The Pilot Prera is a bit of a budget fountain pen celebrity and I finally broke down and bought one. Its a Japanese steel nib pen with a cartridge filling system though there’s a cartridge converter available for it as well. Don’t tease, I had to have the lime green one. The Japanese nib sizes…
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Link Love: Miscellany of Love
Pencils: KUM sharpener for triangular pencils (via Pencil Talk) Q&A for pencils (via Pencil Talk) Pens: Orange you gonna check out this daily carry? (via Gourmet Pens) Reproduction replacement parts for Parker 51 (via FPGeeks) Lamy Joy Calligraphic Review (via Pen Addict) Misc: A visual tutorial for improving penmanship (via imperi on Instagram) Alex Witte…
And now for something completely different…
This is a nib holder from Tachikawa Model 40 via Jet Pens. It is listed as a tool for comic and manga artists but if you’ve ever wanted to experiment with flexible nibs for calligraphy or more decorative writing and line weights, this nib holder is a great option. The Tachikawa is designed with two…
Pilot Prera Unveil
Oh, what could be inside this glossy black box? None other than the Pilot Prera fountain pen with F nib and in the most lovely shade of lime green, of course. I’m hoping this will satisfy my lust for a lime green pen and that I won’t feel the need to buy the apple green…
Link Love: Nerd Love
Just a short list this week of goodies this week. Pens Kaweco Lilliput Review (via Gourmet Pens) Neil Gaiman uses a TWSBI (side bar to the BBC News article about sales of fountain pens rising) Pencils Midori Brass Bullet Pencil Review (Pen Addict) El Casco Pencil Sharpener Review (via Pencil Talk) Paper Field Notes (on…
Lamy Safari in (sigh) Apple Green
The new Lamy Safari is in the most delicious shade of apple green (my signature color!). If only I could love the special grip utilized by Lamy in this model– its so lefty-incompatible! But I can still lust after the color. Remember: if you order anything through Notemaker, Well-Appointed Desk readers get a 10%…
The last of the Hong Kong Pen P**n
These are some of the last photos from my trip to Hong Kong. These are some insider shots at the various office supply/pen shops I visited. A lot of stores are very touchy about photography so I had to be fast. Oh, the delicious colors and selections! I just had to bring a few photos…