Seeking What's Worth It
Karas Pen Co. have been in the machined-pen game for nearly 15 years. It all started with their first Kickstarter project, the Render K, back in 2011 and they have been producing quality machined writing instruments ever since. The success of their initial product line kicked off a series of unique and stylish pens under … Continue reading Everyday Karas Basik.001 Review
The Squire Hex is Baron Fig's latest addition to the Squire pen series that includes the original Squire, several limited editions (including the hexagonal Oracle Squire,) and the Squire Click, many of which I had the opportunity to review in the past. The Hex features a six-sided aluminum barrel finished in either Black, Blue, or Green with a polished metal flat-head twist mechanism at the end. The pen comes equipped with a 0.6mm tip Schmidt P8126 rollerball refill, but I'll try not to hold that against it. I actually took a little side quest to find a more suitable refill for my needs, more on that next week. Check out the gallery at the end of this review for some Schmidt writing samples on various papers.
Epomaker is at it again, sending out more keyboards to review. This time we have something a bit more traditional, with a few bells and whistles to add to the fun, all available for around $120. Join me as I take a look through the Epomaker Tide75.
As a person who puts a lot of extra effort into their analog writing experience, it should come as no surprise that I am also constantly seeking ways to improve my digital writing that is required for my day job. Over the past few years I've gone deeper and deeper into the Mechanical Keyboard hobby, I even reviewed one a while back. In that time I have experimented with different formats, tested an assortment of switch types, and bought way too many keycaps to the point where I have a pretty good idea of what I want and what I enjoy from a mechanical keyboard. So when Epomaker reached out with an opportunity to review their TH80 Pro V2 Via board, it was a pretty easy yes. I'm really excited to get into this one, so without any more preamble, let's get into it.
The Poor Penman 