The Well-Appointed Desk

Post of the week:

How could I resist beautiful green accessories (and matching nail polish) for my “someday” office rehab? I’l pass on the coil slicer though. Oh, home decor magazines! The strange things you tout in the name of fashion!

hbx-grass-green-accessories-de — Grass Green Accessories (via House Beautiful)

Pens:

Delta Unica Red LE Fountain Pen (via From The Pen Cup)
Kaweco Sport Skyline Fountain Pen – Mint Color (via Clicky Post)
Edison Herald in Crushed Shell Acrylic (via Gentleman Stationer)
Video: Serious Nibbage Part I and Serious Nibbage Part II with Doc Brown and Azizah (via Gourmet Pens)
Top 5 Ballpoints Countdown (via Pen Pursuit)
Parker Duofold White Ivorine Medium Point Fountain Pen (via No Pen Intended)

Inks:

Omas 360 Vintage LE Turquoise (via FP Quest)
Rohrer & Klingner Verdigris Ink Review (via Write To Me Often)
Maruzen Athena Sepia (via Fountain Pen Physicist)
Montblanc Daniel Defoe Palm Green Fountain Pen Ink Review (via Unroyal Warrant)
Pilot Iroshizuku Shin Kai (via Alt. Haven)
Inks From Graf von Faber-Castell (via Inkophile)

Video: Ed Jelley’s time-lapse writing sample for the new J. Herbin Stormy Grey 1670.

Pencils:

Mitsubishi Hi-Uni pencil (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!)
Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth 5312 Leadholder (via The Pencil Case Blog)
Rite in the Rain Mechanical Pencil (via Woodclinched)

Paper & Notebooks:

Interview with their Artistic Director, Marcel Baer of OCTAEVO (via All Things Stationery)
Stationery Choices for Letter Writing (via My Pen Needs Ink)
Duoe Traveler’s Notebooks – Regular and Passport Sized (via Ink of Me Fondly)
Looking Forward to the 2015 Hobonichi Techo by Looking Back at the 2014 (via Pen Paper Ink Letter)
Video: Unboxing the Field Notes Unexposed Colors Edition (via Woodclinched)
Kokuyo Systemic Refillable Notebook Cover (via Modern Stationer)
Video: Stationery Landscape set to a Pink Martini track (via Scription)
Assorted Notebook Tips (via Notebook Stories)
Backpocket Journal Tomoe River Edition (via Modern Stationer)
2014 XOXO Fest Field Notes Special Edition (via Pen Addict)

Other Stuff:

Overcast Podcast App Review (via The Newsprint)
Slide Rules (via To Type, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth…)
Liking Pens: Hobby or Obsession? (via Clicky Post)
Tom Bihn Synapse 25 Backpack (via Office Supply Geek)
Pens for Better Penmanship: Don’t Forget (How) to Write! (via WSJ)
I Am TOM. I Like to TYPE. Hear That? (via NYTimes)

In Fashionable Friday, feature

Fashionable Friday: Bespoke & Floral

AnaSeptember 12, 2014September 18, 20141 Comment

Fashionable Friday" bespoke floral

Today I was inspired by the cool fall weather that’s rolled into Kansas City the last day or so which lead me to this beautiful photo of bespoke leather boots and a lovely floral dress by Julia Davila-Lampe on Flickr.

Workspace by XOXO, Krista.
Kaweco Eco Leather Pen Pouch in Cognac $18.50-$21 (via Jet Pens)
General’s Cedar Pointe Pencil Set of 12 ($8.50) (via Canoe Online)
Personalized Roma Lussa Leather Journal $69.95 and up (via Jenni Bick)
Rosa iPhone 5/5s hard case $34 (via Rifle Paper Co.)
Leather Pen Cover, available in 15 colors, shown in teal $20 (via Will Leather Goods)
Pilot Iroshizuku Kosumosu (Cosmos Pink) ink $28 (via Goulet Pens)
Parker Duofold White Ivorine Fountain Pen $520 (via Parker Pens)

In Book Review

Book: Adventures in Stationery/The Perfection of The Paperclip

AnaSeptember 12, 2014November 25, 20187 Comments

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Adventures in Stationery: A Journey Through Your Pencil Case by James Ward is a book I could not overlook — just for the cover design and the title alone! I’ve read the description of the book at least three times and I’m still not sure what the book will contain. I’m going to hang all my enthusiasm on the last sentence of the descriptio: “Combining telling details, peculiar facts, a love of humour, hubris and brimming with curious stories, this book will change the way you look at your desk forever.” I’m in. Now can I order an ebook from Amazon UK without any issues? Anyone know? If not, I guess I’ll have to order it and pay the international shipping.

The book is also available for pre-order in the US in digital or paper edition from Amazon.com and will be released in May 2015. Also, the title was changed for the US release to The Perfection of the Paperclip: Curious Tales of Invention, Accidental Genius, and Stationery Obsession. Really, why?

In photo

Tattly: Supplies

AnaSeptember 11, 2014September 10, 2014

Show your pen or pencil pride with the new collection from Tattly. Each tool comes in a set of 2 for $5 and there are six designs to choose from: pencil, pencil/sharpener, round paint brush, flat brush, pen or craft knife.

(via Tattly)

In photo

Charmed with Pencils

AnaSeptember 11, 2014September 10, 20144 Comments

Pencil Charm by Fossil

While in Chicago, I acquired this wonderful Pencil Cluster charm from Fossil ($28). Its exceedingly detailed and I had the clerk put it on the Dainty Charm Starter Bracelet ($48) in silver. I hope I can find a pen or envelope charm to go with it.

In feature

Field Notes: “Unexposed”

AnaSeptember 10, 2014September 20, 201713 Comments

For the Fall edition of the Colors subscription series, Field Notes is definitely keeping it under wraps, figuratively and literally. This collection is called “Unexposed” and sounds like it will feature a random assortment of books from a range of six possible covers.

What do you think it will be? Are you annoyed or intrigued?

In feature, Ink Review

Review: Diamine Kelly Green Ink

AnaSeptember 8, 2014September 18, 20146 Comments

Diamine Kelly Green

I’ve had this sample bottle of Diamine Kelly Green set aside on my desk for months with plans to be “my next ink review”. Since December. Well, here it is. Finally.

Diamine Kelly Green Ink Writing Sample

Diamine Kelly Green is a vivid, bright green with distinctly yellow undertones. For me, this means that in light strokes or fine nibbed pens, the color is in that “sweet spot” of lime, citrus-y green that I love so much. For someone else, it could mean a bright green that has gone decidedly off.

In my Noodler’s Ahab fountain pen with the flex nib, there was a lot of shading in the writing. Some might think too much shading as the top, lightest part of the strokes is a very light yellow-green while the down strokes are a clover green. It makes readability a bit iffy.

With a regular stiff nib, the ink is much lighter overall. More Kool-Aid Limeade green than a true Kelly green.

Diamine Kelly Green Ink Comparison

I quite like the color that results from using this ink with a fine or medium nib as it goes decidedly lime. However, if you are looking for a bold true green, this will not be the one for you.

Diamine Kelly Green is available by the bottle for $12.95 and samples are $1.25.