Link Love: Have Pens, Will Travel

It’s vacation time in most of the US. Many are planning getaways with friends and family. Others are looking to work remotely from the local coffeeshop or park. And some of us are hitting the Pen Show circuit. So it’s a perfect time to think about what pens and stationery options you might pack to take with you.

I just purchased a new backpack large enough to hold my laptop and various supplies since I’ll be traveling to at least four pen show in the next two months or so. So I thought I’d share a quick snapshot of my pack and some of the contents:

• Kipling Seoul Backpack in Black ($49.99)
• Kamio Japan Sanrion Kuromi Fluffy Patch Pen Case ($35)
• Pentel Fude Touch Brush Sign Pen (2023 New Colors / 6 Color Bundle, $13)
• Stalogy Editor’s Series 365Days Grid Notebook (B6 / Black, $24)
• Galen Leather Zippered 3-Slot Pen Case in Crazy Horse Brown ($39)
• Plotter Horse Hair II 6-Ring Leather Binder (Bible Size, $149)
• Rickshaw Bagworks Coozy Case in Yuki Cat ($49)
• Uni-ball Signo RT1 UMN-155 Gel Pen (0.38 mm / Black, $2.80)
• Kaweco Special 0.5mm Mechanical Pencil ($48)
• Pentel Ain Large Black Eraser ($1.95)
• “Vintage” Filofax Original keychain (no longer available, mine is neon orange!)
• Sailor ProGear Slim “Follow The Mermaid” ($200)
• Van Dieman’s Underwater Series Parrot Fish Shimmer ($17)
• Sailor Shikiori ChuShu Fountain Pen Ink (20ml, $18)

I’ll probably also tuck my ipad and a knitting project into the backpack for some late night chill out time. What do you pack when you travel?

Traveling with your Stationery Supplies:

• Traveling Stationery Supplies (via Wonder Pens)
• A TRAVEL & SKETCH Day at the Beach (via TRAVELER’S COMPANY USA)

Pens:

• Nahvalur Original Plus Rainbow Wrasse Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Review: big dumb plastic pen (via Extra Fine Writing)

Ink:

• Monteverde Color Changing Inks, Part 1 (via Mountain of Ink)
• H.Works Hongo Titanium (via Inkcredible Colours)

Pencils:

• Adventures in Weird Stationery, Part II: Uni Metal Mechanical Pencil Lead Case (via The Gentleman Stationer)

Notebooks & Paper:

• 2024 Planning Update: The 13 Week Year (via Writing at Large)
• Guest post series – ‘Filohax’ No. 11 – Paul (via Philofaxy)

Art & Creativity:

• A tool worth exploring more (via Drewscape)
• Another Reason to Return to Blogging- Meta AI (via Wearing History Blog)

Other Interesting Things:

• Why Kintsugi & How it became my approach to fountain pens & life (via Chronicles of a Fountain Pen)
• Doodling With Fountain Pens: Spread Pattern (via Fountain Pen Love)
• What’s What 6/12/24 (via Line Variation)
• Ink Review #816: Wearingeul Jane Eyre (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

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