This Friday Faves can be considered a little late or a little early depending on your point of view. Maybe I’m just getting ready for Daylight Savings Time? No matter how you look at it, this week embodies the spirit of the season of Halloween. Mini Letterpress Printed Spirit Board, 5″x7″ with Reversible Planchette, $10…
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Link Love: An Inky Canadian Embrace
Links of the Week: This week’s links are all New York, Toronto and Scriptus 2018-centric. I landed back in Kansas City on Monday night (almost Tuesday morning) and wet right back to work. And today, I have company coming to town – all the way from Australia. So it will be Sunday before I can…
Fountain Pen Review: Birmingham Pen Co. Model-A Liquid Hot Magma
I had been itching to try one of Birmingham Pen Company’s custom fountain pens — their Model-A series designs. They release a small batch of a particular color material every few weeks or months. For some reason, I was taken by the Crystalline Liquid Hot Magma ($119) acrylic color, aptly named after the Austin Powers reference.…
Eye Candy: Pen People are the Best
I don’t often get a chance to thank the wonderful people in the pen community for all that they do for us here at The Desk but I thought today would be a good time to thank you all for your kindness. At pen shows, readers of the blog, folks who have heard me on…
Fountain Pen Review: Kaco Retro EF in Green
There have been a lot of better-quality, Chinese pens introduced into the market recently and the Kaco brand, like Pen BBS and the Moonman line, is one to put on your radar. While the Kaco Retro (approx. $11.49) is not the most innovative pen in terms of design from Kaco (more to come about their…
Link Love: Type and Toronto
I am currently aloft on my way to NYC for the first leg of the Pen Addict/Relay/Well-Appointed Desk North American Tour. Our first stop is Fountain Pen Hospital tonight at 6pm! For more information about the trip and all our adventures, tune in to this week’s Pen Addict podcast. NYC/Toronto Meetup details: Meetup: Wednesday, October…
Friday Faves: Color Love
I’ve been absolutely riveted by this month’s Uppercase cover — a color wheel made out of yarn using a rug hooking technique. Its colorful and crafty and speaks to me on a geeky, arty level. If you do not already subscribe to Uppercase or its epic Encyclopedia compendiums, its worth every penny. They are inspiring…