New Podcast: There is a new pen community podcast called The BYOB Pen Club. Its a round table discussion of Pen Addict Slack regulars. If you are looking to have a virtual drink at the bar with some pen friends, this is the podcast for you. This is the closest approximation to pulling up a…
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Tag Team Review: Moo Softcover Journal
Review by Ana Reinert and Laura Cameron: Since both Laura and I have acquired several of the same products, we have decided to do some “tag team” reviews where we provide two points of view. Since our experience levels differ and our tastes differ, sometimes our opinions will be similar and sometimes they won’t. We…
Giveaway: NockCo Seed A6 Cases
Last week I reviewed the NockCo Seed A6 Hobonichi cases. This week, I’d like to give two readers a chance to try them out for themselves so I am giving away one steel/silver dust and one iris/electric blue case (pictured above, Hobonichi and pens not included). TO ENTER: Leave a comment and tell me what…
Link Love: More Pens, Less Cones.
Post of the Week: When Your Grail Pen Is F**king Expensive (via The Economical Penster) Pens: LAMY Aion in Black (via The Clumsy Penman’s Inkfusion Site) Re-Review: Edison Collier Fountain Pen (via Pencilcase Blog) TactileTurn Mover & Shaker – New Click Mechanism on Kickstarter (via Gourmet Pens) Sailor L’ecoule (via Write to Me Often) The…
Review: Sheaffer Star Wars Rollerball Pen and Pencil Case
If you’ve ever encountered me at the airport or a pen show, you may have uncovered my other obsession besides pens… I’m a Star Wars nerd, so much so that my suitcase is R2-D2. So, when I got upset last year about the Cross Star Wars pens, it wasn’t an act. I can go off…
New Products: Inkello Letterpress
A couple weeks ago I got a chance to purchase a whole bunch of products from Inkello Letterpress in Lawrence, KS. And now I can share my finds with you. Christine M. Schneider is an illustrator and designer running creating beautiful paper goods in her print shop when she’s not illustrating children’s books and art…
Review: Rickshaw Pen Sleeves
I had a total fan girl moment at the San Francisco Pen Show when I saw Mark Dwight of Rickshaw Bags walking the show floor. I wanted to run up to him and tell him how I’d followed his company since he first launched it in 2007 and I had a very early Moleskine notebook…