Link Love: Letter Writing Prep

Pens:

• Video: Pilot Custom 823 Fountain Pen (via The Pen Habit)
• Guide to Multifunction Pens (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• An Ode to Franklin Christoph Model 45’s (via Miss Thundercat/Contemplations of a Kitty)
• Namisu Nova Ebonite Fountain Pen (via Pencilcase Blog)
• Pilot Vanishing Point (Capless) Fountain Pen (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!)
• Pelikan Souveran M400 Tortoiseshell Brown Fountain Pen (via Pen Addict)

Ink:

• Diamine Magical Forest Shimmering (via Office Supply Geek)
• Pelikan 4001 Dark Green (via Alt. Haven)
• Montblanc Miles Davis Jazz Blue Limited Edition (via Inkdependence)
• Lamy Blue Black (via Pen Chalet Bog)
• Writing With The Seasons: Winter (via The London Parchment)
• Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki (via Gourmet Pens)
• Noodler’s Rome Burning PArtially Bulletproof Ink (via Write To Me Often)

Pencils:

• Camel HB (via The Finer Point)
• The Cumberland ‘Map & Compass Pencil’ of WW2 –Be sure to read the comments for context (via The Second World War)
• Penmanship Pencils: A Review (via The Weekly Pencil)

Paper & Notebooks:

• How to Set Up a New Bullet Journal (via Rhodia Drive)
• Six Methods to Perfect Your To-Do List and Get Organised (via Notemaker Journal)

Planners:

• My Planner Dilemma: Hobonichi Cousin v. Hobonichi Techo v. Traveler’s Notebook (via Pen Addict)

InCoWriMo/LeterMo:

• 75 questions to ask your pen pal (via The Pen Co.)
• What We Lose by Not Writing Letters (via Signature Reads)

Art & Art Supplies:

• Watercolour Sticks from Daniel Smith (via Jane Blundell)
• All that Grey… (via Jane Blundell)
• On Pencils and Pears (via Fueled by Clouds and Coffee)
• Personal Trainers Hate this Sketcher – How to lose weight by drawing! (via Citizen Sketcher)

Other Interesting Things:

• Top Pen-Related Resolutions for 2017 (via Anderson Pens Blog)
• How to Learn Calligraphy in Two Months (via The Postman’s Knock)
• How Do I Write Better? (via Write To Me Often)
• What’s The Future Of Cursive Writing? (via WBUR)