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-- Don't forget the Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper  (Notebook Stories)

-- This is really inspirational  (Tommy Kane)

-- My Art Journaling Kit  (Billie's Craft Room)

-- Tool review!  (megblog)

-- Missing in Action  (School Supply Dance)

-- Pentel Tradio Pen Review  (Office Supply Geek)

-  If Stationary is Your Thing  (The Blogging Mum)

-- Copic Drawing (Fountain) Pen Review  (blog.mignault.com)

-- Pentel Slicci 0.8 mm metallic gel pens first impression  (Lung Sketching Scrolls)

-- Review: Pen and Paper Test in a Ciak Journal  (Journaling Arts)

-- An Unexpected Gift  (Whatever)

-- More Round Stics  (The Pen Collector)

-- Review: Sanford Trio Essential Multi-Pen  (The Critical Scribe)

-- What Happens Every Time I go through Customs  (Alexa's Mechanical Pencils)

-- Staedtler Liquid Point 7: A Second Look  (Pens And Pencils)

-- Cross 2009 Fall Line Sneak Peek  (Goldspot Pens)

-- Review: Pentel Energel 0.7mm Needle Tip  (Future; Nostalgic)

-- Modified Pentel Graph600  (Dave's Mechanical Pencils)

-- Different sketchbooks  (Drawing with a Squirrel)

-- Knurly: the Rotring 600 mechanical pencil  (Pencil Talk)

-- The Nakaya/Platinum Pen Clinic  (Leigh Reyes)

Pens for Kids Update

I mailed out a check for $53.00 to Pens For Kids on Friday and wanted to say thank you to everyone who visits this site and helps to make these donations possible.  If you want to learn more about Pens For Kids, please visit their website and their donation page.  If you want to know why Pens For Kids is The Pen Addicts charity of choice, you can check my original post right here.  Thanks again!

Review: Uni-Ball Signo 0.7mm Light Blue

In my quest to review more pens in the greater than 0.5mm line width category, I ordered a few Uni-Ball Signo 0.7mm pens from JetPens.  Specifically, this is the UM-100 model in light blue, which unspecifically means it is a standard capped, stick type pen.  As with many other pens in the Uni-Ball line, you will notice immediately upon picking up the pen that the construction is top notch.  The barrel feels extremely sturdy, and there are no shakes or rattles to be found.

I didn't really know what to expect from the 0.7mm size - especially since that is not really my forte - but since it is a Uni-Ball pen I should have known it would be good.  It borders on excellent to be honest.  The lines are thick, but stay clean and sharp with no bleeding or feathering at all.  The larger the tip size the smoother the pen should write, and that is the case with this Signo.  I find this shade of light blue to be original and unique to Uni-Ball as well.  No one else really matches this color with their light blue/sky blue/baby blue offerings.

This is a workhorse pen, and that is a big compliment in my book.  I feel like I could use this pen for anything at anytime and it won't give me any troubles.  The 12 color set may be in my future, but in the meantime, I'll grab a few more of the individual colors at just $1.50 a pop.

Click here for the XL review.