Paperchase Olive Metal Tiffin Box - Agenzio

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I know of only a handful of pen companies offering pens with oblique nibs now, including Montblanc and Lamy. It was quite extraordinary: it seemed like no time at all since we were all at school together and now suddenly the topic of conversation is retirement. This year, rather than say “I plan to do more walking”, I set myself a challenge to walk 1,500 miles in 2022. A Slice of Green visited the manufacturer in 2018 who have previously passed an Asia Inspection Ethical Audit Report.

As a child at a boarding school in Reading in the 1970’s, our Sunday morning routine included an hour of letter writing. Admittedly I have filled far more pages with idle paragraphs of pen and ink sampling from the back, than I have with any meaningful writing from the front, but then it has been a source of recreation, reached for often when tired from the working day and in need of some pen-time escapism, writing simply for the joy of using a fountain pen on nice quality paper and seeing paragraphs of handwriting from different pens, nibs, and inks and in different writing styles. For example, unlike a one year diary, you can insert dates for a future year, or even two or three years ahead, such as car insurance renewal dates, MOT expiry dates, or maturity dates for ISAs or fixed term saving accounts.It is a testament to their good design, that Waterman Experts are still sold and largely unchanged except for some cosmetic changes. To set it up, you just need to unfold it and assemble it into the box shape, clipping the sides to the base and to the top. You might want to bring a bottle of ink, a notebook, a little bottle of water to clean pens that are dipped, and some paper towels. I had been curious to try an Optima which has the same range of nibs, same piston filling system but housed in a body with rather more of that Italian flair. This time, she gave me Brian’s last bottle of Cross royal blue ink to use up, with the date 1-3-10 written inside the box lid.

I could see the tip of the nib actually writing a little arc of ink on the inside of the clear acrylic cap.

SUSTAINABLEIn recent years we have all become more aware of the impact of the disposable culture we live in and would like to try and live a more sustainable lifestyle. Care is needed to keep the nib on the sweet spot for smooth writing and so the corners do not dig into the paper.

Wouldn’t it be nice if our fountain pen hobby could be condensed down to a single pen, a bottle of ink and one current journal? It is certainly a very impressive and presentable package and gives confidence that you have bought a top quality item. I liked the A6 flexi-covered books, nicely stitched, with 320 pages of either lined paper (8mm line spacing) or plain paper, both of which were great for fountain pens.I added a couple more, one black and one red although I never made as much use of them as my blue one, as the nibs were not so joyous.