Sunday Reads: Ink, Pens And Paper

A few on-topic links…

• The Well-Appointed Desk: Eye Candy: Penlux Inks (My fave is Rouge.)
• Fountain Pen Follies: Five Months: an Extended Test of Platinum Carbon Black Pigment Ink
• The Pelikan’s Perch: News: Pelikan Raises U.S. Prices
• The Pencilcase Blog: Review: Scribo Write Here Fountain Pen
• inksharks: review: diamine teal (Mirrors my own experience.)
• Hand Over That Pen: Review: Platinum Izumo (Soratame, Broad Nib)
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Planner Review: Easy Tiger Pocket Planner

From the archives:

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Sunday Reads: Searchable Handwritten Notes And Pen Links

Absolutely any fountain pen user can make use of the first article. Evernote has been in my arsenal for years, but archiving handwritten notes elevates it to a whole new level of usefulness.

• dottotech: Make your handwritten journal searchable with Evernote
• Fountain Pen Quest: A Medium Bias
• Pen Chalet: Colorverse Wisdom of Trees Methuselah Grove Ink (Don’t you just love the exotic name?)
• Teoh: How Waterproof is Noodlers Bulletproof Black Ink? (Read some of the comments for what others have experienced.)
• The Pen Addict: Maruman Into-One Binder Review
• The Gentleman Stationer: Testing Out Tester Pens

From the archives:

Sunday Reads: A New Ink Plus A Calligraphy Video

Nick Stewart, known for his artistic creations using ink and bleach, has a new ink product for fountain pen lovers and artists alike.

• Jersey artisan makes pens for popes, presidents and posterity
• Nick Stewart: A New Future for Fountain Pen Inks
• Kataish has the blues (Robert Oster Ink)
• Lori McNee: How To Start an Art Blog or Website in Minutes

 

Sunday Reads: Pen, Paper, Ink, and Pretty Pit Bulls

Curious about the new TWSBI Go? Pure Pens has the details for you. Mountain of Ink explains ink properties and The Well-Appointed Desk discovered a couple of worthy comp books. As if I need more paper…

• The Well-Appointed Desk: Pen Review: Platinum PTL 5000A Balance Fountain Pen
• Nib Grinder (In case you have a nib that needs tuning.)
• Pure Pens reviews the brand new TWSBI Go
• Mountain of Ink: Fountain Pen Ink Properties
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Paper Review: Composition Books (Loved the form since high school.)
• This Photographer Is Changing People’s Perceptions of Pit Bulls

Sunday Reads: Pen Links And A Ninja Dog

I think the video proves something, but I’m not sure what…

• Pen Chalet: 5 Common Fountain Pen Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them!
• Teoh: Ink Convertors & Cartridges of Fountain Pens (Quick Guide)
• Bloomberg: Richard Mille Made a $105,000 Mechanical Fountain Pen
• The Writing Cooperative: Fountain Pens in the Creative Process
• Make Use Of: Why You Should Stop Using Facebook in 2018 (Worth considering if you are not a FB fan.)

Ninja dog pic.twitter.com/3tbnYroQjk

— Nature is Amazing 🌴 (@AMAZlNGNATURE) July 27, 2018

Sunday Reads: Flex Nibs, Ink, And Stifflexible

Pen links and other goodies…

• The Inkluminati: Fountain Pen Revolution flex nibs and pens
• Draw Tip Tuesday – How to Draw Perspective (A short video that will make it easy to add perspective to your doodles.)
• Openbook wants to take on Facebook
• As fake social media posts explode, watch how easy it is to manipulate posts without photo-editors
• Where were you?
• Rachel’s Reflections: Wendy Van Camp on Fountain Pens in the Creative Process
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Ink Review: Robert Oster Australian Opal Mauve
• My Pen Needs Ink: Giuliano Mazzuoli Stifflexible Notebook Review

Four years on, these writing tools remain favorites.

 

Clairefontaine, Stillman & Birn, Platinum #3776 Century Nice and Nice Pur, Conklin Durograph Stub, Iroshizuku, J. Herbin, Noodler’s Ink, Sailor Ink, Tomoe River paper.

Sunday Reads: Pens, Penguins, And Jazzy Pens

The mobile airbag is sheer genius…

• ACME Studio salutes Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, John McLaughlin and Lenny White with some very cool pens.
• Cats & Dogs WTF Moments Caught On Camera #2
• Student Invents a ‘Mobile Airbag’ That Deploys When a Device is Dropped
• Teoh: Review: Luminous Blue from BENU PEN
• Who Invented The Pen?
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Ink Review: Robert Oster Cherry Blossom

Such resilient creatures!

Penguins have been on earth for around 50 million years. After watching this, I'm not quite sure how they managed it. 🐧 pic.twitter.com/qedardh57K

— D Attenborough (@Attenboroughs_D) July 4, 2018