard Lamy nibs. This pen has many similarities with the Pur, the ST and the Logo, so let’s start there before going on to the differences. All but the…

Lamy CP1 Fountain Pen Review

February 11, 2015 ♦

Expert Advice & Product Reviews, Fountain Pens, Pens

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When I say Lamy 2000, most people who are somewhat into pens will probably know what I’m talking about. You probably know how great it is, and that it’s history goes way back. In short: the Lamy 2000 is a true icon – but, it’s not the only pen Gerd…

Frugal February’s ‘Pimp My Pen’ Competition!

February 2, 2015 ♦

Competitions, Pens

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Get Creative & Win a £100 Voucher to Spend on Pens at thepencompany.live February is arguably one of the dullest months of the year – it’s cold, it’s dark, and most of us are still recovering from Christmas spending and over-indulgence. Not to mention those New Year’s resolutions we’re all…

How To Introduce Your Child To Calligraphy

January 30, 2015 ♦

Calligraphy Pens

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Children simply love to create! Whether they’re drawing, painting, sculpting or writing; there’s no greater sense of achievement for a child than when they are creative and end up with a finished “product” that they can proudly show their parents. But what about calligraphy? Although calligraphy might not be the…

What Is Pen Ink Made From?

January 27, 2015 ♦

Ballpoint Pens, Fountain Pens, Ink, Pens

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As pen lovers, we use ink every day, and lots of it; be it in our rollerballs, ballpoints or fountain pens. But have you ever stopped to think about what ink actually is and how it is manufactured? If not, why not take a minute or so now to explore…

Travel company releases handwriting survey on National Handwriting Day

January 23, 2015 ♦

Handwriting, National Stationery Week, Pens

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It’s no secret that we absolutely love pens here at the Pen Company, and in addition to this, one of our other great loves is handwriting; a topic which has featured many a time on our weekly blogs. It is with great interest therefore, that we can report some of…

4 essential tips for not losing your favourite pens

January 22, 2015 ♦

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We’ve all had that moment in life where we need a pen; we pat down our pockets, empty our bags out, then realise that we no longer own the pen we’re hunting for! As our heart sinks, we have to ask to borrow someone else’s pen. For me, this stationery-loss…

Review of the Mono Zero and the Mono One

December 12, 2014 ♦

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Today: a comparison of different Tombow erasers – the Tombow Mono Zero, available either with a 2.3 mm round tip or broad 2.5 mm * 5 mm rectangular tip, and the Tombow Mono One, an eraser that looks as if it’s supposed to be used on a keyring or as…

What your favourite pen brand says about you

November 17, 2014 ♦

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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…