The Sunderland Machine Works MK1 is back! (Sponsor)

Brad Sunderland spent the last couple of years upgrading machinery and streamlining the manufacturing process, and is happy to announce that the Sunderland Machine Works MK1 is available once again.

The MK1 has long been a favorite of mine for several reasons. For starters, there are no threads visible on the pen, and yet the cap screws on and off AND posts on the back. The front-end threads are hidden neatly in a slot under the grip section, and screw into the threads inside the cap for secure closing.

When posting, the cap slides deeply on the back end of the barrel, which has a slight taper to accommodate this. The cap is fit with a polymer liner, which not only keeps the posted cap in place, but also prevents metal on metal scratching.

The clip is machined from a block of stainless steel, making it strong and durable. And, the MK1 comes in several cool anodized colors - orange, green, blue, and red - plus standards such as grey, black, and clear anodization.

The Sunderland MK1 fits all Pilot G2 compatible refills - such as my favorite, the Pilot Juice - plus Montblanc’s screw-in refills for their rollerball and fineliner.

Check out all of the options available at Sunderland Machine Works, and pick out your favorite today. My thanks to them for sponsoring The Pen Addict this week.

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Featured Sponsor.

Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen Hard Tip, Neon Color Set Review

One of the greatest pleasures in the stationery world is cracking open a brand new brush pen and making those first lines. Brush pens, like other plastic tip pens, change continuously from the moment you first use them until they run out of ink, or the tip degrades completely. So that fresh tip feeling is fleeting, but there is one type of brush pen - at least for me - that can sustain longer, even with my heavy-handedness.

Hard tip brush pens offer a fun writing experience, and Tombow has been making some of the best ones on the market for some time now. Why do I like the so much? Because I mostly write with them. Sure, they are extremely popular with artists for the fine line variation they have, but for me, they give my lines great character.

I love writing with plastic tipped pens, such as drawing pens and brushes. This type of pen gives my line an edge, as if I were writing with a chisel tip or stub nib. My handwriting looks awesome, and these Tombow Fudenosuke Neon Color Brush Pens add a whole new level to the awesomeness.

Look how bright they are! These are highlighters in brush tip form. Hard tip brush form at that. They make my handwriting look clean and sharp, and the colors leap off the page, as they should.

The colors are so fluorescent, I think I’ll be using them more for marking, highlighting, and notes rather than pure writing. The blue worked well in my Theme System Journal, and is the perfect marker for filling in the habit tracker circles. The ink doesn’t feather, bleed, or ghost.

Shockingly enough, it didn’t bleed through the paperback book I tested it on either. I’m no book paper connoisseur, but the pages in this book did feel a little nicer than the lowest common denominator paperback paper. That said, I thought it would still soak right up and show through to the back side of the page, but it didn’t. Not even the dots at the end of my lines.

This type of performance means there is a place in my stationery lineup for this set of brush pens. Color-wise, I think pink is the best, followed by orange, red, blue, green, and yellow. The yellow is highlighter only it is so light. The red surprised me with its nice coral tone. The only color that would make this set better is purple!

The Tombow Fudenosuke Neon Color Brush Pen set runs $14.00 at JetPens ($2.33/pen) or $2.80 individually. These may be worth going the individual route rather than the entire set unless you think you will get that much use out of them. Regardless, I’ll be keeping one or two of these handy at all times for my notes and habit tracker.

(JetPens provided this product at no charge to The Pen Addict for review purposes.)

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Posted on November 18, 2019 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Tombow, Brush Pen, Pen Reviews.

Misfill, Crush Winter Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— The Secret to Enjoying a Long Winter (Kottke)

— BIGiDESIGN Ti Ultra Pen - Review and Giveaway (The Clicky Post)

— Diamine Music Inks, Part 1 (Mountain of Ink)

— Osuza Canvas is a backpack for creatives and their tools (Fast Company)

— Pen collector has ink in his veins (Business Live)

— Montblanc and The Webster celebrate the launch of their new, limited-edition collection (Gotham Magazine)

— Planner Review: Leuchtturm 1917 Weekly and Pine Book Free Diary Washi Set (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Quo Vadis Life Journal Infinite Review (Notebook Stories)

— Scribo? “Feel the writing” is spot on (UK fountain pens)

— Golden Toilet Heist Becomes Fodder for New Art Insurance Campaign (Hyperallergic)

— Leonardo Furore Emerald Turquoise Fountain Pen + 14KT Stub Nib (Gourmet Pens)

— Staff Picks: Gear We're Carrying Right Now (Carryology)