Shopping Finds: Exercise books, BIC pens, Stabilo

Latest shopping finds, kicking off withe these exercise books, squared ruled 88 page staple bound books available from Poundland, invoking memories of school and coloring in the squares when bored.

Next up are some more memory invokers, the classic BIC 4 colour selector pen and a new "mint" colour version. I always wanted a 4 way colour selector pen when i was young, to this day I've still never got round to getting one. Both are currently on sale at Wilkonson's in the UK along with a larger range of BIC products, including the M10 as in the picture, which I never knew actually had a model name.

And here we have more BIC products available in the Wilkinson sale, these look to me to be the infamous "For Her" BIC colours that created a bit of a foray a while back, that have now been repackage and renamed as "Fun" Cristal pens. They are nice colours I'll admit, but the whole debacle with the previous branding incarnation will no doubt stick in my mind. For a lighter look at what people thought of the original pens and that marketing campaign, check out these reviews on Amazon: 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B004FTGJUW

Finally we have a sale deal on the Stabilo 10 fineliner pen set, I've always liked these pens, but found them to be too expensive for what they are, but this price makes them much more attractive. Give them a go, they are a lovely pen for drawing and general colour work, thought hey are not light proof or pigment inks so don't expect them to last too long on paper.

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I have a "thing" for pens..

Top Row L - R: 

Pilot V-5 HI-TECPOINT 0.5, BLACK; STAEDTLER Lumocolor permanent black Fine; 

Berol Italic black Medium; Stabilo Write-4-all permanent black Superfine;

Plus* Grey Fine&Jumbo double ended.

Top Left: 

Faber-Castell 4 PITT artist pen Sanguine Superfine, Fine, Medium & Brush.

Left Column: 

LETRASET Promarker Built Environment & Greys permanent twin-tip sets.

Middle Row: 

Pilot V Super Color Marker Cartridge Type Refillable Orange Chisel Medium;

Cumberland Pencil Musuem entrance pencils; 

Pilot V Super Color Marker Cartridge Type Refillable Red Chisel Medium;

Pilot V Super Color Marker Cartridge Type Refillable Blue Bullet Medium.

Bottom Row:

10 Pack TESCO Fibre Tip Pens Assorted;

Pilot V Super Color Marker Cartridge Type Refillable Black Chisel Bullet Medium 

Generic Glitter Gel Pens Gold & Silver;

ARTLINE Calligraphy Pen Metallic Gold & Silver;

Muji Calligraphy Brush Pen Black.

Top Left:

Cross Century Fountain Pen & Fibre Tip Lustrous Chrome.

Left Middle:

Generic Fineliner 0.4mm Assorted colours Fine.

Bottom Row:

Pentel Fibre Tip Black; STAEDTLER Lumocolor permanent black Fine;

Papermate Flexigrip Ultra Med Black; Wilkinson's Gel Roller Black; 

Parker Vector Fountain Pen Little Prince Edition; 

Cretacolor Classic Black 5.6mm Lead holder; ASDA Generic Mini Fountain Pen.

Top Right:

 Shaeffer Rainbow Fountain Pen; "Daddy's Pen" Ball Point; 

FC Barcelona Projector Ball Point; Generic Promotional Ball Point; Pilot Dr.Grip Ball Point; Muji Mini Ball Point;

Left Column:

Promotional Roller Ball; Generic Highlighters Pink, Orange & Yellow Chisel Tip;

Stabilo Swing Cool Highlighter Yellow Chisel Tip;

Faber-Castell Textliner Triangular Pencil Gold, Orange & Silver;

Cross Bullet Roller Ball;  Sharpie Pen Fine Red, Blue & Black;

Pilot V-5 HI-TECPOINT 0.5, BLACK; Plus* 0.7mm 4 Colors Mini;

Middle Column:

Cretacolor Classic Black 5.6mm Lead holder; Schneider Slider Memo XB Ballpoint

TESCO Ball Point Rainbow Selection; Plus* 0.7mm Retractable Ball Point;

Parker Ballpoint.

Right Column:

Pilot V-Ball 07 Blue Roller ball; Milan Capsule 0.7mm Mechanical Pencil;

WHSmith Own Brand Euro Cartridge Roller ball;

NOVOTEL Promotional Mechanical Pencil;

Cixi Zhouxiang Tianyi Stationery 2.0mm Auto-Pencil TY-820 spare assorted leads; 

Pentel Mechanical Pencil P205 0.5mm; Parker Vector 0.5mm Mechanical Pencil;

Pentel Sharplet-2 0.5mm mechanical pencil; Rotring Core Fountain Pen XB Nib;

Parker Vector Fountain Pen M Nib; ASDA Scholars Fountain Pen; 

Hero Pen Duke Fountain Pen.

Top Middle:

Pelikan Self Fill Fountain Pen Ink bottle.

Yes, i have a "thing" for pens and Sharpies too (see above), of all sorts, writing and drawing.
So, what is the point of these pictures? Well, I will be testing all of them and posting my thoughts, critiques and pictures of ink tests here, so, if you in the least bit interested in pens, for writing or drawing or just for having, keep checking back for updates and comparisons.