Link(s) of the week:
It’s another week in which the pen must defend itself against the tide of digital futurism. It all started with the NYTimes article and was rebutted around the internet by digital AND pen enthusiasts in equal measure.
- Analogue and digital: an equal partnership (via Pete Denison)
- The Demise Of The Pen Has Been Greatly Exaggerated (via The Pen Addict)
- Fare Thee Well, My Pen (via NYTimes)
- Handwriting (via Matt Gemmell)
Paper:
- Smythson Pocket Notebook (via All Things Stationery)
- Clairefontaine Basics Life. Unplugged Staplebound Duo Review (via Modern Stationer)
- Miro Notebooks (via Notebook Stories)
Pens & Ink:
- Noodler’s Apache Sunset (via Alt. Haven)
- The Esterbrook Bandwagon (via Pen Pursuit)
- None More Black: Aurora Black (via Gentleman Stationer)
- Pelikan Edelstein Tanzanite Cartridge (via Fountain Pen Quest)
- Eco-Essential Pen and Pencil Set by now&then (via Clicky Post)
- The Kaweco Skyline Sport (Mint) (via From The Pen Cup)
- Pen Review: Nakaya Neo Standard (via The Pen Habit)
- Nemosine Singularity Fountain Pen Review (via Write To Me Often)
Pencils:
- Walden Pond Pencilcast (via Pencil Revolution)
- Tanner Goods Pencils (via All Things Stationery)
- Indigo Basic Roll Pencil Case (via Better Living Through Design)
(via The Cramped)