Link of the Week: While this link is old, I found it down the click-through rabbit hole that happens when one starts reading one article, then another, then another, that eventually leads to a jewel. This article might lead you forward through my New Yorker rabbit hole to the other articles which were each about…
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Pelikan Hubs: This Friday!
We have details for the Kansas City and Nashville Pelikan Hub Events! Kansas City: The Kansas City event will be held at 6:30pm on Friday night (Sept. 21) at Crown Center just outside The Pen Place. There are 37 registered attendees but anyone is welcome to come. Registered attendees will receive the goodies from Pelikan…
Ink Review: Bungbox Happiness
Guest Review by Julia van der Wyk Intro and general comments Bungbox Happiness ($39 per 50ml bottle) ink was made to replicate the color of happiness, in the guise of a cheerful, yet unassuming green. Do we think they succeeded? Well, the bunny fox on the label is so happy it can’t even handle how happy…
Pen Review: Three Dry Gel Pens Compared
Review by Tina Koyama After fountain pens, my favorite pen type for writing is gel. I love the wide range of vibrant ink colors they are available in, and they require no maintenance. As a lefty, however, many gel inks remain wet just long enough that they smear under typical writing conditions. I’ve occasionally tried…
Link Love: In Search of Pencil Lovers
The only things missing from this week’s links are more pencil reviews – where are all the pencil lovers? We want to hear from you! This week’s highlights include how the Ink Smudge got it’s name and David Pennington’s shop tales. Oh retail! Pens: So Ugly It’s Cute? My Thoughts on the TWSBI Go (via…
Ink Overview: Taccia Inks
Taccia introduced its own line of inks at the San Francisco Pen Show. The full line includes 13 colors in 40ml glass bottles. The bottles looked like slightly taller versions of the Sailor (more like the Storia bottles but not frosted) The colors are a good range of colors (black, blue, red, orange, green) plus…
Shop Update: Booze Alert and More
It took a bit of time to get it all uploaded and updated but I wanted to share our new products that we shared at the San Francisco Pen Show. First, we launched three new notecards ($3 each) from vintage advertising cuts that were on loan to us from John Hinkle. John collects vintage ink bottles…