The Pen Project Giveaway From Huckberry

Huckberry and The Pen Addict are teaming up again for another great giveaway! This time around, Huckberry is offering up The Pen Project, a compact aluminum pen that uses the Fisher Space Pen refill. The Pen Project was originally a successful Kickstarter project and is now available through one of my favorite retailers.

Also included in this giveaway is a 3-pack of Word. Notebooks as shown in the image above. These are perfect for task lists or Bullet Journaling and make a great addition to your arsenal.

If you happen to be in San Francisco before December 16th be sure to stop by the Huckberry Holiday Home. It's Huckberry in the flesh, and you will be able to meet some of the Huckberry staff and some of the founders of their favorite local brands.

Here is how to enter the giveaway:

1. Head over to Huckberry.com and sign up as a member (if you aren't already one.) All you need to do is enter your email address and a password, or connect with your Facebook account. It is that simple and there is zero commitment.

2. Leave one comment on this post anytime between now and Saturday night, December 14th, at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. You are limited to one entry. International readers are welcome to enter!

3. 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.

4. The contest winner will be posted on Sunday, December 15th. The winner will have one week to email me via the Contact link at the top of the page.

Thanks again to Huckberry for providing this wonderful package of goods for Pen Addict readers. It is greatly appreciated!

(Note: Links to Huckberry.com are affiliate links. If you patronize them through these links I get a small percentage back which helps support this site.)

Levenger L-Tech Stealth Fountain Pen Review

Levenger contacted me recently with an opportunity to review one of their products. I had a list of pens and options to choose from, but knowing myself like I do there was only one pen that was going to head my way: The Levenger L-Tech Stealth Fountain Pen.

This stunner of a pen has been on my radar for a while. The all black design and faceted barrel are reminiscent of classic Rotring designs of the past. That is no surprise, as Levenger has long been a fan of Rotring products, including selling Levenger branded Rotring 600 pens and pencils in the 1990's. The L-Tech is Levenger's own design though, and they have done a fantastic job with it.

I chose to go with a steel Broad nib in my L-Tech (you can also choose Fine and Medium) for something different and it performed well. I did experience a few hard starts at the beginning of sentences but once it started flowing it never skipped or stopped. I plan on trying more lubricated inks going forward instead of Rohrer & Klingner Salix, which, while beautiful, is a bit on the dry side.

When you have a fully brass barrel as found on the L-Tech weight becomes a primary concern. This pen has some heft to it but is well balanced and easy to write with. Posting the cap throws the balance off, but I don't believe this pen is made to be written with the cap posted anyway. It becomes far too long.

On looks alone, the L-Tech, and especially the Stealth model, stands up with any of the classic engineering-style fountain pens, such as the Lamy 2000 and the Pilot Vanishing Point. The black matte finish is well done, and is set off by a glossy black clip and accents on the cap and section. The knurling on the grip is spot-on as well. Not too rough, not too fine. Just right.

One undocumented feature of the L-Tech that I stumbled on accidentally is that the nib is easily swappable with TWSBI 580 nibs. I was cleaning a few pens one night and when reassembling them I unknowingly put my 1.1 TWSBI stub back in the Levenger. It was a perfect fit and a real eye opener since I have several nibs I can now swap in and out of the L-Tech when the mood hits me.

At only $80, price may be the Levenger L-Tech's best feature. For a pen with this type of style, quality, and name, it is a great value. This is a workhorse pen, perfect for daily use or as a gift. If you choose to buy one please do me a favor: Don't get it engraved. It is too beautiful to ruin like that.

Thank you to Levenger for providing me with this pen for review.

For another look at the L-Tech Stealth and some great Rotring comparison shots be sure to check out Mike Dudek's review at The Clicky Post.

Ink Links

-- Write Notepads & Co (Inkdependence!)

-- Waterman's Brown Ink of Old (Palimpsest)

-- Lamy Safari or Hero Summer Color - a review (Ecclectitbits)

-- Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai Ink Review (Write to Me Often)

-- Diamine Cult Pens Deep Dark Red Ink (Pens! Paper! Pencils!)

-- Review: rOtring Rapid Pro 1.0mm Ballpoint Pen - Black Body (Gourmet Pens)

-- Simple Ideas and Thoughts (Field Notes Planner System)

-- Ink Twins: Diamine Twilight + Rohrer & Klingner Verdigris (these beautiful pens)

-- Field Notes Cold Horizon Edition Review (THE UNROYAL WARRANT)

-- Diamine Grey (Informal Scribble)

-- Kaweco Sepia Brown Fountain Pen Ink (OfficeSupplyGeek)

-- Diamine Aqua Blue – Ink Review (Ed Jelley)

-- Review: Pentel Graph 600 Mechanical Pencil (and Tombow Mono-WX 0.3mm HB leads) (The Well-Appointed Desk)

-- Review: Kaweco Classic Sport (Fountain Pen Quest)

-- Getting My Groove On – No Dancing Involved (Inktronics)

-- Lamy 2000 Rollerball - Pen Review (The Clicky Post)

-- Sheen-Heavy Ink: A Fun Tidbit (The Five Cat PENagerie)

-- Kaweco Lilliput Review (Pen&Design)

-- My First Nakaya(fountain pen samurai)

-- Review: Tomoe River Paper (Vertical Paper)