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Notebook Review: Baron Fig Confidant
I finally decided to take the plunge and order the Baron Fig Confidant notebook ($16). I purchased the Dot Grid format which was widely recommended by other paper-and-pen enthusiasts. I haven’t bought an A5-ish sized hard cover notebook in a long time so it was about time. Though, the Baron Fig Confidant is actually a…
Align Stapler
Have you ever wished you could make your own booklet or wish the stapler arm was just a little bit longer? The Align Stapler might be just what you need. The stapler and base are held together with a magnet and can be pulled apart to give you a longer reach when needed. You can…
Link Love: The Week of Lamy Love
Fountain Pens: Lamy Persona (via Alt. Haven) Lamy Al-Star Copperorange + Ink (via All Things Stationery) Vintage Pen Primer, Part IV: The Parker Vacumatic (via Gentleman Stationer) LAMY Dialog 3 Fountain Pen – F Nib Black Barrel (via Clicky Post) TWSBI Vac 700 (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!) Pens: Top 5 Pens Spring 2015 Update (via…
Notebook: Calepino Pocket Books
I’ve been wanting to try out the Calepino pocket notebooks for a long time. Its been hard to find a US seller that stocks them though so I’d put if off until I discovered CW Pencil Enterprise. A set of three notebooks in the kraft box is $10 which is competitive with most other pocket…
Notebook Review (and Reveal): Code & Quill
The generous folks at Code & Quill “notebooks for creatives” sent me some of their prototype notebooks to check out. They are already making improvements which shows how fastidious they are about the quality and appearance of these books (see notes at the bottom of this review). The notebooks started out life as a Kickstarter…
Pens for Notebook Testing
All this week, I’ll be publishing reviews of an assortment of notebooks. I wanted to share all the pens I used in the writing tests. I tried to use a wide variety of pens from gel, ballpoint, rollerball, fountain and pencils. They were all oddly color coordinated too so I thought they were photo worthy.…