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-- Crafting Unique Pens, an interview with Anthony Dupre  (D*I*Y Planner)

-- Pilot FriXion Color Pencil-Like: Aquamarine 0.7 mm  (The Pen-Guin)

-- How to be an Entrepreneur on your own Terms: An Interview with JetPens.com Co-founder Adrian Mak (MITER)

-- Uni-Ball Signo RT 0.7mm Gel Pen – Black  (Pens'n'Paper)

-- Featured Pen - Salz Manhattan GF  (Whatever)

-- Retro Pelikan Pelikano TV Advertisements  (Amateur Economist)

-- Porsche Design P’3120 mechanical pencils  (Pencil Talk)

-- The Akashiya Bamboo Brush Pen  (Leigh Reyes)

-- Review: Pentel 8-Color Pencil (Travelite)

-- DP Flap Jotter - Bosun Tested  (Doane Paper Feed)

-- A Year of Pens, Pencils, Paper, and Notebooks  (A Penchant for Paper)

-- Ink Review: J. Herbin Lierre Sauvage  (Rants of the Archer)

-- What ink colors can you get away with at work?  (Note Booker, Esq.)

-- 60s BIC Pen Display  (My Supply Room)

-- I'm a Pen Nerd, I Can't Help My Self  (The Amazing Criswell)

-- Kokuyo Beetle Tip Highlighters  (Pocket Blonde)

-- Carrefour Bloc-notes  (Bleistift)

-- Worst Five Pens  (A Penchant for Paper)

Guest Review: A Brand Called ED’s ‘Pencils’ Case

This is my first review of a pen case, and I chose to do one because I was stoked to find such a decent pen case for under 10 AUD. 

My name is Ben, I live in Australia, a wonderful country where it is almost impossible to find most of the pens reviewed on this site, and where good quality pen cases are virtually unheard of. When I can find good pens and accessories they are usually double, if not triple the ordinary retail price. 

Hence my surprise when I found this case in my local Officeworks store. The case is Tri-fold, and despite having the word “PENCILS” boldly displayed on the cover, I think this case would be better suited to carrying pens; It only has 3 elastic loops, 4 pouches, and one token zipper compartment, that could hold at max 10 pencils. 

Unlike other pencil cases made by this brand, this model has very good quality stitching, and is made of a strong, woven material ( I think it’s polyester), with light padding between the inner and outer layers. The lining is made of the same material, with the result that pen clips won’t potentially damage it (something that can’t be guaranteed with a few models of Nomadic cases). 

Now for the Negatives: The elastic loops are very loose, and there really should be 6, with three at both ends of the case, such that writing instruments are held in place at the top and bottom, to provide a more secure hold of pens/pencils. 

The zipper feels cheap, and probably wouldn’t like strenuous use. I guess the biggest downside is that the case can only hold 6 decent sized pens (as can be seen in the photo) and is a bit bulky when filled ‘to the brim’. However this suits me to a ‘t’ because I wanted it to hold a couple of fountain pens and ballpoints, without them rattling around in my ordinary pencil case. 

The case is available in Black, Blue, Pink, and Green, and retails for 7.99 AUD

http://www.abrandcalleded.com.au/

 

   

Thanks Ben for the excellent review!  If anyone else is interested in writing a guest review for The Pen Addict, please feel free to email me using the address on the sidebar.

Review: Pentel Hybrid Technica 0.5mm Fluorescent Orange

Color me very very surprised by this one - in a good way of course.  The Pentel Hybrid Technica is a pen I have used before with varying degrees of success, but this fluorescent orange model really impressed me.  The way the ink performs on the paper is great.  The gel ink is neat and clean, making for some impressive lines, and the ink color is FLUORESCENT ORANGE!

Now, there are plenty of other bright ink pens that may works as well as this pen (there is a Uni-Ball Signo DX in pink that comes to mind), but this Pentel is just downright fun to use.  I don't know that I would use it for strictly note taking, but as a highlighter alternative, it is just about perfect.  I am an underliner as opposed to a highlighter anyway, so this pen fits my needs.  In fact, this pen is part of the "Go Team" that I carry with me in my main pen case.

Fluorescent pink and yellow will be on their way from JetPens shortly.

Click here for the XL review.