Since I’ll be out hiking and boating for the next couple days, I thought I’d share this week’s Link Love a little early. Pens and Pencils: Kokuyo Enpitsu 1.3mm Mechanical Pencil Review (via The Pen Addict) Pilot Down Force Pen Review (via The Clicky Post) Zebra Z-Mulsion LX 1.0mm Review (via The Clicky Post) Inks:…
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Moglea Stationery
Moglea is a tiny letterpress print shop run from a farmhouse in rural Iowa. They are creating some beautiful cards and stationery products as well as printing services and custom design and printing work. The Letterquette set was inspired by a vintage Eaton’s stationery set. The kits include notecards and envelopes. They also created a…
Iowa Rest Stop, Stop #1 on The Well-Appointed Desk Summer Tour
Greetings from The Well-Appointed Desk summer road trip! That’s right, I had to stop at the legendary I-80 rest stop in Iowa that features a giant pen nib out front. The site is designed to recognize the writing heritage of Iowa. From its universities to authors who’ve both lived in and traveled through Iowa, all…
Video: Typewriter Tour
If you love vintage typewriters, you’ll enjoy this tour of Pieritz in Oak Park which is filled with wonderful old machines. The tour is led by vintage aficionado Bradley Paul during a recent Letter Writers Alliance Letter Writing Social.
Video: Casey Neistat’s Hyper-Organized Studio
While I mostly focus on workspaces of the average modern office worker, today I thought I’d share this video I found of Casey Neistat’s highly-functional and slightly OCD video studio. This will also offset some of the complaints that I often collect and share workspaces that are too ideal, too “magazine”. This is a super…
Brevi Manu Stationery Shop
Marvin Kleinmeier (AKA Bob Sala Photographie) recently photographed products for a German stationery shop “Brevi Manu” for a future online store and catalog. I see familiar products like Hardmuth, Koh-i-Noor, and Kaweco — all excellent German products — along with Palomino Blackwings and other beautiful products. Brevi Manu creates the O-Check products which will also…
Mini Letterpress Notebooks
Heather Smith Jones has created a collection of pocket-sized Stockman notebooks letterpress printed with array of vintage farming images. There are four different designs and contain 40 pages. Each book is a petite 2 5/8″ x 4 1/4″ — perfect for pocket or purse. $5 each.