October 2014 - The Pen Company Blog

Lamy Logo fountain pen review

October 31, 2014 ♦

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The Lamy Logo is a stainless steel fountain pen. It’s available with a wide range of nibs and will take Lamy’s proprietary cartridges or converter. It costs £29.50 from The Pen Company. As with all Lamy pens, the Logo is beautifully constructed. The cap pushes on firmly and with a…

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…

Caran d’Ache Chromatics Infinite Grey Ink Review

October 26, 2014 ♦

Expert Advice & Product Reviews, Ink

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Review Setup Ink: Caran d’Ache Chromatics Infinite Grey Paper: Rhodia Line (80g/m – 21.3lb) Pen: KarasKustoms Ink, Fine Nib. Thoughts This takes my modest collection of grey inks to four and I can only see this number increasing! The best way to describe this ink is that it is…

Spy Pens: Fact or Fiction?

October 14, 2014 ♦

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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…