Sometimes you see a paper’s weight listed at “20 pounds” while other times you might see something like 75 grams per square meter (“gsm” for short). What’s the difference? How do you convert from one measurement to the next?
If you are a fan of the Cornell System then buying a notebook with its specialized formatting can be critical to your note-taking success. But with so many notebooks available, which one should you buy?
If you need to store a lot of pens or pencils and you want to protect them properly without taking up a huge amount of space, a pen folio is generally the best option. But these tend to be surprisingly fancy and, often, fancier than they need to be.
If you have ever look through some old pencils you’ll quickly find out that there were (and still are) many types of pencils aside from that standard #2 or HB one that got us all through elementary school. With that in mind, what is a copying pencil? What is an indelible pencil?
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If you are taking a trip to San Francisco and you’d like to do some pen, pencil, or paper shopping there are some great options for you. Read below to learn about some excellent stationery destinations.
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If you have been buying notebooks in 2021, then you have surely encountered Leuchtturm1917. These high-end German notebooks have built a diehard audience thanks to their fair pricing, high quality, and cool styling.
So what’s the deal with Leuchtturm1917?
Muji is known for affordable prices on high quality stationery. But which Muji pen is the best?
I’m primarily a pen user, but I do spend some time using pencils as well. When I do this I tend to prefer wooden pencils over mechanical ones, as I enjoy the wooden pencil experience more than I do the reliability and convenience of a great mechanical pencil.
Here are my favorite everyday wooden pencils.
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If you have explained the world of budget ballpoint pens, there is a good chance that you’ve seen a pen from a company called Hauser or perhaps Hauser Germany. What’s the deal with this interesting company?
The “Parker-style” or G2 refill is one of the the most common pen refills sold today. This long-standing design is not only an internationally accepted ISO standard, but is a size and shape that is conducive to making great pens.
So with thousands of different refills to choose from, which Parker-style G2 refills should you be buying?
Paper and notebook sizes are an unfortunately confusing thing. You just want some printer paper or a new notebook, and instead you are choosing between “A4” and “B5” and a slew of other unhelpful options. Maybe you are better off switching to numbers, like “8.5 by 11,” but we’ve all made the mistake of ordering legal paper when we meant to get normal copy paper.
This guide should help you sort out all your loose leaf paper and notebook size problems.
Choosing a fountain pen isn’t always an easy task and a surplus of information can be almost as bad as a total lack of it. With that in mind, this guide is designed to help you choose the best Sailor fountain pen for you.
Sailor isn’t is common as Pilot and a few other competitors in the US, but they make some exceptional pens. This guide will help you decide the right Sailor fountain pen for you in 2021. It will focus on the most popular Sailor lines, with the assumption that if you are looking for something expensive or rare, you probably don’t need a buying guide!
Platinum is one of Japan’s “Big Three” pen companies, but it doesn’t seem to get the same level of attention as the other two (Pilot and Sailor) here in the United States. Despite that, Platinum makes some of our favorite fountain pens.
If you are considering buying a Platinum fountain pen which should you lean towards? Which are sure-fire hits that no one can deny is a great pen?
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They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, but I just had to learn that lesson the hard way. I’ve been carrying my brass Cap-O-Matic with me for a number of weeks while running around on my summer to-dos and a few days ago my pen went missing. Only once my trusty companion was gone did I realize how much I had been enjoying the pen.
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Gel pens use water-based ink that writes wonderfully but is prone to drying out. This means a refill that looks full might not write. What a waste, right? Not quite, but these pens can often be restarted.
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