We’ve tallied up all the votes for the favorite writing tool and the results surprised me a little bit. Fountain pens won by a landslide with 62 votes. Gel pens were the next closest with a mere 13 votes followed by the faithful pencil with ten votes. rollerballs got nine votes and ballpoints and felt…
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Ask The Desk: Converters for the Kaweco Student Fountain Pen
I recently received a question from reader Rippy about what size cartridge converter will fit into the Kaweco Student fountain pen. He specifically asked if the Faber-Castell or Schmidt converters will fit. As I have neither converter in-house and when I googled, there were several versions listed, I thought I would provide a visual guide…
What Office Supply Junkies Eat For Breakfast
(Still life with Halloween donut and Kaweco). This is a daily carry I can wholeheartedly support. In truth, this was my breakfast this morning. And boy, was it yummy!
Link Love: Lots of Pens with Video Bookends
(video of hand-lettered cards with the lyrics to Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues from Leandro Senna. It looks like it was lettered with an assortment of Pigma Micron and Faber-Castell PITT artist pens) Fountain Pens Interchangeable Lamy Nibs (via East West Everywhere) Why Lamy Al-Star/Safari/Vista is a good First Fountain Pen (via Inktronics) An Economy TWSBI?…
Muji Fountain Pen Review
Thanks to a dear friend, I recently came into possession of a Muji Fountain Pen. For those who are unfamiliar, Muji is a home goods and clothing company from Japan that focuses on simple, utilitarian items that are beautiful and totally functional. The fountain pen is brushed aluminum with a diamond grid texture embossed in…
Link Love: Pen and Papers and Inks, oh my!
Pens, Inks & Pencils AvantNext 0.5 mm Gel Pen (via From the Pen Cup) To Write a Mockingbird (via Pencil Revolution) J. Herbin 1670 Bleu Ocean video (via Penpaperandco) Sharpie vs. Bic Mark It (via Office Supply Geek) Shades of Black (via JetPens) Namiki Falcon Write-up (via The Penny Writer) Paper Goods The Guardian devotes…
Link Love: Something For Everyone
Pens: Basic Nib Tuning (Ken Cavers) Nibs, Feed and How They Come Together (Pentorium) Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto 4 vs 5 (Gourmet Pens) Pencils: TWSBI Precision Mechanical Pencils (TWSBI) Palomino Blackwing 602 Review (Ready Dot) Paper: In Defense of the Power of Paper (NYTimes) DIY Book Covers (Discover Paper) Choosing a Sketchbook (Ethereal Voices) What Catches…