Manuscript Italic Calligraphy Pen Set Review

Manuscript Italic Calligraphy Pen Set 1 6mm Nib

For those of you that may have read any of my reviews, you will know that me & fountain pens just don’t get on. Whilst I just love the look of a handwritten letter or invitation penned with one of these age old innovations, you may as well hand me a quill as ask me to write with one, the result just won’t be legible.

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Staedtler Pigment Liner 0.2 Review

Staedtler Pigment liner 02

Before I started this review I wondered how on earth I could do justice to a pen that I associate primarily with arts & crafts or technical drawing.

It appears however that folk do like to write with Staedtler Pigment Liner pens. In my experience some people tend to have a favourite type of pen. I know several that use the same pen day in & day out. Personally I’m more fickle than that & pick up something different each time I write. That said I’ve been known to put a pen down in favour of something more comfortable.

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Staedtler Stick 430F Review

Staedtler 430 F Ballpoint Pen

For a Company with its roots firmly in the 19th century its not surprising that Staedtler are a well known brand. References to Friedrich Staedtler being a craftsman in the art of pencil making go back long before that, with mention of his name in Nuremberg city records 1662.

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