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Sunday Reading for March 12, 2017
Somebody make me an offer on these pens! Some great deals left - see the Sale page for more details. Happy Daylight Savings time, to those of you out there suffering through one less hour of sleep...
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Cool Analog(ue) Products: Book Darts
Every once in a while you run across an unusual product that immediately fits right into your workflow. In my case, one of the members of the recently formed Middle Tennessee Pen and Stationery Group...
View ArticleDeals and Drops: Midori Madness and a Big Baron Fig
I've recently moved over to the Midori Traveler's Notebook for my planning and organizing needs, in an effort to consolidate the ridiculous number of notebooks I've been carrying around into something...
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Muji: Quality Inexpensive Stationery from Japan
I visit New York City fairly regularly, and I've always maintained a short list of stationery stores that I visit when I'm in town: Fountain Pen Hospital, Kinokuniya, C.W. Pencil Enterprise, and...
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Sunday Reading for March 19, 2017
I can't believe March is over halfway finished, but I'm glad it's now somewhat normal that it feels like Spring. Enjoy these then get outside! Arkansas Pen Show This Weekend. If you're in the Little...
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Stock Stubs: Exploring Specialty Nibs
I've written before on nib customization, and how much fun it can be to attend a pen show and have a nib technician (or "nibmeister") grind a nib into something more unique than your standard fine,...
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Sunday Reading for April 16, 2017
Recent arrivals. Atlanta Pen Show Prep (via My Pen Needs Ink). Bob shares his Atlanta Pen Show "list" (and we all have one). I will probably be at the Atlanta Pen Show on Saturday evening and Sunday,...
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Limited Edition Alert: Baron Fig Confidant "Metamorphosis"
The Spring limited editions are starting to drop, including the quarterly entry in Baron Fig's Confidant subscription service. This quarter's theme is "Metamorphosis," which features a peach/pink...
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Pen Review: The New Parker Urban Fountain Pen
The Parker Pen Company is a conundrum. Once a venerable U.S.-based manufacturer, the past ten-plus years have not been kind, to put it charitably. While Parker's higher-end pens such as the Sonnet and...
View ArticleDeals and Drops: Ridiculous Discounts
First of all, if you're anywhere near Atlanta this weekend, get over to the Atlanta Pen Show and buy pens in person, not online! Work is conspiring against me yet again, so it's looking dicey at...
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Digital Divide Volume 13: Strategic Paper Replacement, Revisited
Just over a year ago, I published a piece titled "Strategic Paper Replacement," in which I talked about using the iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil as a way to remove "junk paper" from my life. Curiously,...
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Sunday Reading for April 23, 2017
So I made it to Atlanta after all! (Last minute.) The live podcast recording was great, as always, and I'll try to have a recap of the show up sometime this week. Photo Post: Nakaya Neo Standard +...
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Pen Review: The Fisher Space Pen
A staple of the everyday carry community, Fisher Space Pens tend to get overlooked by pen addicts who tend to instinctively avoid ballpoints, and that's unfortunate. Fisher Space Pens are great "write...
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Sunday Reading for March 26, 2017
The Hobonichi Techo as a Bullet Journal (via the Finer Point). Jenny walks through how she uses her Hobonichi Techo Avec as a Bullet Journal, and how it compares to the more popular Leuchtturm 1917,...
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From the Vault: Favorite Pilot Pens
I'm facing a hellish week of work travel, so I decided to dig some older reviews out of "the vault" and highlight them for newer readers and those who may have missed them the first time around. I...
View ArticleDeals and Drops: Replenishing the Ink Hoard
I've gone on a bit of an ink bender lately - there's just so much good stuff out right now. In the past few weeks I sold off a lot of my ink only to replace it with new bottles, but that's how it goes...
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Great Pen Stores: Papier Plume in New Orleans, Louisiana
As you may have seen on my Instagram, I've spent the past few days at a conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, and my regular posting schedule been a bit "off track" (as should be expected). But that...
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Sunday Reading for April 2, 2017
My travel haul from New Orleans. Wow, there's a lot of news this week, from two new limited editions to the release of a book about pencils. I also highlight some reviews of interesting and...
View ArticleSale Alert: National Stationery Week Sale and Giveaway from Pen Chalet
This week is National Stationery Week, and Wednesday April 26 is World Stationery Day. To celebrate, our sponsor Pen Chalet is running a week-long sale, as well as a giveaway of some excellent prizes...
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2017 Atlanta Pen Show Recap: ELEVEN Pen Shows, Really?!?
At some point over the past few days, while I was collecting my thoughts and recollections of this past weekend's Atlanta Pen Show, I realized that I have now attended eleven pen shows. That's insane...
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