The clock is ticking down to the Chicago Pen Show for us here at The Well-Appointed Desk. In the rest of the world, attention is focused on the launch of Helvetica Now and Public Sans. Well, at least in the typographical world. Nick Stewart continues to work his way through the Sailor Studio ink colors…
This week has sunny yellow inks, flashbacks to the Atlanta Pen Show and some unusual pen reviews like the Omas Tokyo, the Faber-Castell Neo Slim and a Wing Sung 5502. If you saw this week’s Fashionable Friday you may have noticed a peek at some nail polish that will be available on Friday so I…
Pens: Old but New to Me: 1970s Montblanc 149 (via The Pen Addict) Flex Nibs Part 2: Vintage Flex Nibs (via Pen Thoughts) ASA Pens “Nauka” Fountain Pen Review (via edjelley) Zebra Sarasa Gel Pens (via Gourmet Pens) The Case of Naginata. V. Results (via Crónicas Estilográficas) Italix Parson’s Essential (via dapprman) Ink: The Best…
Tomorrow, I hop a plane to the
This week, there’s a bit of follow-up on the F+W Media bankruptcy from an artist directly affected by it. Lamy Bronze and Sailor Studio inks are the hot topics in ink right now. There are the first sightings of the Blackwing 811 and as the weather warms up in the US, thoughts of baseball season…
Laura and I are back from Little Rock and trying to get caught up on our “real lives” while trying to download all our purchases and fun stuff. Laura is planning a recap of the Arkansas Pen Show and I will try to post a purchase dump soon. This week we are getting peeks at…
Tomorrow, Laura and I are packing up and driving south to Little Rock for the Arkansas Pen Show. We hope that if you’re within shouting distance, we’ll see you there this weekend. If not, you can follow along with our adventures on Instagram and we’ll post a recap here next week. Lots of paper-related links…
