Article(s) of the Week:
At 92, Seattle’s Last Typewriter Repair (via Seattle Times)
A shoutout to Tina at Fueled by Clouds & Coffee for the tip. Tina creates gorgeous watercolor drawings with fountain pen ink. Definitely worth a peek!
And, in contrast to the recent “pens are dead” tirade,
Creative Types From Manolo Blahnik to Milton Glaser on Their Favorite Writing and Drawing Instruments (via NYTimes)
Pens:
[Guest Post] Pilot Custom 74 Fountain Pen Review (via Ed Jelley)
Esterbrook Dip-Less Pen and #7550 Firm Extra Fine Nib (via Fountain Pen Quest)
Retro 51 Tornado Touch (via From The Pen Cup)
Pilot Knight Fountain Pen Medium Nib (via Gourmet Pens)
Diplomat Traveller Fountain Pen (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!)
Muji Fountain Pens (via Modern Stationer)
How to Fix an Air Bubble in an Ink Cartridge (via Office Supply Geek)
The five pens in your daily carry (via Fountain Pen Physicist)
Kickstarter Pen Projects Watchlist (via Pen Pursuit)
Pilot Falcon (via Pen Pursuit)
Pilot Choose gel ink pen 0.7 green (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!)
Sailor Pro Gear Colors Series Fountain Pen Orange Barrel M Nib (via Clicky Post)
Inks:
A Comparison of Green Inks (via The Pen Habit)
Comparison of 73 Bottled Fountain Pen Inks (via Unroyal Warrant)
Kaweco Palm Green ink (via Pens! Paper! Pencils!)
Sailor Kobe Inks Tamon Purple (via Write to Me Often)
Pilot Iroshizuku Ina Ho (via Alt. Haven)
Graf von Faber-Castell Hazelnut Brown (via Fountain Pen Quest)
Private Reserve’s American Blue (via Inkdependence)
Kaweco Elite Fountain Pen (via My Pen Needs Ink)
Sharpie Metallics (via All Things Stationery)
Montblanc Jonathan Swift Seaweed Green (via Inkdependence)
Pencils:
Staedtler WOPEX Eco Pencils (via Office Supply Geek)
A Proper Pencil Sharpener (via All Things Stationery)
The Blackwing Slate: The pencil-optimized notebook (via Woodclinched)
Paper & Notebooks:
Paper Notebooks Explained (via Jet Pens Blog)
Clairefontaine Triomphe Stationery (via My Pen Needs Ink)
Marie Curie’s Radioactive Notebook (via Notebook Stories)
Ardium Classic Notebook (via Office Supply Geek)
Rhodia Ice Pad (via The Pen Addict)
Requested: Fountain Pen Friendly Sticky Notes (via Rhodia Drive)
Nock Co. “Dusty Blue” DotDash Note Cards (via Clicky Post)
Baron Fig Confidant (via The Newsprint)
Tomoe River Paper Review (via FP Geeks)
Other Stuff:
Nock Co. x Dudek Modern Goods Idea Dock (via Modern Stationer)
Bostitch Executive Stapler (via My Supply Room)
Does Writing Things Down Make You Smarter? (via Rhodia Drive)
The Handwriting of Type Designers (via The Cramped)
D.C. Pen Show 2014 Recap (via Gentleman Stationer)
Isaac Asimov’s Typewriter (via To Type, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth…)