While the title might seem cryptic, it will all make sense in a moment…. There are so many things to be thankful for this holiday. And one gift I wasn’t expecting… a new Kickstarter project from the fine folks at Karas Kustoms. This is just a peek of the new Ink fountain pen (rollerball option…
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Link Love: Heart-Stealing Pens, Paper & Inks
Pencils: Lots of great videos including spinning pencils and Count von Faber-Castell drinking ink and throwing pencils out a castle window (via Pencil Revolution) Bullet Pencil Restoration (via Woodclinched) Notebooks & Paper: Field Notes Cold Horizon Review (Unroyal Warrant) Field Notes Planning System (via Simple Ideas and Thoughts) Tomoe River Paper Review (via Vertical Paper)…
Link Love: Holiday Mail and More
Letter Writing and Postal Follies: USPS Holiday Postal Deadlines (via Letter Writers Alliance) SF Snail Mail Social on Friday, December 7 (via Good Mail Day) Paper Parcel Monthly Subscriptions (via Saturday Morning Vintage) Vintage V-Mail WWII stationery (via Missive Maven) How to Write the Perfect Holiday Letter (via Crane & Co.) Encouraging Thank You Notes…
Link Love: Miscellany Loves Company
There were lots of hard-to-categorize bits of wonderfulness on the pen-blogospere this week including the epic link list from the Pen Addict Podcast Gift Guide Episode (#81) which is a link list onto itself. Fabulous Miscellany: Pen Addict Podcast #81: You stole my Wish List Item featuring ME! with huge link list (via 5by5) Cut…
Link Love: Notebooks, Scanners and Places to Go
Notebooks: Iconic Essay Book v.2 Review (via Vertical Paper) Monologue Jotter A5 (via No Pen Intended) Morning Glory Passion Notebook (via Unroyal Warrant) Apica CD Notebook CD15 (semi-B5) (via Ed Jelley) Word. Bandana Books (via Pencil Revolution) Ideal Notebook Size for In-Flight Tray? (via Rhodia Drive) Places to Visit: A Tour of Karas Kustoms and…
NPR talks to Daly’s Pen Shop
As we all know here, “The reports of my (pen) death have been greatly exaggerated.” However, NPR decided to report on the demise of the pen market. The story featured Milwaukee’s Daly’s Pen Shop, in business since 1924. The story isn’t as gloom-and-doom as I thought it would be though it did startle some folks in the…
Happy Fountain Pen Day!
Thanks to former Hallmarker and lettering artist Chris Purcell for this lovely greeting for Fountain Pen Day. UK-based Pen Heaven has a lovely list of fountain pen facts to share today. Show your fountain pen pride today! Or maybe use today as an excuse to buy that new pen you’ve been eyeballing.