Heather is looking for a very specific planner replacement: I’m looking for a new academic planner 16/17 (or second best choice would be kraft paper notebooks with lines and grids / dots) for the one I’ve just finished using from Paperchase. I’ve been looking and looking and not having much luck. I bought a really…
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Ask The Desk: Broad D1s, Baron+Elastic, Neo Smartpen & Zebra F701
Khreyselle asked me some time ago: I’ve been struggling to find the perfect notebook to hold all of my graphic design sketches and notes. I have fallen in love with the paper quality of the Baron Fig/Code & Quill notebooks, but they are both missing the elastic closure and pocket/envelope feature that I would really…
Ask The Desk: Random Questions & Follow-Up
On my review of the Leuchtturm 1917 Sketchbook Teresa asked: Did you test it on copic markers? If so, did they bleed? How did the paper hold up? Teresa’s question was quite timely. I had just started experimenting the day before she asked with my Copic Sketch markers and I just happened to test the colors…
Ask The Readers: B5 Hardcover Notebook
Okay, gang, now I need your help! Sometimes, questions come into my inbox and I ponder and query and google and I come up with nothing. So, I’m hoping that the massive collective hive mind of stationery genius out there can help out. Maybe you use or have seen something to help Linda. Linda is begging…
Ask The Desk: Karas Kustoms RETRAKT/Cross Selectip Hack
My favorite pen is the superb Cross Selectip rollerball. Sadly, all but two of the Cross pens that take this refill (and I’ve got a BUNCH) require you to uncap it to use it. Only the diminutive Cross Click, which is too small for my hand, and the Cross Edge, which I find impossible to…
Ask The Desk: Left-Handed Pen Questions
Sean asks: I have never owned a fountain pen before and I want to know which is a good medium priced ($30 or so?) pen that won’t require a lot of maintenance and easy to master. At the $30 or lower price point, I would probably recommend a Pilot Metropolitan or a Kaweco Sport with…
Ask The Desk: Notebooks (TN, XL and A5 Filo)
Matt writes: Dear desk, My question is: I own two travelers Midori journals. One is the regular size while the other is the passport sized one. I am currently using the passport sized one for planning and bullet journaling/taking random notes in. I am not sure what to use the regular sized one for at…