Sunday Reads: Pens, Inks And Doodles

I thought I had a lot of ink samples until I saw Nick Stewart’s collection…

• Fountain Pen Ink Art: SAILOR INK STUDIO SWATCH TESTS – PART 07 – THE PINKY BROWNS
• Paper for Fountain Pens (my first Tomoe River paper)
• Rediscover Analog: 8 Fountain Pens That Won’t Break the Bank
• Nick Stewart: Ink Sample Vial and Ink Swatch Card Storage Systems
• Pensive Candy (outstanding fountain pen doodles)
• WaPo: Believe it or not the fountain pen is back
• Alvaro Castagnet: Watercolor Painting Streetscape Sketch (Part1)

From the archives, a Nemosine Singularity 0.6mm italic nib

Sunday Reads: Books, Pens, Kids, And Dogs

It was a hectic and eclectic week so my links have no common thread. However, I did come across a video about keeping a commonplace journal that rekindled my interest in that genre. If regular journaling lacks appeal, a commonplace book might be just the right rhythm for you…

• The Well-Appointed Desk: Leonardo Momento Zero Positano (Rhodium Trim/ Broad Nib)
• Little Kids and Their Big Dogs
• The Well-Appointed Desk: What the heck is White Lightning?
• Fountain Pen Finder (Find your perfect fountain pen with the perfect search engine.)
• UK Indie Book Sellers Bounce Back
• What Causes “Old Book Smell”?
• Fountain Pen Blog: Taking stock: a few thoughts on the pen collecting journey.
• NASA: Send Your Name to Mars
• Skillshare blew it
• Back to basics: five old-school pleasures that are enjoying a revival
• The 9 Safest Free Software Download Sites for Windows
• You Should Keep A Commonplace Book

A Paperblanks journal that has been languishing in my collection for years and would make a beautiful home for a commonplace book.

Available at Amazon through my affiliate link.

 

Sunday Reads: Pens, Inks And A Monster-Fighting Kitten

Life Imitates Doodles has had problems with WordPress. Disappointing to see but no surprise given my experiences. For your amusement, an intrepid kitten battles a mechanical monster but does it win?

• Michael’s Essay: The Lost Art of Writing Letters
• Gourmet Pens: Just the Basics: Using a Flex Nib Fountain Pen
• Handwriting: An Elegy
• The Writing Desk: How To Choose A Fountain Pen
• Inked Happiness: Indian Fountain pens – Ebonitus Extinctus?
• 5 Types of Mobile Apps You Should Stop Installing
• Mountain of Ink: 2 years and 700 inks
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Ink Review: ColorVerse Pen Chalet Special Edition
• Leigh Reyes: How to Test a Fountain Pen Before Buying It And Other Life Skills
• Ed Jelley: JACQUES HERBIN 1798: KYANITE DU NEPAL INK REVIEW
• Life Imitates Doodles: THE LAST SATURDAY LINKS TO TANGLES, TUTORIALS AND GIVEAWAYS

Best cat toy ever!

Sunday Reads: Fountain Pens, Ink And A Diplomat

Sonal Kalra has some excellent tips for dealing with pen borrowers…

• The Well-Appointed Desk: Eye Candy: Papier Plume Bad Bad LeRoy Brown & Lake Michigan Winter
• The Pelikan’s Perch: 4001 And Günther Wagner’s Lost But Not Forgotten Pelikan Inks
• Mountain of Ink: Ink Review #650: Kingdom Note Tomato Red
• Rupertarzeian’s Fountain Pen Blog: A look at the Diplomat Excellence A2 fountain pen.
• Hindustan Times: A Calmer You, by Sonal Kalra: Do people keep borrowing your pen?
• Rediscover Analog: Ink Review: Sailor Ink Studio 670

Sunday Reads: Pens, Ink And Happy Hour

So what do pens have to do with happy hour? Read on.

• Pen Chalet: Conklin Duraflex Limited Edition Fountain Pens (If I were in the market for a new pen, this one looks just right.)
• Quick Fountain Pen Review: Nemosine Fission Gunmetal Quick Fountain Pen Review
• Teoh: IndiGraph – This fountain pen can use India ink
• Mountain of Ink: Ink Review #639: Jacques Herbin Ambre de Baltique
• The Pen Addict: Faber-Castell NEO Slim Fountain Pen Review
• Fontana Penna Furore Collection (I like the Arancio but I am always a sucker for that color.)
• Plooms Fountain Pens in the U.K. (Check out the blotters.)
• Forbes: Is Writing With A Pen Better Than Happy Hour?

From the archives, my kit from five years ago. Only one pen has remained a constant in my rotation. Can you guess which one?

Pens: Platinum #3776, Noodler’s Standard Flex, the Pilot Prera Italic and the Sheaffer Taranis Medium. Inks: Diamine Sepia, Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses, Noodler’s Black and Diamine Steel Blue. Autopoint Mechanical Pencil, a daily user that has never failed me.

Sunday Reads: Lotsa Pen Stuff Plus Extra Credit Questions

This post started out as exclusively pen and ink links but the “Extra Credit Questions” piece begged to be included. I couldn’t resist.

• The Pelikan’s Perch: How To Differentiate The Pelikan 400 From The M400: A Guide
• Mountain of Ink: Small Pen Makers
• Learn Something and Pen Ink on a Leaf
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Eye Candy: Lamy Bronze Al-Star & Fountain Pen Ink
• Introducing Inexpens Fountain Pens (Never used one but they do have a lot of nib choices.)
• Fountain Pen Love: Creating and Keeping A Fountain Pen Ink Journal
• Montegrappa Reaches For the Moon – Introducing Moon Landing LE Pens
• 16 Interesting Office Stationery Facts You Can File Under Amazing
• Extra Credit Questions

From the archives

Sunday Links: The Perfect Pizza, A Sausage, And Ink

A group of links that have nothing to do with one another, but might offer a little something for everyone…

• Innovative Berlin Bookshelves In Fallen Trees
• Talking dog has hilarious conversation with owner
• The Pen Addict: Midori MD Notebook Light A5 Review
• Physicists Have Come Up With the ‘Perfect Pizza Equation
• 10 nib choices on an Edison pen? Now that’s a real “something for everyone” offer!
• Maya The Sausage
• Troublemaker Inks
• Notebook Stories: Moleskine Alternatives
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Ink Review: Lamy Crystal Amazonite
• Life Imitates Doodles: Frog Fun & Easy Step-out

Pen secrets, part two pic.twitter.com/dqjGCxRBWN

— Mattias Adolfsson (@MattiasInk) January 16, 2019