Tom's Studio Ori Highlighter: refillable marker, tips and fluoro ink

Tom's Studio is a small British family business that started in the garage of founder Tom Gyr's father-in-law. Tom was working as a product and furniture designer when he noticed his wife Gemma practising her beautiful calligraphy with a cheap plastic pen. He felt she deserved better. On a 1960s Myford lathe he turned a first calligraphy pen from Corian and brass. Gemma loved it, friends asked for one too, and eventually Tom and Gemma left London for Dorset to work on the brand full time. Today Tom designs complete collections of refillable writing tools, all built on the same principle: creative gear that lasts a lifetime instead of ending up in the bin after a few weeks. The full Tom's Studio range is available at Penworld.

The Ori Highlighter is the marker in that story. Since 1971, more than 2.6 billion plastic highlighters have been manufactured worldwide, almost all destined for landfill. The Ori is the answer: a refillable marker with a smooth Japanese chisel tip that handles broad strokes and fine detail with equal ease, and vivid fluoro ink that stands out on the page without bleeding through thin paper. Every component, from tip to ink reservoir to body, can be swapped out separately. The marker ships with a chisel tip by default; bullet tips and brush tips are sold separately, so the same body can later serve as a fineliner or brush pen. At Penworld you find the complete Tom's Studio Ori Highlighter collection in a range of colours.

When the reservoir runs low, top it up with a bottle of Ori ink in your favourite fluoro shade. When a tip wears out, or when you want to turn your marker into a fineliner or brush pen, pick a fresh one from the Ori tips range. A single Ori that keeps going for years and adapts to the way you work.

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