At first glance, the Pilot Cocoon looks like nothing more than a Pilot Metropolitan in a fancy box. It does bear a striking resemblance to the Pilot Metropolitan in its outer appearance, though the lovely midnight blue anodized color is not something spotted in the Metropolitan line. In its fancy box is an ink cartridge…
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Lime Green Giveaway
This is the first of the color-themed sample giveaways in honor of the third anniversary of The Well-Appointed Desk. Today’s giveaway is an assortment of items in my favorite hue — three notebooks of varying sizes including a Green Room composition book and a plethora of green pens and pencils. The pens were used for…
Three Years of The Well-Appointed Desk
Today is the third anniversary of The Well-Appointed Desk. In that time, I’ve posted over 1800 times, reviewed dozens of pens, notebooks and other office supplies, given away lots of goodies and made tons of new friends. I am amazed that I find new things to talk about every day! To celebrate, I am going…
Field Notes Night Sky Edition
Whenever the folks over at Coudal announce a new edition of the Colors series, the frenzy to get a set (or four) begins. I am lucky enough to have a subscription so as soon as the emails go out announcing the latest series, I know at least two sets of the books are winging their…
June Ink Drop Reveal?
This month, Goulet Pens decided to trip up the Ink Drop subscribers with a “What’s in a Name?” theme. In other words, they send unlabelled vials and its our chance to guess the colors. If you guess correctly and enter your guess into the contest on Ink Nouveau, you could win a bottle of the…
Link Love: Book It, Dan-o
Pens, Pencils and Inks Monteverde Invincia Deluxe Nighthawk (F nib) (via From the Pen Cup) Papermate InkJoy Quatro Review (The Clicky Post) Pencil Quiver (via My Pen Needs Ink) Retro 51 Tornado Snapper Pen Review (The Clicky Post) Noodlers Inks with a Dip Pen (via JustDaveyB) Notebooks Kapdaa Offcuts Notebook Review (via Notebook Stories) Questions…