About
I write most first drafts by hand because it is slow, and slow is the only speed at which I notice a bad sentence. This journal collects what I learn about the tools along the way: which nibs survive a careless hand, which paper is worth carrying, which inks stay put.
Nothing here is sponsored. I buy what I test, and I only write about things I have used for at least a month. Entries are numbered rather than dated on purpose; they get corrected when I turn out to be wrong.
What you will not find
- Reviews of pens I have held for an afternoon.
- Affiliate links or price lists.
- Calligraphy. My handwriting is ordinary and will stay that way.