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Time is running out to get your name into the drawing for a chance to win one of 3 sets of Artline drawing materials. If you haven’t already, make sure you check out the contest to learn how you can enter.

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Worther Shorty Pencil Review

by Kim on October 27, 2011

It appears that mechanical pencils have been around a long time.  Apparently an early example was found amongst the wreckage of HMS Pandora.  The Worther Shorty definitely belongs in the 21st century.  This clutch pencil holds a 3.15mm lead & the plastic hexagonal design sits comfortably in my hand.  The lead retracts easily at the push of the button on the top.

Worther Shorty Pencil

Founded in 1985 the Worther company aim to stand out from the crowd, they manufacture their products in house & some are even made by hand, design & quality are a priority. Read More –>

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Tiger Pens Giveaway: Back to School Kit

August 12, 2011

Tiger Pens would like to help 3 of our readers get ready for fall with back-to-school kits of pens and pencils. This month, we’re giving away the Pentel School Essentials Pack. The pack includes: 1 Pentel Energel liquid gel ink rollerball pen 2 Pentel ballpoint pens 1 Pentel Fiesta automatic pencil 1 Pentel Highlighter 1 [...]

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Penthusiam!

July 22, 2011

Pencil Talk recommends the walnut pencil box from Kozo Interior Studio. Peninkcillin gets down to the nitty gritty of refilling the “disposable” Pilot Varsity fountain pen. Julie at Peaceable Writer shares her passion for brown fountain pen inks. The Gadgeteer serves up a detailed review of the Monteverde One Touch Stylus/Pen. Rants of the Archer [...]

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Penthusiasm!

April 1, 2011

Looking for some great pen and paper reading? These are some of the recent posts we recommend: No Pen Intended gets down to the details with the Pentel EnerGel Euro Needle-Point gel pen. Artist Jim Leggitt opens up about his favourite ink pens for drawing, including the Pentel Sign Pen and the Staedtler Lumocolor. Seth [...]

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To our friends in the pen community

March 12, 2011

Over the last year, we at Tiger Pens have come to count as friends many of the wonderful people that work in the UK offices of Japanese pen makers such as Uniball and Pentel. As you know, Japan is now struggling with incredible tragedy in the aftermath of the recent earthquake and tsunami. We would [...]

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March Carnival of Pen, Pencil & Paper is in town

March 9, 2011

Head over to Notes in a Book to check out this month’s pen carnival. There’s lots of good reading, including one post we particularly liked from Writer’s Bloc called “If Fountain Pens were Cars.” And, while we’re recommending links, here’s one that was not in the carnival, but still makes for an interesting conversation. Check [...]

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Recommended Link

March 1, 2011

Really enjoyed this post by Nifty at Notebook Stories about the three notebooks every writer should keep.

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POW camp life – and death – captured with a Sheaffer

November 2, 2010

Normally, we save random pen-related stories for one of our Totally Random Pen Stuff features, but this one, about a POW with a fountain pen and a journal, seemed like it deserved its own space, especially with Veterans Day coming up in the US. According to CNN, Tony Acevedo was just a kid right out [...]

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Coming soon…..

July 18, 2010

Readers, you may have noticed that the blog has been a little quiet lately. Your Tiger Pens blogger has been sickly for a bit, but now seems to be on the mend. Look for lots of great new content coming this week, along with news of giveaways and other great stuff. Meanwhile, a special thanks [...]

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