Conceptually, I love the idea behind the Whitelines series of notebooks. The idea was to create gray paper with light white lines that would be unobtrusive but visible enough to keep your writing and notes neat. I got the lined A5 hardcover over a year ago but it got lost in the shuffle or products…
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Dennison Bookshelf Desk Set
I have been coveting one of the vintage Dennison bookshelf desk sets as long as I could remember but I could never find them complete or reasonably priced. If you’re not familiar with the Dennison bookshelf set, it is a vintage paperboard set of “books” each filled with a desk essential like paper clips, labels…
Swingline Low-Force 1-Hole Punch
I recently purchased a budget chrome-ish hole punch. Sometimes, I just need to punch a hole or two and, boy, was I ever disappointed. It tore the paper around the edges — even jsut one or two sheets of copy paper would get shredded. The punched-hole catcher would fly open at random intervals scattering hole-chads…
Ogami Stone Paper Notebooks
Ogami is a line of notebook products from Italy that relies on stone to create the paper. This imbues the paper with some unique properties not commonly found in wood-based paper products. Tree-Free – no wood pulp is used in production Waterproof – you can even wipe it clean! Note: your ink will probably still…
Ask The Desk: Notebook Block
Following my post last week on Keeping a Notebook, reader Barbara asked: I have notebook block. Not writer’s block, I write but on the backs of envelopes, receipts, those damn cards that fall out of magazines, etc. I own about two dozen notebooks of all types and sizes but I cannot bring myself to write…
Winners Announced: J. Herbin Rollerball
Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway for the J. Herbin rollerball and an extra special thanks to Carolee for giving it another test drive and helping to establish that I may have been wrong about the pen. And of course, a HUGE thanks to Jet Pens for sponsoring this giveaway. So let’s get to…
Link Love: Google Reader Laments and more
Pens and Pencils: Lamy 2000 Review (via From the Pen Cup) Pentel EnerGize X (via Pencil Revolution) Currently Inked (via East West Everywhere) A new pen blog from the genius behind Pencil Revolution Cigar Box Pen Storage The Bolt (Kickstarter pen) Review (via From the Pen Cup) Paper: Calepino Notebook Review (via Notebook Stories) Follow-up…