I’m so far behind in everything that I have two months worth of Rad + Hungry kits to share with you today. The first is the May 2012 kit from Hungary. It was wrapped so beautifully with the doll-topped pencil and paper protractor (that’s what those are called, right?) that I had to photograph the…
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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…
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…
Pencils with Possibilities
These multifunctional pencils were created Trevor Duncan as Pencil Works. They were on display this week at NYC’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair. Each pencil included an alternate tool including a handsaw, magnifying glass, protractor, paintbrush and others. Quite clever and beautifully constructed. (via Gizmodo)
Autopoint Overload
You may recall the megaton of vintage office supplies I got last week? Well… that wasn’t everything. In my opinion, I saved the best for last. In the bounty was not one but eight different advertising mechanical pencils all from Autopoint. Yep, the same company that is still in business making the beloved Twinpoint. These…
Link Love: Oh so late but oh so bountiful!
Pencil news: The Leadhead’s Pencil Blog Genuinely chewable pencil (via Advertising Age) (pencil cup photo from Rad+Hungry) Pen News: Three shades of green Lamy (via The Writing Desk) Even the proprietress of Lovely Bicycle occasionally needs to jot a few things down. Of course, she does it in style: Fountain Pen 101 (via Goulet Pens)…
Is the Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil really perfect?
I have been eyeballing the deluxe version of the Perfect Pencil for years with the aluminum cap and luminous golden pencils but a set starts at $50 but can go up to $500 for the platinum version. This Perfect Pencil, on the other hand, was purchased for $30HK (about $4US) and the set of three…