Link Love: A Day Late but Worth the Wait!

Back to our regularly scheduled program, already in progress… Link Love was delayed due to scheduling overlap with a time-shifted recording of The Pen Addict which will air next Wednesday… which reminds me… if you are in the New York or Toronto area and would like to be a part of the last leg of the RelayCon/Pen Addict World Tour, here are the dates and locations where Brad, Myke and I can be found next week:

Meetup: Wednesday, October 24th @ Fountain Pen Hospital in NYC, 6pm-8pm.
Meetup: Saturday, October 27th @ Wonder Pens Toronto, 1pm-5pm
Saturday, October 27th:  Scriptus Pre-party
Sunday, October 28th: Toronto Pen Show

Pens:

• Retro Talk: The System (via Pens and Junk)
• Kaweco AL Sport Stonewashed Fountain Pen (via Ed Jelley)
• Ballograf Epoca P Ballpoint Pen (via The Pen Addict)
• Platinum Izumo (Soratame, Broad Nib) (via Hand Over That Pen)
• Lamy Studio Terracotta (2018) (via KPMN)
• The Graf Classic exudes quality (via UK fountain pens)
• Old Reliables: The Platinum Preppy and Plaisir? (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Inventery modular fountain pen (via United Inkdom)

Ink:

• Diamine Music Strauss (via Gourmet Pens)
• Video: Monteverde Erinite (via Inkdependence!)
• Video: Robert Oster Frankly Scarlet (via Inkdependence!)
• Robert Oster Orange Rumble (via Mountain of Ink)
• Diamine Teal (via Ink Sharks)
• Taccia Kuro (via Fountain Pen Follies)
• Robert Oster Sydney Lavender (via Mountain of Ink)
• Five Months: an Extended Test of Platinum Carbon Black Pigment Ink (via Fountain Pen Follies)

Pencils:

• Wörther’s Shorty (via Bleistift)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Bookbinders Design: A Custom-Made Review (via Fountain Pen Friendly)
• Mid-Week Mini: Field Notes End Papers: Initial Thoughts. (via The Finer Point)
• Behind the Scenes at the Hilroy Notebook Factory (via Notebook Stories)

Art & Creativity:

• New Clairefontaine fine arts notebooks now available in US! (via Rhodia Drive)
• White Nights Watercolours (via Jane Blundell)
• Maimeri Blu revamped range (via Jane Blundell)
• #InkTober Check-in: The Struggle is Real (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Want to Learn Hand Embroidery? This Creative Couple Shows You How in Classes! (via Brown Paper Bag)
• Samesies (via Austin Kleon)
• Batik-Style Painting With Masking Fluid Tutorial (via Doodlewash)
• 26 Paper Engineers From Around the World Turned the Alphabet Into a Limited Edition Book (via Colossal)

Other Interesting Things:

• The Cornell Note-Taking System: Learn the Method Students Have Used to Enhance Their Learning Since the 1940s (via Open Culture)
• The iPhone XS and XS Max Review on The Sweet Setup (via The Newsprint)
• Have A Mail Art Party (via Letter Writers Alliance)