Sunday Reads: Ink, Pens And Typewriters

Wish I still had my blue Smith Corona…

• Artist creates explosive works of art with ink
• Call it a comeback: Old-school typewriters attract new fans
• Meet the family that keeps ink pens relevant
• Scribble Jot and the Inky Mess
• Noodler’s Ahab Flex Fountain Pen Review
• Pen Habit Ponders the Lack of Flex in Modern Flex Nibs

Stillman & Birn Sketchbook and Friends

 

Sunday Reads: Ink, Guides and Games

Busy week for me. Slow week for links…

• Jet Pens Blog: Waterproof Fountain Pen Inks
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Sailor Jentle Four Seasons Inks
• Vanness Pen Shop: Leigh Reyes “Journal Guides”
• Mental Floss: The Origins of 7 Popular Board Games
• Macchiato Man: 637 Bottles and 33.47 litres of Ink

Ink Rotation from the Summer of 2010

Sunday Reads: Charity Auction, A Pilot Kakuno, Game of Thrones Pens

Did you know Captain Kirk used to show horses? I saw him once and he was very good. He is a man of many talents and earns high marks for putting together a silent charity auction of entertainment memorabilia. Perhaps an item or two will interest you…

• Leigh Reyes: How to make your own watercolor and other diversions.
• Quo Vadis Blog: Top Ten Posts for May 2017
• William Shatner’s Hollywood Charity Horse Show and Silent Auction
• Losing Sleep Makes You Hungry, Study Says (No duh!)
• Girl Gives Genius ‘War Crimes’ Response To Teacher Feedback Form
• The Well-Appointed Desk: I’ll See You Again… in 25 Years
• The Montegrappa Games of Thrones writing instruments series
• Anura Rafael Write Time Will Take Your Breath Away

The Pilot Kakuno has a delightful expression, perfect to brighten any day.

 

Sunday Reads: Pen People And Pen Stuff

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• The Well-Appointed Desk: In Memory of Susan Wirth (Sad news.)
• From The Pen Cup: Who knew there was so much crap in my head?
• William Henry: Gentac Archive contains a 10,000 year-old fossil Woolly Mammoth tusk.
• Analog Writing: The Montblanc 14
• Scrively: My Top 5 reasons for writing with a fountain pen
• Scribble Jot: Waterman Carene Black Sea Fountain Pen Review
• Umberto Rossini: Watercolor Cityscape (My current favorite artist for watercolor demonstrations.)

Pelikan M200 Binder Stub

Sunday Reads: A Variety of Videos and a Giveaway

YouTube was just the right speed for me this past week…

• Forever Spin
• New York’s Most Popular Dog Names
• Leigh Reyes: Writing on Water (A brilliant video from six years ago.)
• More ink magic
• Crafting the perfect nib for Montblanc’s fountain pen
• How Parker Pens Are Made
• Masters of the Fountain Pen：Harumi Tanaka（Hakase Fountain Pens)
• Quo Vadis Blog: Giveaway! Pocket Habana notebooks

 

Sunday Reads: From Montblanc To India To Bamboo Pens

Pens, inks and all sorts of other stuff…

• Phys.org: Vinegar offers hope in Barrier Reef starfish battle (Vinegar?!)
• From The Pen Cup: Inky Fingers Notebooks: Currently Inked
• Anderson Pens: Montblanc Shakespeare Velvet Red
• Office Supply Geek: Lamy Safari Petrol Special Edition Fountain Pen and Ink
• NibSpotter: Pens of the People: The Namiki Emperor Vermillion
• My Pen Needs Ink: Zenzoi Bamboo Fountain Pen Review
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Dot Grid Showdown
• Viviva Colorsheets (I signed up for two.)
• Top Ten Most Expensive Pens in the World (Gulp!)
• The Pen Addict: Sailor Jentle Ink Kin-Mokusei: A Review (Love the color.)
• The Serial Doodler: Coloring Pages (Very cute.)
• In a Paperless Age, This Mumbai Boy Hopes to Popularise Made-In-India Fountain Pens
• How to Type Accented Characters Without Annoying Alt Codes
• Ed Jelley: The Five Best Pocket Fountain Pens To Carry Every Day
• Pranks

Platinum #3776 Music Nib and friends meet a Stillman & Birn Sketchbook:

 

Sunday Reads On A Saturday?

Holiday tomorrow so links are posting a day early.

• Scribble Jot: TWSBI Eco Piston Demonstrator Fountain Pen Review
• PenPaperPencil: Platinum #3776 Chartres Blue Fountain Pen Review
• A Writer’s Path: The Bleeding Pen – The Art of the Written Word
• Fountain Pen Heaven
• Kickstarter: Hippo Noto, a Hippo Size Tomoe Paper Notebook
• Notebook Stories: The Manly Tradition of the Pocket Notebook
• NattoSoup Studio Art: Fountain Pens for Artists: Noodler’s Flex
• AlbertJack.com: How Biro invented the ball-point pen
• Scribble Jot: What makes paper fountain pen friendly?
• Science Mag: New solar-powered device can pull water straight from the desert air