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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...

Itoya , the Japanese stationer with headquarters in Ginza, Tokyo, has just released yet another Lamy Safari—the “Lamy Safari x itoya Copper ...

Today I wanted to reflect on an old question about which recent developments are making it a bit more relevant. What do we mean when we...

Regular commenter Saltire Turquoise posed a very interesting question to my initial description of Sakai Eisuke's prototypes made for P...

Mitsubishi Pencil Co ( ::1:: , ::2:: ) has just announced the acquisition of Lamy, the German pen company based in Heidelberg. The an...

The Japanese word “kanreki” refers to the celebration of the 60th birthday. For the occasion, the birthday guy wears a red outfit composed b...

The 2023 Tokyo International Pen Show (TIPS) took place during the first weekend of November 3rd to 5th, and it´s time to reflect on it and ...

The speed at which Chinese pen companies are releasing their new models is no longer a surprise. An obvious side effect of this practice is ...

We have just seen that the Pilot's model Custom 74 has been in the market for over 30 years . But what about the direct competitors in t...