J.S. Staedtler Inkwell

Is there still a needs or market for ink well?

A very simple Staedtler ink well got my attention in my recent visit to local pen shop. The ink well is not fanciful or well decorated like the Bortoletti Inkwell Cal40.

The beauty of this Staedtler ink well is its simple and symmetry shape of the cube shaped ink well.

It is hand-made using lead crystal with a all metal screw up flat top cap. The cap is decorated with Staedtler Mars head logo. It has a ink capacity of approximately 25ml

I was told this is made in Germany.

This ink well make a good Christmas gift.

Art Gladius Excalibur Sword Letter Opener

I found this Art Gladus letter opener at the MBS museum retail shop at B2. There is a reasonable range of sword openers, from fantasy, oriental, combat to history swords openers.

Bortoletti Inkwell Cal40

I was charmed by Bortoletti inkwell back in 2005 when I was travelling in Sydney. Just over the weekend, I picked up a few inkwells at our friendly local fine writing instrument retailer Fook Hing Trading.

These inkwell is a fine decoration on my writing desk, and  good talking pieces among my guests.

Here is a few photo shoots of the Bortoletti inkwell.

UHU Minions Glue Stick

While having lunch with my friends, I found UHU Minions glue stick at the stationary shop. The children like it. I ended up buying all the six designs.

Here is a few close up shots of the Minions.

Dunhill Bulldog Paperweight

I could not resist myself from adding British bulldog by Dunhill to my desk accessories. It is crafted from solid brass and finished in satin matt black lacquer.

Like the other Dunhill bulldog accessories, there is no lack of details. The collar can be rotate.

Glass Paperweight

I found this glass paperweight at "K"rafers' Paradise located at City Square Mall level 4.

The paperweight was a useful accessories in those non-air conditional environment. It is was used to hold down papers.

Today, it only serve as a decorative items on our desk.

Wolf Design Pen Display Case

Recently, I upgraded my office pen case to Wolf Design 12 pieces pen display case. The pen case exterior is wrapped with soft pebble faux leather with gold foil dot trim.

The drawer comes with two brushed brass pulls, which give it a very elegance look. Just love the look.

Jac Zagoory Flaming Monks Pen Rest

Recently, we discovered this interest pair of monkey pen rest by Jac Zagoory at Fook Hing Trading, and later discover it was also available City Lux.

It is actually called Flaming Monks pen holder.

Stipula Netto Ink Filling System

We love the idea of a clean filling system, and Stiupla created just the cool "gadget" for us, the fountain pen users.

Stipula uses the capillary action principle to create this patented ink filling system, which they called it Netto ink filling system.

Jac Zooger Butterfly Pens Holder

Office can be very boring without a little color and interesting items.

Just last week, we purchased this beautiful Jac Zooger Butterfly pens holder from Fook Hing Trading

Sailor 100th Anniversary Pen Pouch

For Sailor 100th year anniversary, Sailor also launched a leather pen case for ten pens besid the Arita and Shima Kuwa Mulberry wood pens.

Tokira Chilli Hot Road Star

Believe it or not, some Singaporean are so despair for a car that they are wellingly paying SGD75,000 for the COE. A piece of lousy paper that "entitled" you to buy a car that only allow the buyer to drive for 10 years.

Kutani Porcelain USB Thumb Drive 九谷焼

While waiting for our boys enrichment classes to end, we went for a walk at the Isetan Japan Festive and was immediately charmed by the Kutani porcelain thumb drive.

Kutani is a small town in Ishikawa prefecture well known for thier porcelain work like Arita.

The Kutani porcelain style is known for multiple colors such and bold design. It style is a bit different from the Arita Gen Emon Kilin style. The Kutani uses greens, blues, yellows, purples, and reds and the designs covered almost the entire surface of porcelain.

Santos De Cartier Letter Opener

In the early day, the wristwatches were worn by woman as jewellery accessories. The men uses pocket watches. It was Santos Dumont who made popular the wrist watch among men.

Cartier made this propeller shaped letter opener to give homage to Santos-Dumont, the first performance pilot to wear a wristwatch. And ff course, it is a Cartier stainless steel case with 18k gold.

Pen Stand for the Emporer

Last month (June 2011), while waiting for our children to finish their class, I visited Aesthetic Bay.

Since I am not able to find a nice pen tray for the my desk, I thought it will be cool if I can have a few pen stands display on my desk at disfferent height for my desk fountain pen.

Tokira airplane paper weight

Paper weight was once a must desk accessory on our office desk before the invention of air conditioning. It was use to hold down the papers so that it will not get blow away by the fan.

Pen Box/Chest by Aesthetic Bay

This was the wooden pen box/chest that we were using before we upgrade to the 3 tiers pen box sold at Fook Hing Trading.

This is a solid wood pen box/chest was made by Aesthetic Bay for their customer. It is a much heavier as compare to leather chest sold at Fook Hing (FH) due the wooden material.

While this pen is a small box chest, it is not cheaper (slot per pen) as compare to the FH leather box. This Aesthetic Bay pen box might be be costly, but is worth every cents because the finishing is good, the wood grain is beautiful, the weight and the made give you the confidence that it will protect your precious pen.

This pen chest can hold 16 pens. Each layer holding 8 pens. The top layer can hold eight Namiki Emporer size pens, and the lower drawer can hold a Sailor King Of Pen or Namiki Yukari Royale pens.

The lower layer cannot be removed. It doesn't have a hander too. There is a tiny slot at both side of the drawer for you to hold and draw our the drawer, which give you a very simple yet eleagance design.

Like the Fook Hing pen chest, the disadvantage of this pen chest doesn't have a lock.

Pen Case/Chest By Fook Hing

Our pen collection has grow recently that we have reach a stage where I have to find a pen case that hold all the pen in one place and keep the original box in the store room, or "basement".

We purchased this Fook Hing Trading house brand pen case that can hold 30 pens.

Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Ink Blotter Special Edition

When the digital computer was invented in 1937, it was supposely improve us life.

Today, we save a lot of time using computers - only to find that time is somethig we have less and less of.

A Blue Fluted blotter desinged over 200 years ago may have been the most appropriate now - a gentle reminder to us to enjoy time with family and friends, and the better side of life.

Sharpener ... Adjustable Lead Function

We found a very interesting sharpener last Friday (March 11, 2011) at Changi Airport T3 Fairprice supermarket.