Things in the pen and paper universe seem to be quieting down as everyone gets ready for the holidays and the end-of-the year. Let me know if I overlooked your favorite post this week. Pens: The Lamy Logo Fountain Pen (via From The Pen Cup) Pilot Juice 0.7mm Gel Pen Review (via Ed Jelley) Pentel…
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A Beginner’s Dive into Ring-Bound Planners: Part 1 – Why?
In the past couple weeks, I fell down the rabbit hole that is the ring-binder planner. You might know them as a Filofax, Franklin Covey or a Dayrunner. There are other brands on the market as well like Kikki K, Van der Spek, and Gillio, to name a few.Initially, I thought I’d pull together one…
Field Notes Cherry Wood vs. Shelterwood
I recently picked up a set of the Cherry Wood standard edition Field Notes and thought it would be fun to compare them to their older brother, the Shelterwood. The first thing you’ll notice is that the Cherry Wood color is lighter than the Shelterwood and the Cherry Wood has black printed text on the…
Winners: Uppercase Magazine Giveaway
So, I drew the winners for the Uppercase magazine giveaway and both winners chose issue #22. Congrats to DebS and Ashli! I’ll email you both and see if one of you lucky winners would like to get issue #20 instead. There’s a Mini Cooper Countryman completely yarn bombed in it. Tempted?
Review: Pilot Custom 74 Fountain Pen (F Nib)
There have been a lot of sturdy little boxes that entered my life in the past couple of weeks. Let’s just say that the Pen Addict Podcast Annual Gift Guide episode was hell on my wallet. Inside the simple paper sleeve with the big P logo on it was a clear window box so that…
Review: Rotring 600 0.5mm Mechanical Pencil
During the whole Black Friday hullabaloo, Jet Pens had a special offer for some of the Rotring Mechanical Pencils. It was an offer too good to pass up as I’d always wanted to see what all the fuss was about so I went for it. The Rotring 600 0.5mm mechanical pencil ($33) came in a…
Review: Kaweco Sport Skyline Fountain Pen in Black F Nib
The Kaweco Sport Fountain Pen is one of my favorite tools. With the introduction of the Skyline series this year featuring silver hardware, its rocketed to the top of a lot of lists for good quality, reasonably priced fountain pens. Of the Kaweco Sport Skyline fountain pens, the black model is the most classic of…