Links To Handwriting, Old Photos, Animals And More

Leigh‘s “Writing on Water” video went viral this week. Locally, I used the Xperia smart phone she gave me to show it to everyone I could find. Now I’m sharing it with you.

• Easy ways to digitize and preserve your old photos
• Ed Jelley and the Macro Nib Shots
• Jet Pens Best Sellers of the Year
• Handwriting vs typing: is the pen still mightier than the keyboard?
• The Unroyal Warrant: LIFE Airmail Letter Set Stationery Review
• Why write? Penmanship for the 21st Century | Jake Weidmann |
• Plowing your driveway can be fun
• Best animal photos of 2014 (The giraffe family is my favorite.)
• The best gift of all

Links From Trinkets To Birdfeeders To Handwriting

Fountain Pen Day is November 7. Are your pens ready?

• Morgan Le Fae’s Trinkets
• Mr. Canary Gives Disabled Workers a Job Crafting Birdfeeders
• Astronaut Chris Hadfield took 45,000 photos from space—here are some of the best
• How to Avoid Amazon and Still Get Deals
• Ruff Edge Design: Paper
• Health.com: 14 Reasons You’re Always Tired
• Students’ handwriting remains the mark of learning
• Handwriting remains important for kids
• Fountain pens are still going strong in Ohio
• Gourmet Pens: Fountain Pen Cleaning

Paper, Pen, Ink And My Summer Goal

On my way to my summer handwriting goal, J. Herbin Rose Cyclamen in the Platinum #3776 music nib filled a page of the lovely Clairefontaine notebook. A television in the background provided some of the material. Other words contain letters that need practice. Exercise using a fantastic fountain pen is such sweet fun.

Calligraphy Video To Assuage The Sailor Ink News

Leigh Reyes. Need I say more?

Another Eclectic Bunch Of Links

This lot ought to keep you busy for a while…

• Curbing Online Harassment
• The Guardian: How to improve your handwriting (h/t Leigh Reyes)
• Dave’s Mechanical Pencils: Autopoint Interview (My favorite mechanical pencil.)
• I Laike Pens: Platinum #3776 Century Fountain Pen Review
• Dogging Meade (for dog lovers)
• Modern Etiquette: Doors, Elevators, and Escalators
• Namiki Pens – How A $9000 Fountain Pen is Made
• Doodles and doodles of fun
• This is what your state Googles the most. (U.S. only)
• Leigh Reyes pushes ink in new directions
• Lions, tigers and bears. Oh, my!

A New Bunch Of Links

Another eclectic assortment…

• I Am Lion, Hear Me Roar!
• Girls can, too.
• Wonderful robotic world of bionics
• My Passion for Handwriting
• Theosone: custom lettering practise and brush pen calligraphy
• Pure Pens stocks Noodler’s in the U.K.
• Ed Jelley, Cheerleader for Field Notes (Brought to you by the color orange.)
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Who’s Notebook
• Fahrney’s: Kristen Stewart is a pen geek.
• China’s year of the horse – in pictures
• 10 deadly foods you probably have in your kitchen
• Proof that it only takes three

Top Ten Most Watched Videos

Over the past year, these videos received the most views via Inkophile links. Which one is your favorite?

• Lloyd Reynolds’ Italic Calligraphy & Handwriting: Episode 1
• The Waterman’s “Pink” nib
• Custom Namiki Falcon Resin Fountain Pen
• Silver Patron TV Commercial, ‘Hand Signed’
• Fountain Pen Commercial For History Class
• Ink Need Last Forever (Nathan Tardif’s Noodlers Videos)
• What I learned about handwriting improvement
• Watercolor Painting Lessons – Brush Techniques
• Noodler’s Flex Pen Play–exploring flex-nib pens
• Steampunk Tag