The Big Brush-Off

I have been stockpiling brush pens for awhile now and I though I’d do a little round-up of the ones I’ve liked the best. These are all basically disposable pocket pens that use either a felt/fiber sponge-like material for the tip or a more rubbery polymer material for the tip. None of these use actual…

Link Love: Penopoly Edition

Pens Rotring Silver Initial Fountain Pen Review (via East, West, Everywhere) Pilot Capless Handwritten Review (via Inktronics) Platignum Studio Handwritten Review (via Inktronics) Pilot Varsity Disposable Fountain Pen (via A Penchant for Paper) Erasable Pen Olympics is an oldie but goodie (via Pen Addict and Pen Addict Podcast) Bic Fountain Pen Review (via Writing By…

Bound Out of Carolina

Bound Custom Journals was a Kickstarter project out of North Carolina. All went swimmingly and now they have a site fully stocked with three styles of customizable books to choose from to build your very own: the 4×6″ linen flexible hardcover ($35), 3.5″x5″ memo book ($10) and the 4×6″ leatherette flexible hardcover ($50). The linen…

Field Notes: Expedition Edition

This is the new limited edition Field Notes Expedition Edition. It sports a high-visibility orange cover and a “polar night” back cover. These new notebooks were made with the highly durable Yupo paper and have withstood endured a bevvy of tests including: waterproof, visibility, wind resistance, ballistics, vacuum, tensile strength, compression, acid resistance, flame resistance,…