The Phigvel Mail Bag is a Japanese canvas bag with leather details designed in a streamlined tribute to the postal worker bag. The only information I could find about the company was on their web site, Phigvelers. Anyone in Japan who can check out one of the shops that carry their products? (via Highsnobiety.com)

These understated Japanese mechanical pencils have a wood barrel — just like a traditional pencil — but are filled with 0.5mm leads. The tip is stainless steel as is the clip and end. Quite a lovely find. (via Paper Pastries)

While thinking about penmanship, I have noticed that I prefer a more upright style versus the italic style while I think both are lovely. I naturally write more upright than slanted so I started to investigate methods that employ a more upright approach. I have noticed that Europeans tend to teach a more upright hand,…