Venvstas evolves again: meet the Calibro 8 ‘Black Tie’
This, the Calibro 8, is a perplexing pen for me to review. It’s clearly a made-in-Italy Venvstas
Overdue. A gear update.
I’m overdue a lot of things.
First, a review of the new Venvstas fountain pen. It confounds me. But
Thomas Slim comes out swinging in the pocket fountain pen category
When Thomas Slim (the brand) reached out to me (the person) offering a review sample of their new pocket pen,
Rimowa: engineering comes at a cost
Packing is a hobby, right?
I don’t travel loads, but I travel often enough that I spend a lot
The Conid Maximalistica is supersized, but still stripped back
Conid is back… worth the wait?
I bought my first Conid way back in 2018, and since then I’ve
Explaining the radio silence
I have some new year pen reflections to post, and about a dozen more post ideas at various stages of
Back with Hobonichi and Tomoe for 2025
I just checked Gmail and my first Hobonichi Cousin A5 order was way back in 2016. I used Hobonichi as
An ode to the Platinum Preppy
It’s easy to see how making a product for an expert user is challenging. Experts are discerning, they have
All I want for Christmas is…
Not Mariah Carey. Sorry Mariah.
Following on from last post, my holiday gift guide, which was all items I own…
A gift guide of deliberate objects
It’s Black Friday week. Soon it’ll be Christmas. Yep… it’s that time of year again, when your
