In many ways, it's a little sad that children thesedays seem to spend relatively little or no time writing and rather more time at the keyboard or exercising their digits with the infernal and incessant texting or those damned computer games that have robbed so many children of their childhood. There speaks an old fart if ever I heard one, eh? When I was younger, I learned to love writing and a lot of emphasis was placed on writing at school, to the extent that even punishments comprised writing lines. I am not necessarily advocating a return to days gone by - that's just unrealistic, but I do think everyone would benefit from being able to put the ...  Read the complete review

OK, lets get one things straight....the Berol Handwriting Pen is ultimately just a pen and its not something that I can get myself very keyed up about writing about! Having said that, the Berol Handwriting Pen is usually one that I pick up when out shopping when I am in need of pens, simply because I regard it to be a good quality reliable standard pen which doesn't cost the earth. I tend to buy them in bulk because it generally works out cheaper that way.....especially because I need to use a pen every day all day in my job - and therefore having a supply is useful. I recently bought a pack of 12 from Rymans for £19.99 (discounted) - which isn't a bad price considering .  Read the complete review

When I was at school there was only one pen I would nag my mum for - the Berol Handwriting Pen. I used to love these pens because they were easy to write with and they'd make my handwriting look good. Fast forward 15 years and I am still writing with these pens and I've also recently purchased two Berol Handwriting Pens for my four year old niece, who is currently learning to write at school. These pens can be bought in light blue, dark blue and black and you can pick them up in most stationary stores, or on-line. I usually pay around £4.00 for a pack of ten pens, or £1.00 for a set of two. You can spot Berol Handwriting Pens almost instantly by just glancing ...  Read the complete review

Berol Handwriting pens are very widely used within schools especially for younger children who are just learning how to form letters from the alphabet or going on to make whole words. The Berol Handwriting pens are a great way to get used to working with a writing tool and are easy for young children to get to grips with. The Berol Handwriting pen has a nice quality fibre tip/ nib, which is neither too fine or to large for the job of writing text. I find they are one of the best writing tools around, as they have a good steady flow of ink to the writing tip and have good consistency of colour when on the ...  Read the complete review

I'm not sure how it works now, but when I was a child, we had to write with pencil at school, until our writing was deemed tidy enough, and our spelling good enough, to be trusted with a pen. For me, always in a hurry to get my work finished, it took me an awfully long time to get a pen, as I always focused on doing as much work as possible rather than getting it done neatly. Finally, when I was ten, I was trusted with my very first pen - a Berol Handwriting Pen. I never understood why these were my schools (and indeed every other schools) pen of choice. However, I now know that these pens contain washable ink, which probably explains a lot - I'm sure the ...  Read the complete review