Can I tell you how excited I was to find this vintage Sheaffer Skrip Washable Blue #42 box? Can you imagine how freaked I was to discover there was still a bottle inside the box? And then can you imagine the pure elation when there was still usable ink in the bottle?!?! I thought you…
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Expectations and Expeditions, Field Notes that is.
If you have spent anytime on Twitter the past couple weeks you’ll probably be aware that while everyone is tickled with the colors and the durability of the new Yupo-based Field Notes Expedition Edition, there has been a lot of blowback about how usable these notebooks actually are. If you have note heard about these…
Top Ten Most Popular Posts for 2012
Isn’t it about time to start some Top Ten posts? I’ll start with the ten most-popular posts on The Well-Appointed Desk this year. If you missed them the first time, you can check them out today! Pen Addict Podcast Gift Guide Rebuttal Kaweco Student Pen ReviewStationery: The Magazine Midori Pen Holder Fountain Pen Reviews Daycraft…
Link Love: Snow Day Edition
Pens and Pencils Fountain Pen Basics (via Pentrace) Monteverde Prima & Field Notes Traveling Salesman Review (via From The Pen Cup) Platinum Preppy Eyedropper Conversion (via Missive Maven) Pentel Libretto Pen and Pencil Set (via Economy Pens) Pentel Pulaman Disposable “Fountain” Pen (via A Penchant For Paper) A.S. Manhattaner’s “Kitty In the City” Fountain Pen…
Five Reasons to Use a Typewriter
According to the BBC, there are five reasons to still use a typewriter. Refuseniks: AKA Luddites To Be Cool No Electricity Aesthetics: making art with typewriters or matching the look of a specific time period Weddings: Huh? If you have a typewriter, why do you use it? (article via BBC, photos by me!)
Eva Black’s Workspace
I love that this is a REAL workspace. It looks like two IKEA tabletops with simple cylinder legs moved into an L-shape formation and turned to face into the room taking advantage of the light from the window as well as not feeling like you’re staring at the wall all day. She used old glass…
Meh.
I’ve had one of those days that makes this new calendar product just about the most perfect thing to share with you today. Its the Mehffirmations 365-day tearaway calendar. Everyday, you get a snarky or slightly demotivating statement. I can think of a few friends who would appreciate this. And for a mere $14.99, I…