[Pen/Pencil Review] The Mithril Mechanisms Chess Knight Pen
SoonerCon is one of my favorite science fiction conventions. They have great programming and an amazing Art Show. I love hanging out with some of our favorite artists and meeting new ones. Especially ones that create wondrous works in ink pens. Allan Seyberth is just the newest one. He had an amazing display. He’s currently […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The BIC 4-Color Ballpoint Pen – Flerken Edition
I found out recently that fellow Yard Dog Press authors, Phillip Drayer Duncan and Tracy Morris talked about pens and this blog on Phillip’s Future Best Seller Podcast. Which means, I should keep up the work…right? While in East Texas a couple last weekend, I picked up a BIC 4-Color pen with Flerken on it […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] BIC Cristal ReNew Re-Fillable Pen and 2 Refills, Black
Today is National Ball Point Pen Day, which seemed like a good time to another pen blog – and to start making it more of a habit. And there’s nothing more classic on National Ball Point Pen Day than a BIC stick pen. Today we’re talking about the BIC Cristal ReNew Re-Fillable Pen. I know […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Sharpie Goes Sherpa
It’s been one hot minute, hasn’t it? I have so many pens and pencils to review – and so much guilt for not doing it. Guilt that I’m trying to let go of by getting started once more. I need to just do it. So, okay, we’ll start slow, maybe not every week again at […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] A Slow Return — the Dallas Pen Show
It’s been a long time since I’ve done any kind of blog. There’s been a lot of–stuff. A lot of stress. Maybe some fog from some low-level anti-depressants I took for some menopause symptoms that failed. But now SOME things are settling down (others will be a constant thrum for the next year to 18 […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Sort of… Bic Sugar Skull 4-Color Ballpoint
Happy Dia de los Muertos to those who celebrate. This isn’t a for-real pen review blog. It’s an “I’m not dead yet” pen blog – on an appropriate day for that. Today, as I was sorting through some stuff, I found this – a vintage 4-Color Bic Ballpoint pen in a Sugar Skull pattern that […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Pilot Dr. Grip Neon Gel 0.7mm
I’ve let most people know that in a couple of weeks I’m having shoulder surgery. I have the opportunity to be left-handed for a few weeks. And there’s always been part of me that has wanted to be ambidextrous. So I’ve been practicing my left-handed handwriting. It’s not awful, but it’s definitely not confident or […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Sharpie S-Gel Family of Pens – Introduction
Too many things happening at once — and this time it’s not work related. This is the beginning of a pen blog that will probably end up being a series, and I thought I had already done one of them but apparently not. This is the Sharpie S-Gel family of pens. I (and they) started […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Pentel Orenz 0.2mm Revisit
Welcome to National Pencil Day! In honor of it, I’m revisiting the Pentel Orenz that I reviewed in November 2015. Jimmy actually finally taught me how to use it like this year – because he bought me another one for Christmas and then I bought myself another one to “match” an OHTO Ray flash. What […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The iPenStore Winter 2021 Unboxing Video
I know it’s been awhile. This came in just before or around my birthday – and then Snovid 2021 happened. Work’s been a huge drain, and yes, I am way behind. So, here we are… the Winter iPenStore.com unboxing video.