I’m writing Link Love from a truck stop this week, somewhere in the southwest United States on the way to LA for the pen show. This is my first multi-day, cross-country pen show trip. Traveling puts a pause on the world and while simultaneously hyperfocusing everything. We have no time and nothing but time. It’s…
New Link Love header this week. I got happy with an X-Acto blade and some safety lined envelopes. I am absolutely fascinated with the safety patterns on the insides of envelopes. Do you ever look at them? Great collage material. There’s a whole Flickr set dedicated to collecting them. Pens: Platinum #3776 Century Fountain Pen…
This week, the ink is where it’s at! Oh, there’s still lots of other interesting things to read but between Macchiato Man’s overview of the Sailor 100 inks and Mountain of Ink reviewing the much revered Parker Penman Sapphire, the Ink category is this week’s hot ticket. Oh, and in honor of Chinese New Year,…
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…
It feels very topsy-turvy this week. The pencil links are sharpeners and after months of neglect, Kaweco is in our headlines. I have heard a story about one of Einstein’s famous fountain pens and it’s not any of the ones listed on the story below. Diamine release ink inspired by Les Paul guitars and the…
With the start of a new year, there are lots of notebook reviews and there continue to be recaps for 2018 and plans for the new year. There’s also some sad news like the end of another paper edition of a magazine — Glamour. While you may not have ever read this particular magazine, the…
Wow! I got this post finished and there are so many recaps, round-ups, and other wrap-ups for 2018 plus plans for 2019 that it might take the better part of a week to read them all. Luckily, we have all of 2019 to reminisce about 2018. Year-End Rounds Up and Resolutions: 2018, Penwrapped. (via Leigh…
