This
roller pencil case looks as good as the pictures in the
JetPens website: really nice functional pencil case concept that would likely protect 5 of your most cherished writing or drawing tools from scratching and marring one another while leaving enough room for extras like an eraser, extra graphite leads tube,and spare ink cartridges. With its zippered outer case, all the contents can be stored securely still within a fairly compact package. When all the tools are rolled out, they are easily accessible while keeping the work area neat and well-organized.
All interior stitches are nicely done. Just wished the interior roller material was a bit thicker, for I fear that my mechanical pencils' fixed sleeves (Pentel Smash and Graph 1000) could easily pierce and rip through the thin fabric.
Also can't help but feel mildly disappointed upon discovering the "Made in China" tag in its interior while its exterior label so proudly displays the Japanese company website link. Seems like every single pencil case purchased in the last decade was manufactured in China and of uneven quality. Really miss the days when a product under a Japanese label was actually made in Japan and of unquestionable quality. I hope the production of my favorite pencils and pens never follows this trend. While my initial impression of this new
pencil case is fairly positive, it will take a few months to verify its durability.
Quick writing test of a few
Pentel Slicci and
Uni-ball Signo DX fine point gel pens revealed their nice colors on the bright surface of the hot-press
Strathmore 300 Bristol board. While they all felt fairly smooth on the paper for such fine point sizes, the
Slicci pens felt somehow weaker than the
Mitsubishi pens.
This roller pencil case looks as good as the pictures in the JetPens website: really nice functional pencil case concept that would likely protect 5 of your most cherished writing or drawing tools from scratching and marring one another while leaving enough room for extras like an eraser, extra graphite leads tube,and spare ink cartridges. With its zippered outer case, all the contents can be stored securely still within a fairly compact package. When all the tools are rolled out, they are easily accessible while keeping the work area neat and well-organized.
All interior stitches are nicely done. Just wished the interior roller material was a bit thicker, for I fear that my mechanical pencils' fixed sleeves (Pentel Smash and Graph 1000) could easily pierce and rip through the thin fabric.
Also can't help but feel mildly disappointed upon discovering the "Made in China" tag in its interior while its exterior label so proudly displays the Japanese company website link. Seems like every single pencil case purchased in the last decade was manufactured in China and of uneven quality. Really miss the days when a product under a Japanese label was actually made in Japan and of unquestionable quality. I hope the production of my favorite pencils and pens never follows this trend. While my initial impression of this new pencil case is fairly positive, it will take a few months to verify its durability.
Quick writing test of a few Pentel Slicci and Uni-ball Signo DX fine point gel pens revealed their nice colors on the bright surface of the hot-press Strathmore 300 Bristol board. While they all felt fairly smooth on the paper for such fine point sizes, the Slicci pens felt somehow weaker than the Mitsubishi pens.
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5 comments:
I have been eyeing these myself. They look really useful and nice. I have noticed one of my "Japanese" pens being made in China also, very interesting. Thanks for the review. Nr
Good review.
I bought this one, too. Find it a mixed bag for pens, but will hold my final review, like you, for a few months to see how often I use it as a go-to carrier of my Lamy Safaris.
Shorter pens, like my Pelikans slip too far into the pockets.
These seem neat. I hope it holds up well.
Thanks for your blog Alberto I want to know if this Nomadic can hold in the pen slots a new woodcase pencil i.e. a Tombow Mono or Hi Uni, since they seem be longer than most pens.
I suspect that a full length pencil would probably be too long for this roller case, but I can't confirm it since I gave it away a while back.
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