Link Love: In Search of Pencil Lovers

The only things missing from this week’s links are more pencil reviews – where are all the pencil lovers? We want to hear from you!  This week’s highlights include how the Ink Smudge got it’s name and David Pennington’s shop tales. Oh retail!

Pens:

• So Ugly It’s Cute? My Thoughts on the TWSBI Go (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Spacepen (via The InkSmudge)
• Review: Lamy Nexx (via Alt. Haven)
• Pen Review: Faggionato Petrarque and PKS Fountain Pens (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Schneider Pen Review, and the Story of Stride Inc.  (via The Pen Addict)
• Weekly Retrospective: Monday September 10th (via Macchiato Man)
• Procyon (via Crónicas Estilográficas)
• Unboxing the Opus 88 Fantasia (via Inked Happiness)
• ASA Maya Teal – from here to eternity!  (via Inked Happiness)

Inks:

• Montblanc Swan Illusion Plume Ink Review (via Gourmet Pens)
• Ink Review #440: Kyo-no-oto 01 Nurebairo (via Mountain of Ink)
• Ink Comparison: Montblanc Honoré de Balzac Dandy Turquoise (via Macchiato Man)
• Review: lennon tool bar congqiang (藍濃道具屋蒼穹) (via ink between the teeth)
• Ink Review: Colorverse Voyager 1 (via Mountain of Ink)
• New Fountain Pen Inks Coming from Taccia (via Fountain Pen Follies)

Pencils:

• Blackwing 54 Review (via The Finer Point)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Review: Composition Notebooks at Walmart (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
• Kunisawa Japanese Notebooks Unboxing & First Impressions  (via Gourmet Pens)
• Paper Review: Milligram Studio Linen Notebook (via The Pencilcase Blog)
• Kunisawa A5 Find Notebook: A Review (via The Pen Addict)

Art Supplies & Creativity:

• “Create My Journal” Challenge! (via Seaweed Kisses)

Other Interesting Things:

• Not quite Handicraft with Bleistift IX – Labelling old Hobonichis (via Bleistift)
• Writing Wednesday: What is the Page Per Day Challenge? (via Quo Vadis Blog)
• Ten Years of Notebook Stories! (via Notebook Stories)
• D.C. Pen Show Mini Haul & Recap (via Owl Ink)
• A Surprise Notebook (via Notebook Stories)
• Back To School Supplies (via Letter Writers Alliance)
• On Craft, Appropriation, and Distance. (via Leigh Reyes)
• Why is the site called The Ink Smudge? (via The InkSmudge)
• Shop Tales – Part One by David Pennington (via edjelley.com)
• Penultimate Dave on the ultimate joys of Collecting Fountain Pens (via Inked Happiness)