Once again, I am woefully behind on posting the Goulet Pens Ink Drop reveals. At least, I’m not spoiling the surprise for anyone who is waiting for their colors to arrive in the post this way. This month was the darkest of the darks, called Fade to Black, to go along with everyone’s murky feeling…
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Link Love: Unicorn Ink and More About Google Reader
Pens and Pencils: TWSBI Diamond 50 ink bottle now comes with a plastic cap (via TWSBI) Make a Pencil from old Paper (via Rad + Hungry) The Pilot Metropolitan (via Inkdependence) Paper: Understanding the Moleskine IPO (via A Dog’s Garden of Versus) Word Notebook review (via Pencil Revolution) Misc: Kathy and Donovan from 16 Sparrows…
Winners Announced: J. Herbin Rollerball
Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway for the J. Herbin rollerball and an extra special thanks to Carolee for giving it another test drive and helping to establish that I may have been wrong about the pen. And of course, a HUGE thanks to Jet Pens for sponsoring this giveaway. So let’s get to…
Link Love: Google Reader Laments and more
Pens and Pencils: Lamy 2000 Review (via From the Pen Cup) Pentel EnerGize X (via Pencil Revolution) Currently Inked (via East West Everywhere) A new pen blog from the genius behind Pencil Revolution Cigar Box Pen Storage The Bolt (Kickstarter pen) Review (via From the Pen Cup) Paper: Calepino Notebook Review (via Notebook Stories) Follow-up…
Another Look at the J. Herbin Rollerball
My friend, fellow pen lover and mail art/postal princess, Carolee, of Make Everyday a Good Mail Day offered to take a second look and test drive of the J. Herbin Rollerball pen which allows the user to use any cartridge-based fountain pen ink. She is also a left-handed writer so she was skeptical that she…
Link Love: Random Loves
Pens and Pencils Basement Pencil Sharpener (via Pencil Revolution) Bic Atlantis and the publicly lambasted Bic For Her pen reviews (via Economy Pens) Sailor Sapporo Mini with Music Nib (via Inktronics) Uni-Ball Signo RT1 0.38 review (via From the Pen Cup) Glass Pencil Dispenser (via Pencil Revolution) Noodlers 54th Massachusetts Ink Review (via Inkdependence) Notebooks…
Washable Blues
I was thumbing through the Miquelrius medium flexible 300 grid paper book I use for all my pen and ink testing, when I stumbled across this comparison between the vintage Sheaffer Scrip Washable Blue and the more recent Diamine Washable Blue. I think the Sheaffer Scrip Blue looks more like a blue-black and the Diamine…