I’m in the last-dash packing stage getting ready to fly out for the SF Pen Show. I’m excited to spend time with my West Coast Pen Friends and see how crazy the SF show will be this year. If you’re coming to the show, be prepared for the crowds. Deep breaths, pack snacks and water and try out your own slim, low-profile Pen Show Bag (see link below!).
I’ll be working at the Dromgoole’s tables this year so I hope to see you there! Please come by and say hello.
Patrons, check our Patreon page (or your email) for info about meeting up.
Pens:
- How To Choose Your First Fountain Pen (via Pen Boutique Blog)
Ink:
- Fresh Ink: Kiwi Inks Fairy Dust (via The Pen Addict)
- Ink of the Week: Ferris Wheel Press Scarlet Studio (via Dime Novel Raven)
- Three Keeper Inks: Choosing Inks for 10 Fountain Pens (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- episode 93 | tono&lims fountain pen ink swatching (via Gourmet Pens)
Notebooks & Paper:
- How the KOKUYO Jibun Techo Was Created (via JetPens Blog)
- The Best Planners for 2027 (via JetPens Blog)
- Web Finds – Saturday 22 August 2026 (via Philofaxy)
- Free For All Friday No 928 Do your friends or family ever say you spend too much time using your Filofax? by Laurie (via Philofaxy)
- The Sunday Letter Project | From the Pen Cup (via From The Pen Cup)
Art & Creativity:
- USk Symposium Toronto 2027 – Call for Correspondents (via Parka Blogs)
- Review: Arrtx 90-colour Alcohol Sketch Marker (Brush & Fine Tip) (via Parka Blogs)
- New Stillman and Birn Sketchbook (via Writing at Large)
- No shortcuts: why AI threatens creative instinct (via It’s Nice That)
- Artist Olivier Menanteau Paints a World Where Human Bodies and Plants Grow Into One Another (via Design You Trust)
Typewriters:
- Book review: The Complete Manufacturing Process of a Vintage Typewriter (via The Typewriter Revolution blog)
- New England has a New Typewriter Store—a Visit to Northeast Typewriter Exchange — Paper Blogging (via Paper Blogging)
- Slopbait (via The Typewriter Revolution blog)
- A New Typewriter Book (via oz.Typewriter)
- Typewriter interview with Julia Rothman (via Austin Kleon)
Other Interesting Things:
- Police Surprise Man With Birthday Celebration After He Calls 911 (via My Modern Met)
- Fogust Groove (a mixtape) (via Austin Kleon)
- 2026 Washington DC Fountain Pen Supershow (via Olive Octopus)
- Best Pen Show Bag (via Rachel’s Reflections)
- Burning Through to Stop Burning Out — August Notes (via Line Variation)
- Can you have too many hobbies? (via Inky Imaginings)
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