What would August be without my favorite of all shopping holidays, back-to-school shopping! Paper, pencils, pens and erasers as far as the eye can see. I believe that the start of school is an excuse for all of us to get a new bookbag, notebook and writing tools. Here are some of the goodies I’ll…
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Ink Review: P.W. Akkerman #24 Zuiderpark Bluaw-Groen
P.W. Akkerman #24 Zuiderpark Blauw-Greon is another in a long line of blue-black inks to pass across The Desk. It could be because I seek out the blue-blacks in particular but, this time fate intervened and this lovely ink arrived thanks to Lisa at Vanness. There is definitely more of a greenish undertone to Zuiderpark…
Link Love
Pens: The New Pilot Metropolitan Retro Pop Collection (via Pen Chalet) What Is It About Cheap Disposable Pens? (via My Pen Needs Ink) Taming the Chaos (via From The Pen Cup) How Franklin-Christoph Made Me a Loyal Customer (via Penucopia) Two Stub Nib Pens That Were Almost Created Equal (via Inkophile) Pilot Murex (via Alt.…
Finally! Kaweco Skyline Sport in Pink
The long-awaited, new Kaweco Skyline Sport in pink (€17,95) has finally landed stateside! Now that its here and you can see its the first (and possible the only) pink pen I own. The great thing about the Kaweco Sport series is that the prices for them are so reasonable, I don’t feel too bad about…
Ink Review: Montblanc Midnight Hour
I must confess right away that the new Montblanc Meisterstück Blue Hour Twilight Blue ($17 for a 30ml bottle), despite its lengthy name, is an ink color that is totally in my wheelhouse. Initially I was thinking it was a blue black but its actually more of a dark teal/black, if that makes sense. It…
Guess Who’s Coming to Kansas City?
(Sorry, I couldn’t resist a click bait title.) MIKE ROHDE!!!!!!!! If you are in Kansas City, and you read this blog, you are probably going to want to hop over to the KC Coffee & Design and register to attend the Friday lecture (FREE!) and the Saturday Sketchnotes Workshop ($75) coming at the end of…
Fashionable Friday: Over the Rainbow
This Fashionable Friday was just way too much and there were way too many options to choose from. So many ink brands offer a huge rainbow of colors or many notebook manufacturers offer a rainbow of cover options (I’m looking at you, Rhodiarama and Leuchtturm1917) that it was hard to fit everything on one page.…