This is a fun, diminutive-sized writing instrument, with a twist. The nib retracts! It's proving to be a pleasant alternative to the larger pens I've been enjoying lately. I can see it as a take-...

If you'd asked me a year or two ago to have a look at a wood-bodied fountain pen, you'd not have gotten much more than polite interest.
I mean, where do you find wood in vintage pens or among mo...

The first thing you notice is the size of the pen.

It's larger than the current crop of Chinese CC fountain pens such as the Jinhao 992, Jellyfish Series, Lingmao Lorelei or Delike New Moon, all...

There was a moment there when mechanical pencils took my fancy.
My interest was peaked partly because of my son. Deep in the math weeds, pencils were his weapon of choice in his studies. It was ...

It doesn't take too long poking around the pocket knife world to discover great swaths of titanium.  

Traditionalists may consider it out of bounds, but titanium is a premium handle material for...

This pen really puts it all together:  

Piston filling mechanism
Clear demonstrator / clear feed
2.1ml ink capacity
Healthy size - 141mm capped / 131mm uncapped
Pilot 78G-compatible nib
F...

Great Eastern Cutlery knives are fabulous.  They bring to the present the craftsmanship and history of a by-gone era.  Lots of people collect them becuase they come in so many different patterns an...

There's something going on among knife collectors and hobbyists.  Folks are looking back to the roots of the art and finding much to like.  And I don’t mean antiques.  Traditional patterns in fol...