Link Love: Best Link Love Yet!

This Link Love edition has it all: 21 Pen Question responses, DC Pen Show reports, lots of art journaling content, great perspectives on pen buying, paper explanations and even a pop can nib demo! Without a doubt, this is an edition of Link Love you’re going to want to click EVERY link. Enjoy!!!

#21PenQuestions:

• Nibby Sunday: Get to Know Me Through 21 Pen Questions (via pennenermektigere.no)
• Let’s do the 21 Pen Questions – by Ricardo (via Extra Fine Writing)

Pens:

• Gravitas Pocket Fountain Pen in Teal Splash Review (via The Pen Addict)
• No More Grail Pens: Hunting Fun Nibs at the 2023 D.C. Pen Show (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Issue#13 Keeping and letting go of Fountain Pens (via Fountain Pen Weekly)
• Pen Shopping at Appelboom Boston (via Line Variation)
• Pop Can Pen Nib (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)

Ink:

• Diamine Aurora Borealis on Tsubame (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Ink Review #774: Rohrer & Klinger Solferino (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Ishimaru #35 Grasshopper (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Wearingeul Kim So Wol Literature (via Mountain of Ink)
• The Best Blue Black Fountain Pen Inks (via JetPens)
• thINKthursday – Sailor Shikiori Sound of Rain Harahara (via Anderson Pens Blog)
• Pennonia Strigoi Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Travelling with ink: Audley, near Stoke-on-Trent (via Fountain pen blog)

Pencils:

• Caran d’Ache 849 COLORMAT-X 0.7mm Mechanical Pencil Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Review: Stabilo Woody 3 in 1 Duo Pencils (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Thoughts On Paper Size and Weight (via Fountain Pen Love)
• Slippery Smooth: Kokuyo Perpanep Tsuru Tsuru (via Dime Novel Raven)
• Guest Post – My cheapest organiser purchase – by Gmax (via Philofaxy)
• Filofax Personalised Diary Inserts (via Philofaxy) 
• Reader Question 6: Help, I’m writing in five notebooks daily, how do I pare down? (via Analog Office)
• ticking lots of boxes… (via Nero’s Notes)
• YOSEKALAB Two-Month Weekly Planner (via Yoseka Stationery)
• Stu’s Daily Drivers 2023 (via Nero’s Notes)
• Field Notes “Foiled Again” Edition (via Tools and Toys)

Art & Creativity:

• End July Journal (via Drewscape)
• On My Table: Beginning of August 2023. (via Apple-Pine)
• Unveiling the Magic: The Remarkable Benefits of Art Journaling (via decor8)
• What sketchbook to use for a mini-roadtrip? (via Liz Steel)
• People Help Artist Find Sketchbook He Worked on For 10 Years (via My Modern Met)
• What I would include in a basic comic drawing kit (via Drewscape)
• Updated Sketching Tools Section (via Liz Steel)
• Recent YouTube Uploads (via Apple-Pine)
• Painting in the Garden, A Fun and Different Project: Barn Quilts (via My Giant Strawberry)
• Sneaky Art Podcast: A Conversation in Two Parts (via Apple-Pine)
• Live Sketchbook Tour: Moving to a smaller book (via Liz Steel)

Pen Show Reports:

• DC Pen Show 2023 – A Return to Form (via The Looped Square)
• Still Got It: The Big Show is Back! The 2023 D.C. Pen Show Recap (via The Gentleman Stationer)

Other Interesting Things:

• Striking Vintage Calculators (via Kottke)
• Coming August 22nd: Bellroy’s New “Tokyo Wonder Tote” (via Tools and Toys)

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