Ink Links

-- Drawing for Copic Marker Figure Drawing Wallet (Drawing with a Squirrel)

-- What my handwriting actually looks like (X Over It)

-- Design Craft: Try, Sketch and Collect (Interbrand Blog)

-- Conklin's Endura Ink (Inkdependence!)

-- Buying a “Grail Pen” – A How-To Guide For Purchasing Your Dream Pen (Ed Jelley)

-- Pilot Capless - 1965 (I) - RW Models (Crónicas Estilográficas)

-- Better off red: A comparison of three Diamine red inks (A fool with a pen)

-- Review: ACME Studio Hatch, Proust, and Henry II Rollerball and Fountain Pens (J. Robert Lennon)

-- Visconti Burgundy (Informal Scribble)

-- Review: Franklin-Christoph Olde Emerald Writing Fluid (Gourmet Pens)

-- Namiki Maki-e Pine Tree Bonsai Fountain Pen Review (Scribalishess)

-- Sailor Chalana – Pocket Feather Quill (Atramental Otaku)

-- Rhodia Bloc Pad No 11 Review (THE UNROYAL WARRANT)

-- Jetstream BLX 1.0mm – Green Black, Blue Black, and Purple Black (No Pen Intended)

-- Pen Review: Pilot Vanishing Point (The Pen Habit)

-- Diamine Teal ink review (Pens! Paper! Pencils!)

-- Wanted Down Under: the Castell 9000 (Bleistift)

-- Lifesaver: Monteverde Artista Crystal Wild Stripe Fountain Pen (From the Pen Cup)

-- TWSBI 580 (That One Pen)

-- Platinum Balance PGB-3000 Fountain Pen Review (Write to Me Often)

-- Pilot Capless (penfan.ru)

-- Pencil Review: Sanford Design Drawing 3800 6B (A Penchant for Paper)

-- Rotring 300 versus Redcircle 300 (Taking note)

-- EDCpen in Titanium - Review (The Clicky Post)

-- I May Never Buy A Moleskine Again (Notebook Stories)

-- Budget Pen Mini Reviews (My Pen Needs Ink)

-- What to Journal (Tulio Jarocki)

-- Delta Serena Handwritten Review (Inktronics)

-- Tale of a Vandal Pen Collector: I’ll Take the Moon with a Wabbit (Peaceable Writer)

Ohto Multi-Smart Multi Pen Review

Working on my Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto N 3 review last week made me realize I did not have a multi pen list on my Top 5 Pens page. I would have bet money it was there. In fact, it was only when I went to make sure that the Coleto was locked in at number one that I realized no such list existed. That will change soon because the Ohto Multi-Smart needs to be on it.

The Ohto Multi-Smart succeeds in packing four total cartridges - black, blue, and red ballpoint, plus pencil - in what I consider to be a standard size diameter barrel. This is no small feat but Ohto has pulled it off well. The failing of many multi pens is that poor design often leads to the pen tip coming out of the barrel at an angle (the Pentel Sliccies has this problem) and I actually wonder if the narrower barrel helps with that. There is no room for play in the Multi-Smart and the pen and pencil cartridges deploy at a perfectly straight angle for writing.

The Multi-Smart uses a gravity knock mechanism, meaning you turn the pen to where you can read the color label and press the knock to deploy that cartridge. It works smoothly, and a quick press down of a small button on the clip retracts the cartridge quickly. The knock itself hides an eraser. You would think that would be standard with multi pen + pencil combos but many companies can't seem to fit it into their design.

To top it off, this is an aluminum barrel pen so it is lightweight and easily pocketable. The aluminum construction may also explain the almost $25 price tag, which is the only downside I can find with this pen.

Job well done Ohto! Now send some of your multi pen designers over to help out your fountain pen team. They could use it.

(JetPens is an advertiser on The Pen Addict and I received this product at no charge.)

The Pen Addict Podcast: Episode 92 - Awinkening

In this episode I try to define what an EDC pen is. Is it purely a utilty object, the one pen that writes better than any other, or a combination of the two? It's not so easy to define in the big picture but individually everyone knows what is best for them. We also talk about two new products on the market and my current ink problem.

Show Notes & Download Links

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