We love Kawecos as much as anyone so check out the JetPens Blog comprehensive guide to the Kaweco Sport this week. I am really loving the new colors they are doing like the Lunar Sport collection and the newest Marble Ocean Collection. The Marble OCean 100% goes with my mermaid vibe this month!
Pens:
- If I Could Only Keep Ten Fountain Pens…. (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Kaweco Sport: A Comprehensive Guide (via JetPens Blog)
- Platinum 3776 – Ranking the Nibs (via The Pen Addict)
- Fountain pens in India – Myths debunked and the much-requested SWOT of the industry (via INKED HAPPINESS)
- The Story of Delta and Its Iconic DV Original (via Pen Boutique Blog)
- Pen Thoughts: FWP Aluminum Carousel Highland Smoke (via Dime Novel Raven)
Ink:
- On The Paper Trail Episode 13: Permanent Inks for Our First Ink Episode! (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Ink Battle: Wearingeul and Anderillium (via Rachel’s Reflections)
Pencils:
- My current mechanical pencils (via José Naranja)
- The Pencil The sharpener bites, and … | Hunter Gatherer 21C (via The Cramped)
Planners, Notebooks & Paper:
- Hobonichi Techo 2027 Preview Exhibit at the 2026 San Francisco Pen Show (via JetPens)
- Maruman Mnemosyne Journal A6 Slim Notebook Review (via The Pen Addict)
- The Best Journals (via JetPens)
- How to make your own self-help booklet (via Flow Magazine)
- Quickie: Kokuyo Thin Paper for Fountain Penning (via CJs Wunderkammer)
- Filofax Beginners Guide – Part 1 (via Philofaxy)
Art & Creativity:
- Playful Knitted Pillows by Donna Wilson Infuse Interiors with Whimsy and Joy (via Colossal)
- SuperVision Watercolours (via Jane Blundell Artist)
- Typewriter interview with James Kochalka (via Austin Kleon)
- REVIEW: Holbein Artists’ Watercolor Pencils 50 Color Set And Palette (via Doodlewash)
- Review-ish: Arrtx 24 color full pan Watercolor set (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
Other Interesting Things:
- Review: Boox Go 10.3 (Gen 2) Lumi e-ink tablet (via Parka Blogs)
- A sense of lightness (via Austin Kleon)
- A New Colossal Shop Collection Highlights Local Artists and Chicago-Made Goods (via Colossal)
- U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors To Meet August 7 (via USPS Newsroom)
- Introducing UNION, Our collaboration collection with The Superior Labo (via Yoseka Stationery)
- Homemade rubber stamps (via José Naranja)
- A UK Stationery Fest Haul (via Inky Imaginings)
- To Do: De-DRM Your E-book Library (via CJs WUnderkammer)
- Writing by Hand is Good for your Brain – Here’s how to do it (via The Cramped)
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Neal Stephenson’s exhortation, linked at the end, was the third comment in as many days that I’ve seen saying something like “get back to writing,” so thank you, Ana, for participating in one of those “conspiracies by the Universe” that seem to come around when one needs them.