Out of Pages is a subscription service that will send you a new notebook on a specified schedule — every month, or every 2,3,4, or six months or once a year. They break up the costs for the more frequent delivery to an initial fee plus a monthly charge spreading out the costs of the…
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Review: Pilot Super Gel 0.5mm Green
In my endless quest to own all the green pens in the world, I stumbled across the Pilot Super Gel 0.5mm. At a whopping $1.35 I couldn’t resist picking it up. But I had to wonder…. “What’s makes it so super?” It turns out that instead of being a slender refill inside a plastic pen…
Winner: Stillman & Birn Paper Sampler
Its time to announce the winner of the Stillman & Birn Paper Sampler. Congrats, Erik! I’ll contact you via email to get your mailing address. You’ll also receive the notebook you chose directly from Stillman & Birn! Thanks to Stillman & Birn!
Video: David Rees Artisanal Pencil Sharpener
David Rees of Artisanal Pencil Sharpening sharpens Blackwing Pencils using an array of tools including a box knife, a Classroom Friendly Sharpener and the El Casco. Is it ridiculous? A little bit, but in his ostentatiousness he gets to the heart of it: anyone can use a pencil and sharpen it with little more than…
Link Love
I know my Link Love lists look ridiculously long but this is pared down from the over 200 individual posts I read since the last Link Love. There’s a lot of chatter this week about how and why people are writing things down and a resurgence of interest in an assortment of budget tools. Picking…
Review: Lamy Logo F Fountain Pen in Brushed Aluminum
I recently spotted the Lamy Logo fountain pen in brushed aluminum and clicked on the Buy It Now button before I knew what I was doing. I love the Lamy nibs for their smoothness and easy interchange-ability but I don’t like the molded grip featured in the Safari/AL-Star lines so the Logo series was a…
Field Notes: Arts & Sciences Colors Edition
Today Field Notes announced the newest edition of the Field Notes Colors series: Arts and Sciences. The books are most notable because its a set of two different notebooks– one for arts, one for sciences– and because these books are larger than your average Field Notes at 7.5″ x 4.75″. Isn’t that awesome? Both notebooks…