Link Love: No (Harry) Styles Here.

I will spare you any off-topic observations this week and take you straight to the links. I also spared you the freakish bounty of links about Harry Styles that came acorss my path this week. You’re welcome.

Pens:

• Studio Neat Mark One Review (via The Poor Penman)
• News: M205 Rose Quartz Special Edition Demonstrator (via The Pelikan’s Perch)
• Chinese Pens: The Final Chapter (via An Inkophile’s Blog)
• A Fulfilling Micro Collection (via Rachel’s Reflections)
• Three Ways to Use Uniball Jetstream Refills to Upgrade Pens for Work and School (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Fountain pen update, August 2023: Some new mid-level pens and a general stabilization of the stable (via Urban Adventure League)

Ink:

• Knowing me, knowing you (via Nero’s Notes)
• PenBBS Season 30 Part 2 (via Mountain of Ink)
• Krishna Elegant Teal (via Inkcredible Colours)
• miscellaneous v (via ink between the teeth)
• Ink Review #773: Inkebara Brown-Gray (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• old world: diamine mediterranean blue (via A fleeting Ripple)
• Ink of the Week – Diamine Ruby (via Fountain Pen Love)
• Wearingeul Macbeth & The Phantom of the Opera – A Review, Part 3 (via The Pen Addict)
• Chasing Gray Inks (via Dime Novel Raven)

Pencils:

• Blackwing Natural Extra Firm Pencil Review (via The Pen Addict)
• In love with mechanical pencils (via José Naranja)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Can You Have Too Many Refillable Notebooks? (via Notebook Stories)
• The Best Planners for 2024 (via JetPens)
• Real Vinyl Record Notebook Review (via Penultimate Dave)
• Journaling Series: Journaling to Work Out Choices (via Writing at Large)

Art & Creativity:

• 10 Questions for Ellie Irons, an Artist Who Grows Her Own Pigments (via Hyperallergic)
• A Step-by-Step Guide to Making an Illuminated Manuscript (via Hyperallergic)
• 9 Expert Tips on How to Successfully Work with Acrylic Paint (via My Modern Met)
• Can you draw with an X-Acto knife? (via Drewscape)

Other Interesting Things:

• NASA Lost Contact With Voyager 2 but Then Heard a Heartbeat (via My Modern Met)
• Mini Reviews: Two Pink Sharpeners and One Transparent One (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• 27 Back to School Supplies to Prepare You for the New Semester (via My Modern Met)
• 16th-Century Horoscopes Come to Life in This Pop-up Book (via My Modern Met)
• 33 Spaceships for Another Planet (via Kottke.org)
• Celebrate Your Festivities With USPS Piñatas! Stamps (via USPS Newsroom)
• Cleaning Tom Bihn bags (via Stationery Pizza)

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