I’ve had a couple stumper questions sent to The Desk that I’ve tried researching but some are outside my field of knowledge so I thought I’d ask you, my dear readers if you could help solve these fine folks’ problems. Vicki asks: … i was given a sheaffer lifetime 14k nib pen it has the…
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Ask The Desk: The Well-Appointed Desk on Podcasts
Cecelia asked: I know you’ve done some guest podcasts–can you post a list of them/links to (or point me to them if I’m missing it). Thanks 🙂 Thanks for the question, Cecelia! Here’s a list of my podcast appearances. There aren’t a lot but here they are: The Pen Addict Episode 54: The Chair Of…
Ask The Desk: Where’s Your Feed?
Derrick said: I am not getting your feed anymore. Haven’t received an email from the site in a few weeks. Since the switch over to our own Well-Appointed Desk servers this month, some folks have mentioned that they are no longer getting post from us in the RSS reader. If you’re having issues, please update…
Ask The Desk: Long-lasting, Archival Notebook
Brody recently emailed me this question: Since I got back into pens, I have become really enamored with Fountain Pens. I have been burning through notebooks trying to find good fits for FPs. I also started journalling – one for my daughter, one for my son, and one for me. I started off with…
Ask The Desk: Less Smudgy Pencils
Ian asked: As a student, I frequently have to go back and reference older papers and essays (stored in binders) I have written. Though work in pen poses no problem, work in pencil, especially that older then a month, often becomes an unreadable gray smear due to pages sliding across each other. I use standard…
Ask The Desk: ID Protection Stamps
Sandy asks: Think this is good idea? I assume the question regards any sort of blotting stamp for security purposes. Folks seem to like these as an alternative to paper shredders as they are smaller, quieter and portable for obscuring personal information on printed material. While shredding makes sense for a lot of papers, sometimes…
Ask The Desk: Dilli Flex vs. Noodler’s Creaper
M asks: I’m new to flex pens and am looking to get an inexpensive one. I know this is a common question but was wondering what your thoughts might be on Noodler’s vs FPR? I’m looking to get either the Konrad/Creaper or Dilli/Guru. So far the consensus seems to be that the Noodler’s pens need…