The only things missing from this week’s links are more pencil reviews – where are all the pencil lovers? We want to hear from you! This week’s highlights include how the Ink Smudge got it’s name and David Pennington’s shop tales. Oh retail! Pens: So Ugly It’s Cute? My Thoughts on the TWSBI Go (via…
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Ink Overview: Taccia Inks
Taccia introduced its own line of inks at the San Francisco Pen Show. The full line includes 13 colors in 40ml glass bottles. The bottles looked like slightly taller versions of the Sailor (more like the Storia bottles but not frosted) The colors are a good range of colors (black, blue, red, orange, green) plus…
Shop Update: Booze Alert and More
It took a bit of time to get it all uploaded and updated but I wanted to share our new products that we shared at the San Francisco Pen Show. First, we launched three new notecards ($3 each) from vintage advertising cuts that were on loan to us from John Hinkle. John collects vintage ink bottles…
Ink Review: Nagasawa Kobe Sorakuen
Review by Tina Koyama Sorakuen (“tea green”) is the second ink I’ve tried in the Nagasawa Kobe line. As I mentioned when I reviewed Nagasawa Kobe Sannomiya, choosing from the collection’s 26 hues was a daunting task, but I can never get enough greens – especially greens that fall on the yellow side rather than…
Link Love: This Time, Without the Oops.
Pens: Raw (via Bleistift) Opus 88 Picnic and Fantasia Fountain Pens (via The Gentleman Stationer) Sheaffer Pop (Star Wars Edition), Gel Ink, 0.7mm (via Pens and Junk) Baron Fig Squire Click Ballpoint Pen (via The Pencilcase Blog) My history of pocket pens (via The InkSmudge) Platinum 3776 Kumpoo Fountain Pen (via The Pen Addict) Faggionato…
Notebook Review: Franklin-Christoph Vagabond Notebook Refills
The Franklin-Christoph Vagabond Notebook refills are designed to fit into their Vagabond Notebook Covers ($38 for Ashen or Umber canvas covers) or standard Traveler’s Notebook covers. The refills are made from 90gsm bamboo paper and are sold in 3-packs for $15. Each notebook in the refill contains 28 sheets (56 pages). The covers are cardstock…
Pen Review: Pentel EnerGel Clena Gel Pens
I picked up the Pentel Energel Clena Gel pens ($3 each) awhile back but forgot to post the review until recently. Its probably a good thing as now there are plenty in stock. When I ordered them, the pickings were slim. The options for the black ink varieties were only one point size and the barrel…