Ink Links

-- Pens Markers and Brushpens (Rafael Kayanan)

-- Dixon Ticonderoga HB Pencil (Stationery Traffic)

-- Zebra Sarasa Push Clip Gel Ink Pen – 0.3 mm in Blue-Black and Purple (No Pen Intended)

-- Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto Lumio 4 Color Multi Pen (Office Supply Geek)

-- Pens Pens Pens Love! Orders from Jetpens (Misscatlo)

-- KUM Wedge as Survival Tool? (Pencil Revolution)

-- EnerGel (And now it’s all this)

-- The Sharpie Liquid Pencil (52 Tiger)

-- Product Review – Pentel Gel Roller for Fabric (3 Creative Studios)

-- Platinum Preppy eyedropper fountain pen review (Peninkcillin)

-- Zebra Surari Emulsion Ink Pen 0.5mm – Black (Pencil Wrap)

-- Jerry's Artarama Loot Preview (Lung Sketching Scrolls)

-- Uni-ball and white ink test (Bill Jobson's Open Sketchbook)

-- Lovely Stationery Stuffs From Tokyo - Heading Seoul In A Few Hours (Scription)

-- Rhodia No 38 Dot Pad (AKA The Monolith) (Writing and Scribbling)

-- Nomadic Envelope Style Pen Case (Pocket Blonde)

-- Brown as in Brown Pens (Palimpsest)

-- Moleskine Monday: The Switch from Wire-Bound Sketchbooks (Notebook Stories)

-- Marathon Fountain Pen Cleaning Session (Goodpens)

-- Koh-I-Noor Hardmuth Cesky Krumlov pencil (Pencil Talk)

All Questions Answered

I'm off from work today, plus I am a little behind in photographing my latest reviews, so I figured why not open things up for another All Questions Answered post. Fire away in the comments section with any questions you have on pens, paper, music, movies, life - anything you want. Almost no topic is off limits. I did this one other time by taking questions one day then answering them another, but I will reply as quickly as possible today in the comments section of this post.

Have fun with it, and look for a new pen review on Monday!

Review: Sailor Pica Kirei Anti-Bacterial Multi Pen

An anti-bacterial pen? Call me skeptical, but that is what the Sailor Pica Kirei Anti-Bacterial ballpoint multi pen presents itself as. How does it work? The product page at JetPens has all of the details:

This pen utilizes material developed by Tokyo Advanced Technology Research Center and Fujitsu Research Lab. The pen body material is a combination of photocatalyst titanium apatite and silver apatite, materials commonly used in advanced air purification systems. This composite can absorb and decompose microorganisms and various other substances such as bacteria, pollen, fungus, and more. The apatite adsorbs contaminants even without exposure to light. The material adsorbed by the apatite is decomposed by the photocatalyst titanium apatitet on exposure to sunlight (ultra violet). Silver apatite inhibits growth of the germs and keeps this anti-bacteria effect without sunlight.

Can I verify this with my own lab tests? Of course not, but it does sound like a really good idea for doctor offices, schools, restaurants, or any other place where the public is in repeated contact with the same pen.

From a writing perspective, I am generally a fan of all Sailor products, and this one is no different. The ballpoint ink cartridges are nice and clean, with little to no skipping.  I actually enjoyed writing with it, regardless of whether I was spreading cooties or not. Maybe its not a pen you want to use every single day, but it wouldn't hurt to leave one around the house or on your desk for when those germ laden hands come calling.

Click here for the XL review.