This week spells National Handwriting Day!

It's National Handwriting Day on 23rd January, a day when we should all take pride in picking up a pen and applying it to paper! 

 

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What's more, as a celebration of National Handwriting Day, we're offering Pelikan's superb little Pelikano for just £5. 

It's particularly ideal for those embarking on their maiden voyage into the pleasures of fountain pen ownership, as it has a comfortable ergonomic grip, a robust nib available in three sizes, a little ink window so you won't be caught unawares, and it's easily refillable with widely-available standard pattern ink cartridges. 

Or even bottled ink - and all the colour choices it offers - if you fit a Pelikan converter!

Our Customer Service queen, Louise, regularly puts pen to paper when she dons her other crown, that of Cult Pens' resident calligrapher. Get inspired to pick up a pen yourself, and...

We added new brands to our

 

These include Diamine, Ferris Wheel Press, Gelly Roll, Tombow and Legami (among others), and they'll be standing down on Friday 24th January at midday UK time. You have been warned!

2025 is the Year of the Snake, and Nahvalur have created a sinuously striking homage in the form of their iconic Nautilus fountain pen.

 

It's a mesmerising mix of green, gold and silver, and features the familiar porthole-shaped ink windows.

 

But the pocket clip is a writhing solid silver serpent, complete with gimlet eyes of bright green!

2025 is also the year that STABILO celebrate 30 years of the Woody - that super-versatile chunk of a pencil that's also a crayon and transforms to watercolour as well. 

 

There are 18 vivid colours to choose from, and the extra-thick lead contains an astonishing eight times as much colour as a standard pencil. They'll mark all sorts of surfaces - even those you'd prefer were not, so watch out!

 

Specially-designed packs featuring uncouth tigers, colourful queens and rude unicorns are now available!

Pentel's Sign Pen is legendary - it's been around since 1963 and is still going strong.

 

The Touch Brush Sign Pen is its brush-tipped cousin, and we've just welcomed 6 new colours on site, from acid Lime Green to the palest of pale orange.

 

Oh, and there's 15% off, thanks to our Winter Sale!

Writech make budget-friendly good, all-rounder pens, often with a bit of a twist.

 

Their new highlighters have a distinctly astronautical flair, with caps resembling space helmets; and - sticking with the cosmic theme - they've launched the Space Up, a refillable, retractable gel pen with a sturdy metal barrel.

Caran d'Ache's 849 ballpoint is perfectly teamed with the matching 844 mechanical pencil in this simple, stylish set.

 

Misty Forest pales from pine green to fresh mist; the ballpoint's 'Goliath' refill is good for 8,000 metres of writing, and the pencil features 0.5mm lead.

 

A pair of legends for just £55, and available to pre-order now with delivery expected in February.

BENU's new range is the Pixie, and the clue's in the name. Because they're little. You've got all the features we've come to expect from BENU - sparkliness, bright acrylic barrels, a choice of nib sizes - but... condensed.

 

The Pixie is just 91mm long when closed, so it's pocket-perfect, but becomes a more user-friendly 120mm once you stick the cap on the end, thanks to the fact that the cap is oversized. We're expecting them in March, but you can pre-order now!