I’m happy to announce that the Australian stationery company Notemaker has joined as a sponsor for The Well-Appointed Desk. They’ve been in business for over five years and specialize in finding the best pens, notebooks and all sorts of other wonderful office goodies from around the world. The carry brands like Delfonics, Lamy, Moleskine, Kate…
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Call for notebook recommendations
From The Well-Appointed Desk mailbag came this request from Danny: I would appreciate your opinion. My favorite journal is the Rhodia Webnotebook. I like the fountain pen friendly, off-white colored paper in the 14 x 21 cm size. The only improvement I would like is for the journal to lay flat when open. Do you…
Vintage Office Supply Overdose
My husband’s friend was kind enough to pass along an enormous collection of vintage office supplies from her father and grandfather’s collection. The Denver Post pencil, the fountain pen, ruler and letter opener belonged to her grandfather, Carl P. Stangel, who was an architect in Omaha, NE. Many of the other pieces came from her father…
Muji 0.5 Retractable (Don’t LIME if I do)
Do I have a soft spot for anything lime green? Yes. I do. So when I spied the lime green retractable gel pen at the Muji store, I was weak to the temptation. Sadly, lime green is often a difficult color to read on paper, particularly if it has to fight with grids, lines or…
Incense Cedar Sierra Slip-On Mechanical Pencil: Nice pencil, revolting name
The Incense Cedar Sierra Slip-On, the mechanical pencil with the unfortunate name, is a classic hexagonal wooden pencil that has been hollowed out and replaced with a standard mechanical mechanism. This pencil combines the best of both worlds — the fine smell of cedar wood, comfortable and classic look of the hexagonal and the no-sharpener-needed…
Pilot Frixion Colors and Point 0.4
While in Hong Kong, I was able to pick up both the Pilot Frixion Point 0.4 (similar to a rollerball or gel ink pen) and two Pilot Frixion Colors (which are more akin to a felt tip pen). I purchased a black and brown Frixion Color from a small stationery shop in Hong Kong called…
Uniball Jetstream Color 0.5 tastes better than crow
I have a confession, though if you’ve read The Well-Appointed Desk for awhile now, you’ll notice the absence of almost any reference to ballpoint pens. Those Bic Stics. Yuck. As a lefty with a hook, my high school years were filled with smudged papers, ink all over my pinky from smearing through my work and…