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: 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: 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

Sunday Reads: Pens, Inks, And A Pup In Pink

The pup in pink won me over…

• 27 Winners Of The “Not My Job” Awards
• The Pen Addict: Kokuyo Sokuryo-Yacho: The original Japanese field notebook
• Contour drawing with a fountain pen here and here
• The Pen Addict: TWSBI ECO-T Yellow Green Review
• Fountain Pen Inks & Bleach: Five new Herbins
• Bruno Taut: Kubo, Momose, and Iwase
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Fountain Pen Review: Pelikan Souverän M600 Turquoise White (Love this pen!)
• Play it safe: Reboot Your Router

That’s one patient dog. pic.twitter.com/osdTir5QwR

— ANIMALS R US (@Animal_R_Us) May 22, 2018

 

No, I definitely haven't seen your lipstick!! Pic. https://t.co/BNwBkoQAFZ pic.twitter.com/uBD7WgTgY9

— John Evans (@Distinctboxes) May 25, 2018

Sunday Reads: Inks And Cats

Cats are cool. What more can I say…

• Fundraiser for Pensive Pens
• The Gentleman Stationer: Review of Colorverse Schrodinger and Cat
• Bureau Direct: Tips: Our Top 6 Tips For Shimmer Inks
• Babies Can’t Stop Giggling at Cats
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Ink Review: Robert Oster Australian Opal Mauve

Suggest a caption:

Suggest a Caption 😂 pic.twitter.com/4zGLr8hZJO

— I_love_nature (@i_iove_nature) May 18, 2018

Sunday Reads: Pens, Inks And Giant Doodles

Long missives on luscious paper written with the perfect fountain pen and luxurious ink may well be the ideal antidote to the censorship strategies of social media titans. Write what you like where no prying eyes or arcane algorithms can label your thoughts and relegate you to the dustbin of irreversible membership cancellation. A pox on all of their houses or did someone already say that?

• Good morning!
• Quink and Bleach: Pure Pens Ink Swatch Tests
• Artist’s house is a giant doodle pad
• 7 Vital Windows Maintenance Tasks You Should Do More Often
• The return of Mabie Todd: Blackbird Inks
• The Gentleman Stationer’s Guide To Pocket Pens\
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Notebook Review: Papier Tigre 3 Pocket Notebooks Set

 

#SundayMorning ~ This video is a beautiful reminder of how we should treat ALL animals 🐾 💞. #Compassion #Empathy pic.twitter.com/xcbLgfhyN4

— PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE (@Protect_Wldlife) March 25, 2018