Fountain Pen Day is coming up on Friday this week and while I believe that everyday is Fountain Pen Day, this annual public celebration is a great way to increase the knowledge and love for fountain pens. Oh, and get some extra special deals from your favorite vendors.
In honor of Fountain Pen Day, both of our shops (Big Cartel and Etsy) will be offering a FREE Col-o-ring Dipper with every order placed from Friday, November 5 through Saturday, November 6, 2021. (No coupon required.)
Pens:
- Product Spotlight: Caran d’Ache Infinite 888 Ballpoint and Mechanical Pencil (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- The Ultem-ate EDC? Reviewing the Schon DSGN Ultem Pens in Black and Amber (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Serious Nibbage Snippet Gourmet Pens Hot Pink Lemonade Fountain Pen with Pilot Parallel Calligraphy Nib (via Gourmet Pens)
- How To Choose Your Second Fountain Pen (and Why It Should Be A Japanese One) (via Tokyo Station Pens)
Ink:
- Dominant Industry inks make a splash (via UK fountain pens)
- Montegrappa Harry Potter Ravenclaw Blue (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- Birmingham Pen Co. Hydrangea Fountain Pen Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)
- 31 Fountain pen inks in 31 days! INKTOBER 2021 (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
- Wearingeul Yi-sang (via Mountain of Ink)
- Robert Oster Sooty Shearwater (via Mountain of Ink)
- Ostrich Inks Part 2 (via Mountain of Ink )
Pencils:
- Newell Brands cancel Mongol pencil trademark (via pencil talk)
- America Standards (via Bleistift)
- The Leadhead’s Pencil Blog: Volume 7 has arrived! (via Leadhead)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Faber-Castell A5 Notebook Review (via The Pen Addict)
- The Best Monthly Planners (via JetPens)
- How to make printables in Affinity Publisher (via All About Planners)
- Where can I buy……. (via Philofaxy)
Art & Creativity:
- 10 steps to help you become a better illustrator (via Creative Boom)
- Revolution on my work table. (via Apple-Pine)
- Stanley Whitney in the New York Times (via Notebook Stories)
- Book Review: The Art of Gouache by Viktorija Semjonova (via Parka Blogs)
Other Interesting Things:
- Explore the magical world of Hayao Miyazaki in the Academy Museum’s new exhibition (via Creative Boom)
- Lightyear (via Kottke.org)
- Have You Noticed There’s a Paint Shortage? (via Hyperallergic)
- USPS Operation Santa Is Now Accepting Letters for 2021 Program (via USPS Newsroom)
- TRC Holiday Omiyage Gift Guide Recommendations (via TRAVELER’S COMPANY USA)
- NaNoWriMo 2021 (via The Pen Addict)
- The Many Anniversaries Of Maruzen (via The Pelikan’s Perch)
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