Pentel of Japan is one of the world's leading writing brands and produces many of the planet's favourite pens and pencils. Pentel are especially notable for their mechanical pencils, with probably the best range in this product category of any manufacturer.

Check out the Pentel Graph series and the iconic Pentel P200. Pentel are possibly best-known for the iconic green R50 Ball Pentel rollerball - which pretty much introduced the rollerball concept to the UK in the 1970's. It's still going strong. Recently Pentel have focussed on their excellent EnerGel range of gel ink rollerballs, which feature particularly smooth and quick-drying ink.