I haven’t done a daily carry post for awhile so I thought I’d give you all a peek into my bag, its a Letter Writers Alliance member pencil case, in case you were curious. I have a few of my favorite pins stuck to it as well. Paper geek pride! I’ll go from left to…
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Hybrid Ballpoint Showdown
Over the past few years I’ve warmed to the idea that not all ballpoint pens are created the same. This is especially true with the hybrid ink ballpoints like the Pilot Acroball, Pentel Vicuna, Zebra Surari and Uniball Jetstream. I decided it was high time to put these four head-to-head. I wanted to know if…
Link Love: Handwriting, Pencils and Rollerball Refills
Handwriting: Life as an Addicted Cursive Writer by Alice Jenkins (via A Penchant For Paper) A Word or Two on Penmanship (via East West Everywhere) The Dying Art of Handwriting (via Time) Pens: Green Pen Comparison (via A Penchant for Paper) Schmidt P8126 Rollerball Refills (via Pen Addict) Schmidt Easy Flow 9000 Rollerball Refills (via…
Review: Poppin Gel Pens
The fine folks over at Poppin sent me another package. This one was filled with boxes of their gel pen assortments. Each box includes six different gel pens in a rainbow of vivid colors. These gel pens have a similarly simple aesthetic to the ballpoint pens I reviewed last week. For the gel pens, the…
Video: How Do They Make Bic Cristals?
I’m not at all as enthusiastic about ballpoints as the announcer in this video but it is interesting to see how much work is put into making the Bic Cristal ballpoint pen.The beginning of the video paints fountain pens in a very poor light indeed. Let the comment raging begin. (Shoutout to Andy of Woodclinched…
Review: Edelstein Aventurine Ink (and Flex Nib Dip Pens)
The very sudden acquisition of this ink can be entirely blamed on the folks over on App.net. We got to talking about green ink and voila! this ink ended up in my collection. It’s the Pelkian Edelstein Aventurine which is a deep green color. I love the Edelstein bottles and the posh packaging makes it…
Link Love: The Two Weeks Late Edition
Pencils: Staedtler Norica HB Review (via Pencil Revolution) Palomino Blackwing Pearl Review (via Woodlcinched) Palomino Blackwing Pearl Review (via Design Concussion) Tombow Havanna 100th anniversary mechanical pencil (via The Pencil Case Blog) Neon Ticonderoga Review (via Pencil Revolution) Pens: Kaweco Sport Italic (via Too Many Pens) Which Karas Kustoms is right for you (via Clickypost)…