The Fisher Space Pen is a pressurised ballpoint pen that is approved by NASA and used on all manned American and Russian space flights. It was first used on the Apollo 7 mission in 1968 following two years of intense testing by NASA. A year later, this pen was on board with Buzz Aldrin and…

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After seeing a photo of the Kaweco Skyline Sport range, I was so excited for its release. I’m a Kaweco fan generally, but the colours in this range really spoke to me – such as Mint, Grey, Macchiato and Pink. I needed a new ballpoint pen for my collection, and eventually settled on Mint –…

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As you might or might not know: I prefer pencils and fountain pens to ballpoint and similar pens. This means I try to avoid using ballpoint pens if I can. Recently I had a good reason to use one, though. I’ll spare you the details why, but suffice to say that I first tried to…

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The official name for this pen is “Rainbow Titanium Nitride Fisher Space Pen Bullet Ballpoint.” That’s some name (sort of like a royal baby!), but quite appropriate as this is a very distinctive looking pen that deserves an equally distinctive moniker. This is one COOL looking pen. I own one other Fisher Space Pen and it’s…

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Over the years I’ve become a big fan of Faber-Castell fountain pens. Their nibs are consistently smooth, smooth, smooth. The Faber-Castell E-motion (parquet version) was my first Faber-Castell fountain pen. I love how that pen feels in hand, so it stands to reason that I’d love the E-motion ballpoint just as much. So do I?…

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As pen lovers, we use ink every day, and lots of it; be it in our rollerballs, ballpoints or fountain pens. But have you ever stopped to think about what ink actually is and how it is manufactured? If not, why not take a minute or so now to explore the world of inks. Since…

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The first commercially successful ballpoint pen made its way onto the market in the 1940s, and this type of pen is now such a common feature in both our home and work lives it is doubtful much thought is given these days to how they came about. Despite a huge and exciting variety of other…

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