Link Love: Paper Tastes & Pencil Smells

Pens: Top 5 Pens 2017 Edition (via Pen Addict) Pilot Myu: the Concorde of pocket pens (via UK Fountain Pens) Pastel Highlighters: A Comprehensive Guide (via JetPens Blog) Pilot Custom 912 with Music Nib Fountain Pen (via Ed Jelley) Danitrio Nashiji-nuri Sho Hakkaku (via Calligraphy Nut) Otto Hutt Design 04 Fountain Pen (via Pencilcase Blog)…

Link Love: Black Ink Co-inky-dink

Posts of the Week: Following the Ask the Desk question earlier this week, Mountain of Ink has also been posting lots of black ink recently. Co-inky-dink? I don’t think so. I just think inky minds think alike. Pelikan Edelstein Onyx (via Mountain of Ink) Noodler’s Black (via Mountain of Ink) Pilot Iroshizuku Take-sumi (via Mountain…

Link Love: Batten Down the Hatches with Some Pen Distractions

Pens: Franklin-Christoph S.I.G. Flex Nib (via Pen Addict) Platinum #3776 Century (Rhodium Trim) with Music Nib (via Informal Scribble) Kaweco Elite Fountain Pen (with optional 14k nib) (via Clicky Post) Kaweco Perkeo Fountain Pen (via Pen Addict) Parker Jotter (via Comfortable Shoes Studio) Ink: Diamine Music Mozart (via Gourmet Pens) Pelikan Edelstein Smokey Quartz (via…

Link Love: No Game of Thrones Spoilers

Link of the Week: This is the best, most-thorough and accurate review of the Platinum Classic inks I’ve seen yet. It’s also stunningly beautiful. I wholeheartedly agree that the Platinum Classic inks exhibit iron gall-like properties but are not true iron gall inks. My impressions on Platinum Classic (‘iron gall’) inks (via The Clumsy Penman’s…

Link Love: Rare Ink Colors & Writing Notebooks?

Post of the Weird: You can spend $100 on a fountain pen that will last you a lifetime, but those fancier pens come with hidden costs: new nibs, rare ink colors, writing notebooks, and customized ink converters. Hidden costs? Rare ink colors and writing notebooks? What’s this guy talking about? And how are “writing notebooks”…