This is probably a shorter office supply review than you are used to here, but I realized I forgot to do something when I did my initial review of the Uniball Jetstream ballpoint pen in the past, so I wanted to revisit it for two reasons. First and most importantly I love these pens, even for a ballpoint they just write so well, and they look awesome too. Second reason is because I picked up this red version of the pen from JetPens.com recently and I realized I never compared the Jetstream to a regular ballpoint pen.
The RevolveR Bound Journal is one of the innovative office supplies that I discovered at the National Stationery Show this past May. When I passed the booth for the RevolveR Bound Journals at the Stationery Show, I didnt notice how unique this item was, and it is the prime example of why you shouldnt judge a book by its cover…with this one you should judge it by BOTH of its covers.
The Jumbo Binder Clip...I have no idea why I need this, so I wont even pretend like I do.
We all know that one of the most popular and widely used office supplies is the binder clip. They are really versatile tools to have around the office for clipping, holding, and modifying things, so when I saw this giant binder clip at Bob Slate Stationer on my trip to Boston, I had to have it.
The Carolina Pad Sasquatch Line. Recycled content and environmentally friendly.
April over at Carolina Pad (@carolinapad on Twitter) was kind enough to give me a stack of new office supplies for review, so this is the first bunch that Ill be reviewing. All of the products in this review are part of the Carolina Pad Sasquatch line, which are environmentally friendly. Carolina Pad also has a fun website to go with the Sasquatch brand that includes environmental tips, links, interactive games, and blogs. In addition to being based in the US (Charlotte, NC) they also do great work through their “Commerce with a Conscience” program that helps out teachers who work in low-income schools, and their partnership to donate a portion of the sales one of their lines to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Three of the Slice brand ceramic cutting tools that should be of interest to the office supply crowd.
One of the great things about attending the National Stationery Show this year was that it opened my eyes to some products that fall into the office supply category that I did not instantly think of when thinking of office supplies. One of those items, or groups of items are cutting tools. Usually one might think of scissors or letter openers and then move on. This office supply review will take a look at the Slice brand of cutting tools by Karim Rashid.
Im trying to mix things up a little bit so we will be taking a break from the usual office supplies such as pens and notebooks, to take a look at the Made by Humans Staple Free Stapler. I picked this up on my trip to Boston when I stopped at a great little store called Black Ink with lots of office supplies and stationery type items. I forgot to mention this store on my Office Supply Geek’s Tour of Boston post, so Ill have to update that one to include them.
Since I started this office supply review blog I became fascinated and addicted to blue black inks, and it has now also led me to become fascinated with green black inks. This review will take a look at the Private Reserve Ebony Green ink that I picked up from Goldspot, who carries a ton of Private Reserve inks here, in addition to their other ink and pen selections. As I always try to point out when it applies, Goldspot did give me a small discount on my purchase of this ink for the review.
OK, so dont pretend like you didnt (or still dont) have one of these and you love(ed) it, because I did (and now do again) and it was the best pen ever at the time. I was thrilled when I came across this pen on my recent trip to Boston at Bob Slate Stationer. It was a great store with a ton of awesome office supplies, and I just couldnt pass this pen up. If you dont live near a Bob Slate Stationer, you can also pick up this classic on Amazon.com in multiple packaging options. I also recently was reminded of this pen by someone on Twitter (@AFondMemory) who had one pictured here on her site, which brought back some…well fond memories and made me want to get my hands on one of these, she also has some nice hand modified journals for sale over there if you are in the market for something like that.
The brand new Rhodia Web Notebook with 90g paper, proudly displayed by Woody.
A few days ago I got a nice office supply surprise in the mail, Karen from Exaclair sent me one of the brand new Rhodia Web Notebooks with the soft ivory color Clairefontaine 90g paper to review. As far as I know, these will not be available in stores until late July or early August, so I was thrilled at the opportunity to get my hands on an advance copy of this notebook for a review.
In the past I’ve used the smaller version of the Rhodia Web Notebook (this larger version is 5 1/2″ x 8 1/4″) with the 80g paper, which I already liked a lot and you can see it used in many of my fountain pen and ink reviews. The logical assumption here would be that the upgrade to the 90g paper would make for a notebook that I liked even more. Continue Reading »
The Jac Zagoory Write No Evil Monkeys Pen Holder and Rollerball Pen.
Back in May when I had the opportunity to attend the 2009 National Stationery Show, and write some posts about my experiences there, I mentioned that I got to meet Jac Zagoory, designer of some really nice pen holders and pens. After chatting with Jac a bit and inspecting his products I decided that it would be great to be able to do a review of some of his work, and he agreed to send a few samples my way so I could write about them. The following review takes a look at three of his pen holders, and one of his pen designs, so this is a bit longer than my usual reviews, hopefully you enjoy nonetheless.
