Giveaway: Uni-ball Jetstream 4&1 Multi Pen + Pencil

One of the newest arrivals at JetPens, the Uni-Ball Jetstream 4&1 Multi Pen Bright Series is awesome looking, so why not give one away? The Bright Series brings five new colors to the table, and this giveaway is for the Green body with the 0.7mm ink cartridges. As you already know, I am a huge fan of multi pens, as well as Jetstreams, so combining them all into one package is just icing on the cake. Here is how you can win this wonderful pen:

1. Leave one comment on this post anytime between now, and Thursday night at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.  You are limited to one entry.  Feel free to link this giveaway on your blog, or share it with anyone you feel is a true pen addict.  If you have a blog, I would love a link back, but it is certainly not required for entry into the contest.

2. For this contest, I will pick one winner at random from the comments section of this post.  The comments will be numbered in the order they are received, i.e. the first comment is #1, the second #2, and so on.  The Random Integer Generator at random.org will be used to pick the number of the winner.

3. The contest winner will be posted on Friday, April 15th.  The winner will have one week to email me at the address posted in the right sidebar.

4. I will ship internationally.  I know there are many international readers and fans of The Pen Addict, and I will gladly ship to you at my expense.

Thanks and good luck!

Moleskine Memo Cards Review

After my Levenger Note Cards review last week, I figured I would back it up with these Moleskine Memo Cards pretty quickly. While they both appeal to the same audience, they are both very different when comparing the two directly.

The Moleskine Memo Cards come packaged 20 to a pack, with 10 gridded cards and 10 lined cards. Unlike the Levenger cards, they are printed on both sides. They measure 3 /12" x 5 1/2" and also have rounded corners, which I really like as a design element on these cards. One of the issues I have always had with Moleskine products is the poor quality of the paper, and if you have used a Moleskine product before, then you are familiar with how these memo cards perform.

The micro tip pens like the Pilot Hi-Tec-C 0.25mm gel ink pens perform poorly, as do many of the finer gel ink pens (although the Signo DX 0.38mm is not bad), but the wider gel ink pens and the liquid ink pens do a nice job. What really surprised me was how well my fountain pens performed. While I would have a tough time even using them on the Levenger cards, I thought they were great on the Moleskine cards. Who knew?

But now for the real kicker - the price. Holy cow are these expensive. My 20 pack was $8.95 at Amazon, making them nearly 8 times more expensive than the Levenger cards. While there are several things I like about these Moleskine cards, there is no way I could justify that price in any quantity. Heck, I'm scared to use the remaining ones I have in case certain retailers start taking them as a form of payment.

Out of the higher end note cards, I still need to try out the Exacompta (I have some on order), but right now the Levenger cards are looking like the winner.

Ink Links

-- May Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper (Economy Pens)

-- Black Pens Only! (Terri's Knit Blog)

-- Noodler's Polar Brown ink review (Peninkcillin)

-- Noodler's Friction Fit Pen (Unposted)

-- Why I Love Pens (The Pen Buff)

-- PennedHouse Double Feature: My Ink Blend and Pilot Petit1 Conversion (Penned House)

-- Fountain Pen Friendly Notepads by Richard Binder (Pocket Blonde)

-- Drawing with Pentel Brush Pen (Drawing Landscape)

-- Best Pen Ever! Pentel Vicuña (Chuvaness)

-- Review: O’Bon Notebooks (and Pencils)  (Notebook Stories)

-- Pen Geek : Uni-ball Signo Scents (Johanna Basford)

-- Review: A.G. Spalding & Bros. 0.7mm Ballpoint Pen (Notebook loves Pen)

-- Ohto Rook Fountain Pen with Fine Nib (Office Supply Geek)

-- J. Herbin Gris Nuage (La Plume Etoile)

-- Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil (Economy Version)  (Economy Pens)

-- Penning Thank You Notes  (Stamp 48)