Over the last 48 hours, I’ve had a few glitches in the finely oiled machine that is The Well-Appointed Desk. On Sunday night, our power went out at 9pm and was not restored until 11am Monday, by which point I was already at work. So… I was unable to get a new post up…
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New Vintage Goodies in The Shop
I added some new vintage goodies to the shop today. It’s a gold star kind of day!
Clairefontaine 1951 Notebook Review
The Clairefontaine Back To Basics Le Carnet 1951 notebooks are cardstock-covered and a cahier style. The covers are flexible cardstock, perfect for folding open or back as needed. This book is 5.8″ x 8.3″ and contains 48-pages. It’s staple-bound in two places and is filled with 90 gsm paper. They remind me of composition notebooks.…
Ohto Graphic Liner 0.3
I’d been hearing a lot of praise about the humble-looking Ohto Graphic Liner 0.3. For the descriptions and the look of the pen, I was expecting something that performed similarly to the Pilot Precise V5. The size, smooth barrel and long flat clip makes it look quite similar to the V5 and all descriptions suggest…
Ink Sac Replacement Tutorial
My talented and kind friend Rob offered to show me how to re-sac a vintage Esterbrook using my recently acquired purse pen. He was also kind enough to let me document the process. This process should basically work for any old pen that uses a rubber sac bladder. Just make sure to find the right…
Lisbon on Paper
Beautiful things happen when pencil and ink are applied to paper — this is one of them. This is drawing from Luciano Luzano from a trip to Lisbon. Fabulous. (via Illustrista)
Link Love: Paper, Ink and Pencil Shavings
Pencils: Picking the perfect lead hardness (via JetPens Blog) Pencils and Camping (and pencil shavings as tinder) (via Pencil Revolution) Deli Pencil Sharpener (via Bleistift) Pens and ink: Pen currently in use by DaveyB Noodlers Bernake Blue Ink Review (via Pen Addict) Platinum Carbon Black vs Sailor Utlra Nano Black (via East, West, Everywhere) Paper:…