Link of the Week: Indxd, a digital tool for indexing all the content in all your notebooks, created by David Rea. Pens: Eight Reasons Why You Should Write with a Fountain Pen (via Ed Jelley) Video: Delta Unica (via The Pen Habit) Video: Ti2 TechLiner Review (via Clicky Post) The Ti2 Techliner (Gonzodized Shorty) (via…
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Pencil Review: Kaweco Special 0.7mm Mechanical Pencil
The Kaweco Special 0.7mm mechanical pencil is a bit wider pencil than I expected. It feels in the hand like a jumbo pencil. Luckily the anodized metal, hexagonal octagonal finish is warm and soft in the hand and quite comfortable. I thought the metal finish might be too slick but its not a shiny finish…
Ask The Desk: TARDIS Blue Ink?
This message popped up in my Twitter this morning, which I found was very timely after my outrage at the lack of pop culture-themed inks. @JetPens asked: @wellapptdesk Just last week, @DQuartermane asked us what fountain pen ink is closest to TARDIS blue 😛 We said Sargasso Sea. Thoughts?? I hate to be too picky…
Top 5: Pens Under $30
It might seem like a big jump between the $5 and under pens to a pen that costs upwards of $30, but it really opens the options for materials other than plastic and introduces some refill and filling mechanisms that allow for longer-term cost effectiveness. Rollerball: Retro 51 Tornado Classic Lacquers start at $21. There…
Black Erasers vs. Black Pencils
You know you’re a pencil nerd when you think to yourself, “How well do black erasers perform?” And then you think, “I’ll test them with all BLACK pencils!” Yep, that’s how I think. So, which erasers did I put into my black eraser head-to-head? The classic Papermate Black Pearl (2-pack for $2.39), the Uni Boxy…
Fashionable Friday: Planet Comic-Con Edition
This weekend is the annual Kansas City Planet Comicon and I’m so excited (yet again). So, this week’s “Fashionable Friday” is geek-centric. Apologies to the liberties I took with the color names. But it did make me think, “Why isn’t anyone doing any geek-themed ink colors?” This is a niche that NEEDS to be filled.…
RELEASED: Two Rivers Field Notes COLORS Edition
Field Notes – ‘Two Rivers’ Edition – COLORS Spring 2015 from Coudal Partners on Vimeo. Its been over 24 hours since Field Notes unveiled the video and order page for the “Two Rivers” Spring 2015 COLORS edition so you’ve probably already watched all the videos and placed your order. But if not, I thought I’d…