[Pen/Pencil Review] The Staples Strata Liquid Rollerball 0.5mm in Blue Ink
Today’s pen is the Staples Strata 0.5mm rollerball with blue ink. Strata is Staples’s “house” brand of pen. It’s a fairly typical, disposable rollerball, but has something last week’s pen didn’t, a “true” 0.5mm point feel. The Strata is 5.5″ long capped and just at 6″ with the cap posted. It has a slightly squishy […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] A Rerun and An Apology – The Rotring Rapid Pro
I apologize for doing another rerun. It’s been a crazy/weird Monday. I’ve had some brain burps from being out of town this weekend for our 5th Wedding Anniversary – then I discovered a scheduling snafu that has me all discombobulated. AND there’s really unstable weather playing tetherball with my head… all that adds up to […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The MonAmi Essenti Soft Highlighter in Evergreen from JetPens.Com
Apparently I totally spaced on the fact I signed up for another random sample giveaway at Jetpens.com–until I pulled a package out of my mailbox on Friday. That was a nice surprise. This time JetPens sent me the Essenti Soft Highlighter in Evergreen by MonAmi. I’ve never reviewed a highlighter before, so this is going […]
The Sakura Sumo Grip II 0.5 mm Mechanical Pencil
This week’s review is the Sakura Sumo Grip II 0.5mm mechanical pencil. It is the companion to the Sumo Grip II Gel Pen I wrote up last week. This one is the match, with the blue clip and the accents. I also bought this one at Asel Art Supply. The Sumo Grip II pencil –just […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Paper Mate Infinite Lead 0.5mm Mechanical Pencil
Back to “old school”, low tech writing instruments after last week’s high tech gadget pen. I’m looking at the PaperMate Infinite Lead 0.5mm mechanical pencil. Yes, Paper Mate makes mechanical pencils, even though you wouldn’t know it from their website or social media streams. They’re focused on their “Ink Joy” pens (which I’m still not […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Palomino Blackwing Wooden Pencil
I was not alone in receiving a pretty black box for Christmas – though mine did not contain jewelry, but a dozen Palomino Blackwing pencils. I’ve held off reviewing them because 1) there was a glut of reviews on them right after Christmas; and 2) I have a habit of randomly plucking thing out of […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Swingline SmartTouch Stapler and Swingline Premium Chisel Point Staples from Shoplet.Com
This will be a slightly different review. Shoplet.com has a program that lets office supply bloggers/reviewers get supplies from them in exchange for reviews. I thought I’d try it out. They do have guidelines for their reviews, so bear with me – that’s where it will be a bit different. Last Wednesday (2/1), after an […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The UNI Kuru Toga .05mm Mechanical Pencil
My husband ordered a UNI Kuru Toga .05mm pencil and then gave it to me. It’s an intriguing concept, I have to admit, and I was happy to give it a shot. Of course, being ordered by my husband, he bought the black body. I would’ve gone for the green… UNI (Uni-Ball) designed the Kuru […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Sharpie Liquid Pencil
My friend, Meredith, asked me if I’ve reviewed the Sharpie Liquid Pencil yet. I haven’t, and in fact, I hadn’t used the Liquid Pencil in a while and had to go find it in my massive stash of pens and pencils – or, more accurately, I purloined my husband’s from his desk. We both played […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Zebra R-301 Rollerball Pen
The Zebra R-301 Arrow Tip rollerball pen was on sale at Office Depot this weekend, so I picked one up to try – needing something to review this week. I tagged along with my husband who needed adhesive dots for the FenCon Art Show packets (like I wouldn’t go to an office supply place – […]