It’s been a crazy week so get your favorite cocktail and open these links. There is weird, wonderful and lots of Sailor Studio Inks to look at this week. Let us know you’re favorite links, favorite inks and what you’re drinking this week.
Pens:
- How to Test a Fountain Pen Before Buying It And Other Life Skills (via Leigh Reyes. My Life As a Verb.)
- Video: Cross Peerless 125 Platinum Medalist Fountain Pen (via Gourmet Pens)
- First Look: M805 Blue Dunes Special Edition (via The Pelikan’s Perch)
- Review: Dr Ph Martin’s Bombay Pen Cleaner (via Parka Blogs)
- Black Noodle fountain pen handmade by Drewscape (via Parka Blogs)
Ink:
- Sailor Ink Studio Swatch Tests – Part 06 – The Pinks Part 01 (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
- 10 exclusive Diamine purples for the Fountain Pens UK FB Group (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
- Pilot Iroshizuku 100th Anniversary Daikokuten Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Caran d’Ache Turquoise Green Ink (via Gourmet Pens)
- Robert Oster Bishop to King (via Mountain of Ink)
- J Herbin Kyanite du Nepal (via Mountain of Ink)
- Robert Oster Signature Velvet Storm (via Ink Sharks)
- Sailor Ink Studio Set 12 (via Mountain of Ink)
- Sailor Ink Studio Set 7 (via Mountain of Ink)
Pencils:
- Uni NanoDia Low-Wear Pencil Lead 0.5 mm HB (via The Pen Addict)
- The Ooly Mighty Sharpener (via Polar Pencil Pusher)
Paper + Notebooks:
- Apica CD15 Notebook (via Fountain Pen Love)
- Rhodia Dot Pad (via Fountain Pen Love)
- Micro-journaling (via Quo Vadis Blog)
- New Goal-Setting Pages in Life Noted Planners (via Quo Vadis Blog)
- Week 11: Topics and Pagination (The Bullet Journal Method Book Club) (via Tiny Ray of Sunshine)
- Week 16: Signifiers and Custom Bullets (via Tiny Ray of Sunshine)
- New Product Alert: Staples Tru Red Notebooks (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Paper Concept Journals (via Mountain of Ink)
- Triangle Notebook by Tan Mavitan (via The Cramped)
Art + Creativity:
- Going cheap with Daniel Smith series 1 paint (via Parka Blogs)
- Ella Masters creates a ‘mindful’ sketch-a-day for a year after losing her brother to suicide (via Creative Boom)
- Rediscovering Hand-Lettering: Why TPK’s Original Hand-Lettering Worksheet Set is Awesome (via The Postman’s Knock)
- My Felissimo Colored Pencil Coup (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Girl Draws Self-Portraits Before And During LSD High (via Design You Trust)
- This ruler ‘designed for designers’ really rules (via Creative Boom)
- Bold Paper Quilled Artworks by JUDiTH + ROLFE Burst With Color and Character (via Colossal)
Other Interesting Things:
- Pen Show Afterglow: Chicago Pen Show Recap (via The Pen Addict)
- The Invisible Hand… (via Crónicas Estilográficas)
- Tokyo Pen Scene in 2019 (via Crónicas Estilográficas)
- A Starter Guide for Going iPad Pro Only (via The Brooks Review)
- Why the World’s Best Mathematicians Are Hoarding Chalk – YouTube (via The Cramped)
- Walking distance (via Austin Kleon)
- Bill Nye to Climate Change Naysayers: “Grow the Fuck Up” (via Kottke.org)
- Wacom “Intuos Pro Small” Wireless Drawing Tablet (via Tools and Toys)
