Rad and Hungry STMT X Spain Kit Giveaway

The STMT X Spain Kit from Rad and Hungry marks the 12th monthly kit from 12 different countries, all handpicked by the RAH crew. Has it really been a year already?

To celebrate, Hen from Rad and Hungry has graciously offered up an STMT X Spain Kit to one lucky reader of The Pen Addict. Here is how to enter:

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   Leave one comment on this post anytime between now and Saturday night at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. You are limited to one entry. This contest is open to international readers as well.

   
   


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   One winner will be picked 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.

   
   


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   The contest winner will be posted on Sunday, November 13th. The winner will have one week to email me at the address posted in the right sidebar.

   
   

Be sure to check out all things Rad and Hungry, and don't forget to follow @radandhungry on Twitter as well.

Good luck!

Zebra Eco Sarasa Clip Retractable Gel Review

I think most Pen Addict readers are aware that I work for JetPens.com, but I am not sure that everyone knows I handle most of the JetPens Facebook and Twitter duties as well. One of the recent questions I received on Facebook is what pen is most comparable to the Zebra Jiminie? Luckily I have used the Jiminie, and one of Zebra’s very own products matches up well.

The Zebra Eco Sarasa Clip is part of the hugely popular Sarasa Clip line, with the obvious difference being the recycled aspect of the pen. Made from 81% post-consumer recycled materials, the Eco is a great option for the environmentally conscious among us, and is refillable with the Zebra JF cartridge. As a bonus, all of the color cartridges from the Sarasa Clip line fit this barrel perfectly, so there is no issue adding in a Viridian Green cartridge in your eco friendly barrel.

The 0.7mm tip that I reviewed writes almost exactly like the Jiminie. Smooth, pitch black gel ink, and a very crisp line. As luck would have it, JetPens is sold out of this exact barrel, but we should have them back in very soon! This is a pen very much worth waiting for.

New at Kickstarter: The X-Pen

Kickstarter projects surrounding the Pilot Hi-Tec-C refill have been coming fast and furious, and the X-Pen is the latest to land on everyone's favorite funding website. Where the Pen Type-A and PHX-1 pens use stainless steel for the barrel, the X-Pen uses a machined carbon fiber tube, and it looks great.

As of right now, the X-Pen is designed to be a desk pen, with two different acrylic base options. I spoke on the phone last night with Kyle Kinghorn, who is running this project, and he is working on the pricing for a capped version of this pen and hopes to have the details added to the Kickstarter page in a few days.

The project video is fantastic, so be sure to watch it above. And if you want to read more about the Pilot Hi-Tec-C and why so many people are customizing it, check out the details on the recently updated JetPens Pilot Hi-Tec-C page.