I don't say it explicitly enough often enough, but I just wanted to make a quick post to thank both JetPens and Doane Paper for their continued support of The Pen Addict. Anyone who has read this blog for long enough knows how highly I think of these two companies, and I am glad they are part of this blog.
Thanks guys!
-- Pelikan Edelstein Sapphire (The Dizzy Pen)
-- Review: Whitelines Notebooks (Spiritual Evolution of the Bean)
-- Review: Apica Twin Ring Notebook (7 in. x 10 in.) (Note Booker, Esq.)
-- Pants for Your Field Notes (Field Notes)
-- Palomino Blackwing (Bleistift)
-- Pens (Confessions of a Shopaholic Medical Student)
-- Pelikan Stainless Steel Signum (Pocket Blonde)
-- Pick-a-Pen: Uni-Ball Vision Green and Evergreen (Palimpsest)
-- Welcome to the October Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper (Journaling Arts)
-- My Signo DX + Signo Bit + Vision Exact collection (Derek's Pens & Pencils)
-- All Weather Pen No. 37 (Does This Pen Write?)
-- Tombow Onbook Mechanical Pencil Review (Dave's Mechanical Pencils)
-- How to Keep Drawing When All Your Drawings Suck (Geminica)
-- Sainsbury's Moleskine Reporter Notebook Knock-Off (Stationery Traffic)
-- The London Writing Equipment Show (Palimpsest)
Has anyone who was not a Muji owner prior to one of my several Muji reviews actually bought one of these pens? That's kind of the issue, isn't it? If you don't live near a Muji store, they are difficult to come by. Either pay high shipping fees for very inexpensive pens, or go the ebay route and pay a bit of a premium to acquire them. I almost hate to heap the praise on them because they are so hard to get a hold of.
But praise them I will, especially when readers keep sending them to me (thanks Carmen!). My favorite thing about them is the sharpness of the line. That does come at a price - they can get a little scratchy like most micro tips - but as I discussed in the All Questions Answered post, that is something I am willing to live with for otherwise exceptional performance.
The retractable model as shown in the picture is my favorite, preferably with the brushed plastic barrel (this one is smooth). The blue ink is similar to Uni-Ball and Pilot inks despite the fact that the photo is a bit washed out. Despite looking generic, they seem well made, and the ones I have had for a year or two are no worse for wear. All in all, you can never have too much of a good thing, even if they are a challenge to acquire.
Click here for the XL review.
