I kept going back to Present + Correct to admire this vintage advertising art of A.W. Faber pencils and chalks that I decided I needed to share it. The image is circa 1897. I love that the pencils were tied to cardstock to display them. Good way to display my vintage pencils? (via Present +…
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Link Love: TWSBI Future Releases, Inks, Notebooks and Bag Check
Pens and Pencils: TWSBI shows off new designs (via FPGeeks) In anticipation of the release (today!) of the Palomino Blackwing Pearl, a review of the Palomino Blackwing 602 (via Pencil Revolution) Why I use wooden pens (via The Pen Company) Don’t Be Afraid of a Pencil (via Medium) — this article is so good I’m…
Ask The Desk: Moleskine Portfolio Book Alternatives
Yesterday, following Moleskine’s release of their new portfolio books, John from Pencil Revolution asked: Anyone know of a portfolio type item that is not made by Moleskine? This is the portfolio book in question. From the outside, it looks like a standard Moleskine notebook but on the inside its a divided pocket accordion book with an…
HERO 329 Fountain Pen Review
After my post about reproduction Chinese pens, my good friend Donovan of The Letter Writers Alliance (LWA to those in the know — including my father-in-law!), offered me three HERO 329 pens from China to review and giveaway. So, here goes: This particular HERO pen is listed on Ebay as a “vintage” edition of the…
Edelstein Amber Ink Sample Impressions
My pal on Twitter Jose included this “surprise sample” of ink in our recent ink swap. I had to message him to find out exactly what ink it was and it turned out to be the Pelikan Edelstein Amber ink, their “color of the year”. I was playing around with my Noodlers Creaper Flex pen…
Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-Rin (Bamboo Forest) Ink
After my review of the J. Herbin Vert Olive, reader Jose offered to do an ink swap with me so that I could compare the Vert Oilve to Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-Rin (AKA Bamboo Forest). Since the color of the Chiku-Rin is so light, I decided to test it in a pen with a wider nib…
Refillable cartridge for Kaweco Sport Fountain Pens… wahoo!
Well, well, well… what do we have here? Is this an aerometric squeeze filler for small enough to fit inside a Kaweco Sport fountain pen? Why, yes it is! Go forth and rejoice, all you Kaweco Sport users! For a mere $3 you too can now use bottled ink without having to reuse old cartridges…