Have I got a giveaway for you this month! I want to giveaway one of my favorite pens: a brand-new Kaweco Classic Sport Fountain pen! This giveaway is generously sponsored by JetPens. Just leave a comment here on The Well-Appointed Desk (comments in Twitter, Tumblr or Facebook will not be valid) between now and Tuesday,…
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Autopoint Overload
You may recall the megaton of vintage office supplies I got last week? Well… that wasn’t everything. In my opinion, I saved the best for last. In the bounty was not one but eight different advertising mechanical pencils all from Autopoint. Yep, the same company that is still in business making the beloved Twinpoint. These…
Link Love: Oh so late but oh so bountiful!
Pencil news: The Leadhead’s Pencil Blog Genuinely chewable pencil (via Advertising Age) (pencil cup photo from Rad+Hungry) Pen News: Three shades of green Lamy (via The Writing Desk) Even the proprietress of Lovely Bicycle occasionally needs to jot a few things down. Of course, she does it in style: Fountain Pen 101 (via Goulet Pens)…
Kaweco Special AL Fountain Pen
This clearly qualifies as pen porn: the Kaweco Special AL is an aluminum barreled, hexagonal-shaped, and longer-length (than the more common Kaweco Sport) to allow for standard international short converter cartridges. It is gorgeous. So far, my pen purchases have never exceeded $50 price mark but I might make an exception for this beauty. $118…
Red Ink (Cinnabar) and Chops
After finding the amazing, little Uni travel red stamp pad, I started nosing around a bit more looking for more information about Asian seals and chops. In China, stamps of all sorts were used to mark documents official, especially if they had to do with paying taxes or to validate a document like a signature.…
Shared spaces
Elegant shared workspace. (via Chictip)
Is the Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil really perfect?
I have been eyeballing the deluxe version of the Perfect Pencil for years with the aluminum cap and luminous golden pencils but a set starts at $50 but can go up to $500 for the platinum version. This Perfect Pencil, on the other hand, was purchased for $30HK (about $4US) and the set of three…