Crónicas Estilográficas

Within a newspaper, there is often tension between two departments that are, at least in theory, far apart: accounting and editorial. While ...

New pens are widely advertised―and that makes sense. Makers need to recoup the investment made to develop and market them. The fanfare and d...

To anyone who has read my texts on the Tokyo International Pen Show (TIPS) over the years, it will come as no surprise that I am not parti...

Once upon a time, Lamy was a German brand... and Japanese tourists in Germany would buy Lamy pens to bring them back home as souvenir ( omiy...

In 2015 , a “techincal partnership” between luxury brand Davidoff and Sailor gave rise to the Very Zino line of pens which were, in actual t...

Some weeks ago, blogger Fudefan released the news—Mr. Uehara had stopped the production of Ôhashidô pens in December of 2024. Ôhashi...

By now we know how Chinese pen makers, when trying to capitalize the success of capless pens, have taken the route of copying well-known mod...