We have finally released a new Col-o-ring product: the Col-o-ring Oversize ($15). This is our first fully bound notebook/sketchbook product. As always, this book came from the combined genius (and combined drunken logic) of Skylab Letterpress and The Well-Appointed Desk. We thought, “How could we make the best ink testing book even better?” “OVERSIZE it!”…
One of my pen club pals Katie, swatched all the inks at our local pen shop using a rubber stamp. The effect is eye-catching and makes a quick way to show ink without using a big brushy swab. While in Canada I found a couple stamps from Chamilgarden at PaperPlusCloth. I found a checked…
If you ever wondered exactly why we decided to make the Col-o-ring Ink Testing Books, wonder no longer. This is my personal stash of books, less than a year into the making of them. I’ve divided my books into at least five different groups: Japanese inks, Robert Oster inks, PenBBS, Shimmer inks, European and American…
Review by Tina Koyama Like many fountain pen aficionados, I have way more ink than I’ll ever use in this lifetime (but don’t worry, I have several more planned to take care of my stationery and art supply stash). I’ve been keeping a log book of sorts to track all the colors. The problem with…
I did a soft launch of the Col-o-ring Ink Testing Books this weekend and thought, “Hey, maybe we might sell a few.” Um, wow. The response was amazing. We sold out. In a day. I’m speechless. We are going back on press this week and will be adding more to the shop throughout the week…
After obsessively testing papers since October and finally making a decision about the “right” stock in January, Skylab Letterpress and The Well-Appointed Desk is finally unveiling our answer to the gap in the market — the perfect ink testing swatch book, The Col-o-ring. We sourced 100lb/160gsm natural white paper from a 400-year-old European paper mill…
