Link Love: Cheesecake Clip

Frank Underwater’s post about the Philly Pen Show is excellent, complete with videos of the pen mixer. Hoe includes quick snippets of Dandon’s hands drawing, Paul Erano talking, Ralph’s completely ink-stained hands and more. Quite a thorough review and a different perspective from our dear Jesi’s post last week. The Letter Writers Alliance once again keeps us up to date on changes in postal rates.

The Pen Place broke the news of the upcoming Visconti “value priced” Ocean Breeze line which I will inevitably botch the name and call it  Sea Breeze like a cheap cocktail. Don’t hold it against me, my mind works in mysterious ways. The new Sea Ocean Breeze still keeps Visconti’s signature scimitar clip design which I have never been crazy about — especially since I discovered that it looks exactly like the door handles at The Cheesecake Factory. Once you see it, you cannot unsee it. Great, now I have a title for this week’s Link Love: Cheesecake Clip. This is going to haunt me, for sure.

Lots of grey ink reviews this week with a smattering of Montblanc. My Supply Room shows off some of his Hallmark pen collection. And Austin Kleon provides an alternative perspective to tidying up. All hail, Austin!

Pens:

• Kuretake Zig Cocoiro Extra Fine Letter Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
• TWSBI ECO T Fountain Pen (via The Pencilcase Blog)
• Sailor Pro Gear x Wancher Hawaiian Ripe Fountain Pen (via Gourmet Pens)
• IKEA Fullfölja, Gel Ink Pen (via Pens and Junk)
• John Twiss Pens (via dapprman)
• Live in You ShiYou Review and Thoughts (via FrankUnderwater)
• Hallmark Pens (via My Supply Room)
• Ohashido (I) (via Crónicas Estilográficas)
• Visconti Breeze – Value-Priced Pens Coming February 2019 (via Pen Place)
• BLACK NOODLE – G-nib fountain pen by Drewscape: 5 PENS FOR SALE! (SOLD OUT) (via Wibble Wobble)

Ink:

• Diamine Smoke on the Water and Purple Rain (Via Nick Stewart: FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
• Montblanc Emerald (via Alt. Haven)
• J. Herbin Vert Réséda (via Gourmet Pens)
• The Great Grey Fountain Pen Ink Comparison (via Fountain Pen Love)
• Robert Oster Honey Bee (via The Pen Addict)
• Robert Oster Grey Seas (via Mountain of Ink)
• Montblanc Elixir Collection Violet de Cobalt, Pygmy Hippo Noto Intro, and more (via SquishyInk)
• Robert Oster Signature Plumb Nut (via Ink Sharks)
• Organics Studio Nitrogen (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Let’s Talk About Tomoe River (via Looped Square)
• Tomoe River you say? (via Nero’s Notes)
• Nock.co A5 Seed (via The InkSmudge)
• Nolty Diary and New York Times (via Notebook Stories)

Art & Creativity:

• Vintage Colored Pencils: Rexel Cumberland Derwent Drawing (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Best Black Ink to Refill Brush Pens (via Parka Blogs)
• Testing Yarka Watercolors (via RozWoundUp)
• Strikes Rain Art Retreats (via Dispatches from LA)
• 15+ Sketchbook Drawing Ideas to Inspire Your Own Art Making (via Brown Paper Bag)
• Potter’s Pink (via Liz Steel)
• Wallet-Friendly Watercolor Pencils (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)

Other Interesting Things:

• Recapping my Philly Pen Shows (via FrankUnderwater)
• Reuse, Recycle, Re-envelope (via CW Pencil Enterprise Blog)
• Everyday Carry with the Superior Labor A5 Portfolio (via Wonder Pens
• Catching up with Baron Fig: New Squires, a Confidant Partnership, and Leather (via Gentleman Stationer)
• U.S.P.S. Rate Increase (via Letter Writers Alliance)
• Discarded Books Get a Second Chance in Mike Stilkey’s Towering Installations (via Colossal)
• A good time to be a pack rat (via Austin Kleon)
• Someone Created An Instagram For A Soup Ladle And Its More Than 67K Followers Can’t Get Enough Of Its Adventures (via Design You Trust)
• Librarian Transforms 110-Year-Old Tree Into Jaw-Dropping Little Free Library (via Design You Trust)
• Five brilliant ways to beat the January Blues (via Creative Boom)