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Product Review: Sonic Gripen Pencil Holder
Review by Tina Koyama If you’re a fan of either pencils or John Steinbeck or both, you are probably familiar with the “Steinbeck length” – the length at which the American author would stop using a...
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Pencil Review: Red/Blue Combo Redo
I have loved Red/Blue editing pencils for ages. Every time I find a new one, I buy a few more. I have been delighted to see that many of my favorite online stationery shops continue to find new sources...
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Pencil Review: Uni Pericia Colored Pencils 24-Color Set
Review by Tina Koyama When I first saw photos of Uni Pericia colored pencils and their prices, my immediate reaction was skepticism (OK, lust – then skepticism). $74.50 for a set of 24 pencils?...
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Preview: Baron Fig School Set
The latest limited release from Baron Fig in their Vanguard and Archer lines were meant to be together. They are the Archer Number 2 Pencil set ($15 for a dozen pencils) and the Vanguard Composition...
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Pencil Review: Red Pencils
I have a thing for pencils, particularly red/blue pencils, but you knew that already, didn’t you? So, in my never ending hunt for red/blue pencils, I occasionally come across red marking pencils. These...
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Eye Candy: Morning Glory 1.8mm Flat Mechanical Pencil
I purchased a flat lead mechanical pencil several years ago at a big box office supply store that I used to practice my lettering. Unfortunately, it was not stocked for long so supply of the lead was...
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Pencil Review: Moleskine Naturally Smart Watercolor Pencils
Review by Tina Koyama As it may have been for many stationery addicts, the Moleskine notebook was my gateway drug. Way back (and I mean way back, like before Facebook, blogs, maybe even the whole...
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Pencil Review: Moleskine Drawing Pencils
Review by Tina Koyama Last year Moleskine released two sets of pencils as part of its Art Collection – watercolor pencils and graphite drawing pencils. In my review of the watercolor set, I mentioned...
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Eye Candy: Eraser and Pencil Accessory Case
My pencil problem has an equal rival: the pencil accessories problem. To accompany my pencils, I have pencil point protectors, erasers, sharpeners, and leads for mechanical pencils. The accessory...
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Pencil Sharpener Review: KUM Lefty Aluminum Can Sharpener
Review by Tina Koyama Ana warned me. When I said I wanted to review the Kum Lefty Aluminum Can pencil sharpener, she said she had found it difficult to get used to reversing her hand when she used a...
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Review: Moleskine Eraser & Sharpener Set
Review by Tina Koyama Well-known for its iconic notebook, Moleskine has been coming out with quite a few other analog stationery and art products the past several years. I recently reviewed the...
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Pencil Review: Uni Dermatograph Oil-Based Pencils
Review by Tina Koyama The only grease pencils I knew about were the white and black ones I’d seen in hardware stores. Recently a few of my urban sketcher friends shared sketches they had done with some...
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Pencil Review: Koh-i-Noor Diamond Lead Holder Drawing Pencils
Review by Tina Koyama While woodcased colored pencils are commonplace (a quick search on Amazon resulted in 20,000 products!), colored leads for mechanical pencils or clutches are much harder to come...
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Eye Candy: X-Files Pencils
Loot Crate had an exclusive set of X-files pencils ($2.80) a few months back that featured quotes from the series. While I am not a subscriber of the pop culture box service, I was informed that it was...
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Baron Fig Writing Tools: Elements Archer Pencil, Squire, & Squire Click
Since all the Baron Fig writing tools I had seemed to coordinate so well, I decided to just review them altogether. The Archer Elements Pencil First, I’ll cover the newest item, the new Archer pencil...
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Pencil Holder Review: Tokyo Slider Twin
Review by Tina Koyama When the Tokyo Slider Twin Pencil Holder ($11.50) first came out, it caught my eye for several reasons. One is that conventional-size woodcased pencils are a little too slim for...
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Highlighter Review: Kutsuwa HiLiNE Highlighter Pencil
Review by Tina Koyama Like many students, I could not have survived college without neon-colored highlighter markers. Since that time, I haven’t used highlighters nearly as much, but I still have...
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Colored Pencil Review: Tombow Irojiten (36-color set) Colored Pencils
Review by Tina Koyama I have been known to look askance at and even mildly mock packaging that seems gratuitously fancy. And yet I’m the first to admit that I bought the entire original nine-volume...
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Colored Pencil Review: Pilot Frixion – Standard and Adult
Review by Tina Koyama I’ve been curious about Pilot Frixion erasable products ever since Ana reviewed the pens and markers and the “color-pencil-like pens” several years ago. But it wasn’t until Pilot...
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Blackwing Eraser Hack-a-Thon
Review by Tina Koyama Palomino Blackwing pencils have a huge following. We love the high-quality graphite, beautiful finishes, distinctive ferrules and often intriguing themes, and we’re willing to pay...
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