I forgot to include a link to these videos in yesterday’s Link Love but this is more of a Friday waste-a-few-minutes-on-the-company’s-dime activities anyway. Tipping my hat to Brad at Pen Addict for posting these videos. If you’re a fan of shows like “How Things Are Made” AND you like pens and stationery, especially from Japan,…
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Pens in the Wild: Uppercase Magazine
What does Janine Vangool of Uppercase Magazine reach for when she needs to create loose brush lettering for her publications? Of course, a Zig Letter Pen Cocoiro with brush pen insert. (images from Janine’s Instagram Feed)
A.W. Faber Pencils and Chalks Catalog Page
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 +…
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…