Links For Handwriting, Calligraphy, And Pen Junkies

This is a rarity. All nine links are pen and handwriting related. How totally on topic!

• JBBPensPaper (calligraphy items on Etsy)
• NYT: Kate Gladstone on Handwriting Matters; Cursive Doesn’t
• Gentian adds an ink reservoir to a dip nib
• Italic handwriting and calligraphy lesson (h/t Kate Gladstone)
• Yikes! Look at the price tag on the Sailor Kai!
• Mommy Kat and Kids has a pen giveaway but hurry to enter. It’s ending in two days.
• PerthNow: Tech-savvy kids can’t push a pencil
• Mattias: Platinum Carbon Desk Fountain Pen (He’s the artist who introduced me to the Namiki Falcon.)
• Leigh Reyes on taking better pen photos

These Links Are For You

Just a few but they are good ones…

• Cleveland Daily Banner: Handwriting skills not a tech victim
• Leigh Reyes: The Nakaya Piccolo in Titanium
• European Paper: Exacompta Vintage FAF Pad
• Gentian: Iroshizuku Inks: Shin-Kai, Take-Sumi and Ina-Ho
• WSJ: For $19, An Unlimited Phone Plan, Some Flaws
• The Guardian: 10 things about being an artist that art teachers don’t tell you
• Peaceable Writer: It’s a Wrap!

Pen Giveaway And Other Assorted Links

Just a few but they’re good ones…

• Julianna Swaney: Calligraphy Practice, etc.
• Forbes: Why E-Mail Will Never Replace the Handwritten Note (h/t Missive Maven)
• Best Science Art of 2012
• FP Geeks: We’re Giving Away an Edison Beaumont Pneumatic!
• Ken Cavers Custom Pens

Pen Links Plus Doctor Who And Winston Churchill

Like bow ties, watches are cool. Maybe not as cool as a fountain but close. (If you don’t get the bow tie reference, sadly you aren’t a Whovian.)

• A fountain pen collector gets seduced by a watch
• AlvaroRC shares great fountain pen photos with the Fountain Pen Collectors group on FB
• Doctor Who should own this TARDIS guitar
• The Pen Addict: The Pilot Custom Heritage
• Palimpsest: Winston Churchill and his Pens
• Daniel Smith: Neutral Tint Can Expand Your Watercolor Palette Exponentially (See the paint out) and Gentian’s use of it
• Pendemonium’s National Handwriting Month Contest & Special Offer

Sunday Links From Pens To Ink To The Color Pink

Despite the week’s twists and turns, these few links were good enough to pass along.

• Leigh Reyes: If Nibs could Sing and The Fantasy Ink Series
• Boeing Has Perfected A Missile That Wipes Out Electronics And Leaves Everything Else Intact
• How to Get Your Embarrassing Photos Off the Internet
• Yikes! Perfect Waterman Pink Nib Sells for Big Bucks
• Recording Thoughts: Fountain Pens vs Ball Points
• Fast Company: The Writing Is On The Wall For Handwriting. Right? (h/t Edison Pen Co)
• NoPhoto

Inkophile Links – All Sorts

Proof there’s more to life than ink and pens… (Did I really say that?)

• An ancient mode of transportation that could work on other planets
• Physicists Propose Way to Test If Our Universe is a Computer Simulation
• theguardian: In celebration of the thumb piano
• You don’t understand quantum physics? Neil Turok will help you
• What happened to Rory’s dad after the latest Doctor Who episode?
• Things You Need to Know About Wiping Personal Data From Used Devices Before You Get Rid of Them
• 10 Things You Should Not Refrigerate
• Philip Hensher: Why handwriting matters

Some Frivolous and Fun Links

As the political and baseball seasons crank up, this inkophile is opting for an unserious season with some frivolous and fun links…

• 18 Fun Ways to Waste Taxpayer Dollars (h/t Chris Meisenzahl)
• The anti–Walmart
• The 007 Girls – Then and Now
• From Economy Pens – April Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper
• Leigh Reyes – TWSBI Meets Vintage Nib
• Carol Tice: 20 Ways to Kill Your Writer’s Block Forever
• Zaner-Bloser Announces Top 16 National Winners in 21st Annual National Handwriting Contest
• James Gurney (Dinotopia) and his Rosebud
• Free service offers users anonymous IP address, encrypted Internet history
• Mabeloos almost makes me want to visit NYC