If you are looking for a pen to carry with you, you want something tough, stylish, versatile, and affordable. You want a pen that’s a tough as your worst day. That’s an “EDC” or everyday carry pen.
What Is The Best EDC Pen?
Lamy 2000 Fountain Pen Survey Results
Recently, in the Unsharpen YouTube channel community area, we dropped in a poll about the Lamy 2000 fountain pen. This is, of course, one of the most popular and highly regarded 14k nib fountain pens of the last 50 years.
But how does is the L2K hold up in 2021?
Paper Weight Conversion Chart
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?
The Best Cornell System Notebooks
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?
The Best Cheap Pen Folios
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.
Copying Pencil vs. Indelible Pencil: What’s The Difference?
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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The Best Stationery Stores In San Francisco
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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What’s The Deal With Leuchtturm1917?
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?
Every Muji Pen Ranked: Which Is Best?
Muji is known for affordable prices on high quality stationery. But which Muji pen is the best?
My Five Favorite Wooden Pencils For Everyday Use
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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What’s The Deal With Hauser Pens?
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 Best Parker-Style G2 Refill of 2021
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?
Sailor Fountain Pen Buying Guide
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 Fountain Pen Buying Guide For November 2024
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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Seriously Underrated: Fisher Space Pen Cap-O-Matic
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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