My Personal Hall of Fame: Favorite Stationery Products in Every Category

Since I’m having some remodeling work done in my home office next week, I’ve found myself in the unenviable position of having to move all of my belongings from one end of the house to the other. (This sounds like not such a big deal, except that my office is over the garage and separate from the rest of the house, so it is like actual moving.) The upside is that this gave me the “opportunity” to sort through years of accumulated stationery, donating some, setting others aside for blog giveaways, but also taking the time to do something I’ve never done before: making a “personal hall of fame” or “personal favorites” list. Hopefully, making a list like this will help me focus and weed out stuff that I will never use. Last year I did a huge year-end “clear out” sale in December, and I hope to do the same this year.

So, without further ado, here are my picks. Again, these shouldn’t be confused with my “best pen” recommendations. Rather, these selections are my own personal favorites, organized by category, so there’s a ton of subjectivity here. Most of these are also products I have reviewed, so where possible, links are to my own prior posts. Otherwise the link will be to a sponsor or affiliate who sells the product.

Pens

1. Favorite Fountain Pen: Lamy 2000

2. Favorite Rollerball: Montblanc 144 Classique

3. Favorite Ballpoint: Bic Cristal (pictured above in Baux Pen body)

4. Favorite Multifunction Pen: Lamy 2000 4 Color Ballpoint

5. Favorite Gel Pen: Uni Signo DX (pictured above in Spoke Pen body)

6. Favorite “EDC” Pen: Schon DSGN Classic PVD DLC

Paper

1. Favorite Large Format (A4-ish) Notebook: Baron Fig Confidant Plus (shown in review in leather cover, which is sold separately by Baron Fig)

2. Favorite Standard Format (A5-ish) Notebook: Baron Fig Confidant Flagship

3. Favorite Planner: Jibun Techo

4. Favorite Pocket Notebook: Write Notepads Perfect Bound

Inks and Refills

1. Favorite Brand of Bottled Fountain Pen Ink: Montblanc (via Appelboom)

2. Favorite Rollerball Refill: Montblanc Rollerball

3. Favorite Ballpoint/Hybrid Refill: Uniball Jetstream

4. Favorite Fineliner Refill: Montblanc Fineliner in Pacific Blue (via Amazon)

Pencils and Pencil Accessories

1. Favorite Mechanical Pencil: Rotring 800

2. Favorite Woodcase Pencil: Palomino Forest Choice (via Amazon)

3. Favorite Handheld Sharpener: Kum Masterpiece (via Amazon)

4. Favorite Crank Sharpener: Carl Angel-5

Accessories/Miscellaneous

1. Favorite Stationery Subscription Service: Blackwing Volumes (via Blackwing)

2. Favorite Pen Case (Large Capacity Storage): Galen Leather 40-Pen Case (via Vanness Pens)

3. Favorite Pen Case (3-pen/EDC): Nock Co. Sinclair

4. Favorite Pen Display Case: Franklin-Christoph Covered Pen Tray

5. Favorite Leather “Zipfolio”: Galen Leather A5 Zipfolio

Any categories you think I missed? Shoot me an e-mail and I’ll consider adding it, though I don’t want to get too down in the weeds with subcategories of different types of pens, etc. I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: This post contains my own subjective opinions. I was not compensated in any way for including any products in the lists featured here.