Link Love: Moving Right Along

I can’t believe its already the middle of March! Normally, this time of year, I’d be preparing to head to Little Rock for the Arkansas Pen Show but due to starting a new job, I don’t have the seniority to take as many vacation days as I have been able to take in the past. So, I sit in my studio, surrounded by cats and pack orders from here.

Many of these orders are for the sale pens listed in the shop right now. Laura and I culled our collections in a rash of spring cleaning. For me, doing a bit of collection culling leaves room to try new pens and to set some free to find better forever homes. With a collection as large as mine, many pens have sat un-inked for years while other pens get used on a daily or weekly basis. I also think that over time, I’ve found the size and style of pens that work best for me so the pens that don’t fit comfortably in my hands are ready to find their Cinderella hands.

Do you get bitten by the spring cleaning bug?

Pens:

• 3 science-backed reasons why you have to try fountain pens (via Pen Noob)
• Pilot Vanishing Point Fountain Pen Nib and Line Comparison (via Yoseka Stationery)
• G’day, Sport! (via Nero’s Notes)
• Pilot Iroshizuku Inks: Luxury Japanese Fountain Pen Inks (via JetPens)
• Fountain Pen Collecting & Color Psychology (via Pen Chalet)
• Leonardo Supernova Star Light Blue Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Review of the Leisure Arts Dot Art Markers (Dual Ended Dot and Fine-Line Markers) (via All About Planners)
• Catch and Release (via Dime Novel Raven)

Ink:

• A Book and New Documentary Explore the Possibilities of Ink-Making in Urban Environments (via Colossal)
• How to Fix Dried-Up Calligraphy Ink (via The Postman’s Knock)
• Ink Review #2075: Private Reserve Fast Dry Sherwood Green (via Mountain of Ink)
• Shokido Venezia on Muji Planting Tree (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Birmingham Independence Grey on Tsubame (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Ferris Wheel Press Summer 2022 Collection (via Mountain of Ink)
• Ink of the Week – S.T. Dupont Royal Blue (via Fountain Pen Love)
• Ink Review #759: Pennonia Danuvius Danube (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• These ‘troublemakers’ want to ink your fountain pens with no trouble (via Pen Noob)

Pencils:

• Other extruded Staedtler pencils (via Bleistift)
• FOMO PSA: Albrecht Durer Magnus Watercolor Pencils (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Paper.. (via Philofaxy)
• Hobonichi cover hack (via Stationery Pizza)
• Ghosts of Planners Past: GTD and Friends (via Writing at Large)

Art & Creativity:

• Sherlock Sam font (via wibble wibble)
• One Week 100 People Day 5: Attack of the Ballpoint (via Writing at Large)
• Review: Be Goody Color/Graphite Bi-Pencils (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Owen Wilson Embodies Bob Ross in New Trailer for ‘Paint’ (via My Modern Met)
• Sketchbook Tour Replay and some watercolour tips (via Liz Steel)
• Crafting Whimsical Creatures with Julie Arkell! (via LoopKnitlounge)

Other Interesting Things:

• Bag Dump: What’s in My Rickshaw Banzai Bag? (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• 2023 Baltimore Pen Show Recap: A Reliably Good Mid-Size Pen Show (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• London Spring Pen Show, 2023: my haul. (via Fountain pen blog)
• Omoi Zakka Shop Visit – Philadelphia, PA (via The Pen Addict)

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