This set of 20 Magnetips fineliners with magnetic ends was a Kickstarter project that I backed over a year ago, and they finally showed up about a week ago. Magnetips come in a nice solid box and have additional chrome balls that you can buy separately to help you build things with them when not drawing with them. … [Read more...]
Sharpie Art Pen with Hard Case Review
The Sharpie Art Pen is pretty much a mirror image of the standard Sharpie Pen, but this version of them comes with a few extra colors. In addition to the extra colors, the Sharpie Art Pen also comes in a case that folds back to double as a stand. I stumbled across them on Amazon by mistake, so it was a nice find and I really like the case. (buy via Amazon) … [Read more...]
Ti Arto – The Ultimate Refill Friendly Pen
In general I've become kind of cynical and tired of Kickstarter pens. Lately most are just some fancy but nicely designed metal that look nice but offer no real innovation. Then I saw the Ti ARTO (back it on Kickstarter here) by BIG IDEA DESIGN. My cynicism stopped dead in its tracks and within a few seconds I decided to back the project myself. The Ti ARTO not only looks amazing, but it also does something that no other pen does to this magnitude. I … [Read more...]
Redesigned Sharpie Pens
Rather than a full review today, this is more of just an FYI on a pen that we have reviewed a bunch before that got a nice visual upgrade. I was browsing for new office supplies online to review the other day and these new redesigned Sharpie Pens (via Amazon) caught my eye. If you are unfamiliar, the old and original design of the very popular Sharpie Pens had all black caps, so these colored caps really jumped out to me. … [Read more...]
Paper Mate Flair Ultra Fine Point
The other day when I posted the Purple Paper Mate Flair pen I realized that I've had these for a really long time and never actually reviewed them. Today we will take a look at the Paper Mate Flair Ultra Fine Point (via Amazon) and also do a little comparison to a similar offering, the Sharpie Pen. This version is the 8 pack, but there are multiple other variations to be had. … [Read more...]
The Purple Paper Mate Flair
I won't pretend to be the worlds biggest Prince fan, but I really liked a few of his songs. As a big music fan in general, I think its worth recognizing how much influence he had on the music that we all listen to today. To be honest, this story has always been one of my favorite sports/entertainment stories especially when you visualize the 5'4" Prince doing this to the house of Boozer who is nearly a foot and a half taller than Prince at 6' 9". … [Read more...]
Sharpie Pen Fashion Wrap
Just a quick post today on the Sharpie Pen Fashion Wrap with penguins and other art work. I saw these in OfficeDepot this weekend, and now regret not grabbing some while I was there. Not sure what I was thinking by not tossing them in my basket. In some online research I've only been able to come across them again here on eBay and nowhere else. … [Read more...]
Sakura Microperm Ultra Fine Point 01 Pen .25mm
Not too long ago I wrote about the Uniball Signo Bit .18mm pen which brought up the point of super micro tipped pens in general. This quickly reminded me that I had this Sakura Microperm Ultra Fine 01 .25mm pen (via JetPens) and had yet to review it. … [Read more...]
Staedtler Lumocolor Correctable Fine Point Dry Erase Markers
Just about every dry erase marker I've ever used was pretty thick, even the supposed fine point dry erase markers I've used would probably be the equivalent of about a 5 mm gel ink pen, and thats not "point five" mm, thats FIVE mm. They are just flat out thick, but then I found the Staedtler Lumocolor Correctable Pens (via Amazon) that are legitimate fine point dry erase markers that measure in at .6mm, yup, POINT 6 mm. … [Read more...]
Paper Mate Flair Ultra Fine and a Sharpie Pen Comparison
The Paper Mate Flair Ultra Fine Felt Tip Pen (via Amazon) is the much finer tipped felt tip version of the Paper Mate Liquid Flair pen, but they are quite different. This version is a felt tipped and more narrow writing version whereas the Paper Mate Liquid flair has a broader tip and because its got liquid ink, it writes a bit wetter too. … [Read more...]
Solid Aluminum Pen and Stylus
A few weeks ago we reviewed the Solid Titanium Pen and Stylus from Big Idea Design, and they were kind enough to send up these aluminum versions to check out next. In addition to this review, we will also be doing a giveaway later this week of both the standard aluminum version and the XTS which is the shorter version you see here, so be sure to check back in for that. If you can't wait for the giveaway, feel free to head on over to the Big Idea Design … [Read more...]
TUL Pens from OfficeMax – The New Lineup
I was recently contacted by our friends over at OfficeMax in regards to their new and improved line up of TUL Pens. In addition to sending over one set of the new TUL pens for review purposes, they were also generous enough to send an additional set over to give away to one of our lucky readers a little bit later this week. … [Read more...]
Stabilo Sensor Fineliner Marker Pen Fine Point
Another review today that is sponsored (ie. they sent us this pen for free) by our friends at Jetpens. The Stabilo Sensor Fineliner Marker Pen looks like an ordinary plastic tipped marker pen, but it does hide a pretty cool little secret in its tip. … [Read more...]
Hands On with the X-Pen Aluminum Felt Tip Pen
A few days ago I shared a link with you to the X-Pen project on Kickstarter that is an aluminum body for the Pilot Razor Point or Pilot Fineliner refill, and it only had a few days left before the funding was set to end. Right now there is about one day left (it ends on Saturday, September 8th) before it ends and it has cleared the funding hurdle, and I actually have my hands on one to test out. … [Read more...]
Aluminum Felt Tip Pen on Kickstarter
There seems to be a good amount of pen related projects that show up on Kickstarter, which I think is a good thing in terms of innovation. Today we will take a quick look at the new aluminum felt tip pen called the X-Pen. … [Read more...]
