Link Love: A Day Late but Not a Dollar Short

Due to weather delays, this is an extremely lengthy Link Love. But I’m home safe and the cats are very happy about that. Some of the highlights are: Draplin Love, actual pencil reviews this week, LA Pen Show recaps, and, oh yeah, the 2019 Pen Addict Live Kickstarter went live. Plus SOOOOO much more. Enjoy!

Pens:

• First Impressions: Aurora 88 Unica Nera (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Franklin-Christoph Model 20 Fountain Pen (via Gourmet Pens)
• Kaweco Student 70s Soul fountain pen (via United Inkdom)
• Baron Fig Squire Copper Pen (via The Pencilcase Blog)
• The Ajoto Pen 2.0 – Ebony Cerakote Stainless Steel (via The Clicky Post)
• Flex Nibs And Ink Characteristics (via Inkophile)
• Video: TWSBI Diamond 580 AL R “Nickel Grey” (via Scrively)
• Ranga Ebonite Bamboo – fifty years to flower (via Inked Happiness)
• The Marie Kondo of pens: the Muji round aluminium fountain pen (via UK fountain pens)
• Hero 616 Big Size or Doctor Fountain Pen (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
• The Best Quick-Drying Gel Pens, 2019 Review (via JetPens)
• Wing Sung Demonstrators (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• My Favorite Pens – Esterbrook Dollar Pen (via Anderson Pens Blog)

Ink:

• Bril: indelible is the ink! (via Inked Happiness)
• Testing Fountain Pen Sacs With Different Inks (via Fountain Pen Love)
• Kyo-no-oto No. 6 Adzuki-iro (via The Pen Addict)
• Diamine 150th Anniversary Blood Orange (via Ink Sharks)
• BookPensCom #7 (via Gourmet Pens)
• Colorverse Pale Blue Dot (via Ink Sharks)
• Pen Addict X Robert Oster Fire on Fire Fountain Pen Ink (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)

Pencils:

• Kum Longpoint Single Hole. (via Pencil Revolution)
• Faber-Castell Jumbo Grip Graphite Pencils (via Tools and Toys)
• Blackwing Natural: Extra Firm and Kinda Naked. (via Pencil Revolution)
• The Fude of Pencils (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Pencil shade (via Austin Kleon)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Heavyweight Fountain-Pen-Friendly Envelopes (via Fountain Pen Love)
• How Do You Use Your…Hippo Noto? (via Looped Square)
• Sennelier USKbook GREEN Cover (300gsm 100% cotton paper) (via Parka Blogs)
• Daiso Notebook (via Notebook Stories)
• The Best Notebooks for Fountain Pens, 2019 Review (via JetPens)
• Why I’m Obsessed with Reading Books about Writing in Notebooks | The Washington Post (via The Cramped)

Letter Writing & Postal Topics:

• Handwritten letters (via Nero’s Notes)
• Keep an Eye Out for Aaron Draplin’s “Star Ribbon” US Postage Stamp (via Tools and Toys)
• The Library of Letters (via Letter Writers Alliance)
• Directory of Letter Writing Societies (via Letter Writers Alliance)

Art & Creativity:

• Best permanent fineliners for ink and wash (via Liz Steel)
• Shapely Shadows Reimagined as Quirky Illustrations by Vincent Bal (via Colossal)
• Book Review: 100 Tuesday Tips by Griz and Norm (via Parka Blogs)
• Ecoline Watercolor Brush Pens Review (via Doodlewash)
• Nelleke Verhoeff Paper Collage (via Brown Paper Bag)
• Book Review: Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School (via Parka Blogs)

Penmanship & Calligraphy:

• Where does handwriting end and calligraphy begin? (via Inked Happiness)
• The Power of Penmanship | The Art Of Manliness Podcast (via The Cramped)
• Calligraphy Art Tutorial: How to Make a Flourished … Well, Anything! (via The Postman’s Knock)
• What’s the Difference Between Cursive and Calligraphy? (via The Postman’s Knock)

Other Interesting Things:

• The We Can Do It Girl – Naomi Parker Fraley (via Glamour Daze)
• National Geographic’s Upcoming Documentary on the Apollo Missions (via Kottke)
• Hilariously Polite Protest Signs (via Design You Trust)
• Some of Our Favorite Typefaces (via Tools and Toys)
• 5 things you can do with old books (via Flow Magazine)
• The Pen Addict Live 2019: Atlanta and San Francisco – Now on Kickstarter! (via The Pen Addict)
• Kamio Japan Paco-Tray Pen Case (via The Pen Addict)
• Lavanya Rastogi – Fountain pen and the art of Digital Detoxification (via Inked Happiness)
• Travels with pens: Washington (via UK fountain pens)
• LA Pen Show 2019 – A Quick Look (via The Poor Penman)
• L.A. Pen Show Friday and Saturday Recap (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• L.A. Pen Show Sunday Recap and General Thoughts (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Office Theft of Notebooks and Pens (via Notebook Stories)
• Vintage Office Supplies From Phil’s Stationery (via Notebook Stories)