Over the past few weeks, I’ve been utterly fascinated by the fervor surrounding the Stanley Pink Tumbler collabs that turned a January morning at Target into Black Friday Mayhem (see the link below in “Other Interesting Things”). It’s an incident that has led to conjecture, concern, head shaking and more. Is it another example of…
(This post, while started before last week’s AI post, seems like an appropriate follow-up.) As the standstill of the COVID lockdown becomes a distant memory, our society has become more and more hurried again. How many times have you replied to the question, “How are you doing?” with the reply “Busy!” or heard someone else…
Hobonichi Techo Weeks Cover in Liberty Fabrics Hollyhocks ($129) YSTUDIO Glamour Evolve Rollerball Pen in Sunset Orange ($49.95) Mark’s A5 Academic Weekly Planner 2024 in Mountain Orange ($31.50) Pentel Fude Touch Brush Sign Pen in Coral Orange ($2.50) Pennonia Rági Bubblegum Ink ($16 for 60ml bottle) IWI Colors of Nature Spring Equinox Ink ($3.75 for…
I don’t think it occurred to me that AI might ever rear its head into the pen and stationery community. Since so much of what we use in this community is hard goods and, often, very timeless goods at that, it does seem surprising that AI would ever be a topic we might discuss. However,…
The first pen show of 2024 is in the books. Don’t miss Philadelphia Pen Show: The Short Show Recap from The Gentleman Stationer! Also, great minds think alike: Stationery.Pizza also posted about using a syringe to fill a TWSBI this week! Pens: BENU Talisman Hawks Eye Unboxing and Review (via Penultimate Dave) Zodiac Pen Company…
(This is an update of a post we did over ten years ago. The links to the photos had broken and I realized that this technique applies to more than just a TWSBI.) With a TWSBI Eco or 540/580, sometimes they don’t suck up a full reservoir worth of ink when dipping the nib into…
Review by Tina Koyama A friend who writes with both graphite pencils and fountain pens told me about Sakae Iroful paper. He said it’s made for fountain pens, but he enjoys writing on it with pencil, too. I found that intriguing. At first blush, the two types of instruments seem to have opposing needs: Pencils…
