Link Love: This Should Keep You Busy For Awhile

Pens and Ink Blue Ink Comparison Chart (via JetPens) Levenger True Writer Kyoto (F) Review (via From The Pen Cup) Beginner Fountain Pens Part I and Part II (via East West Everywhere) Tips for Buying Bottled Ink (via Writer’s Bloc) Kuretake Zig Cocoiro Roller Ball Review (via Economy Pens) Pencils One of the Best Things…

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…

Ink Drop Reveal for October 2012

I’m so tickled with this month’s Goulet Pens Ink Drop ink sample subscription that I couldn’t wait to share. The colors this month are from one ink manufacturer called Scribal Work Shop and the series is called Cryptid. All the colors are inspired by mythical creatures. What could be more perfect for October? I filled…

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…

Subscription Service Round-Up

Thanks to a comment over the weekend, I’ve decided to try to round-up all the pen, paper, ink, and pencil subscription services that I know about for those readers who might be interested in participating. If you know about other services, please leave a comment and I will append this post. Lost Crates: When Lost…

Ink Drop Double-Up

Sorry to have dragged my feet sharing the most recent Ink Drop colors from Goulet Pens but sometimes priorities get a little shuffled. Alternately, you get a two-fer this month of both the August color offerings, described as the “best shading colors” and the September offerings “staff favorites”. September “staff favorites” featured: Diamine Apple Glory,…