Misfill, 12 Black Pencils Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Twelve Black Pencils (Lexikaliker)

— The Esterbrook Estie Raven Piston Filler – my new EDC (Nick Stewart)

— Plotter Alternatives, Part 6 (Rachel's Reflections)

— Kuretake Shimbashi-Iro (Inkcredible Colours)

— J. Herbin Shogun Fountain Pen Ink Review (Blake's Broadcast)

— Cleaning Tips That Will Help Keep Your Fountain Pens Writing Great (Fountain Pen Love)

— Visual guide for Asian noodles (José Naranja)

— Now That’s What I Call Music! 10 writers on their first ever NOW album (The Independent)

— Studio Ghibli releases New Year’s stamps for 2024 (SoraNews24)

— Bat for Lashes’ Natasha Khan on her enchanting illustrated oracle deck, Motherwitch (It’s Nice That)

— Ink Sneak Peek: Inkdependence x Pennonia Borahae (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Mad Science Pen Company (Figboot on Pens)

— Best Sale – FPD v Black Friday v Boxing Day (dapprman)

— Splitting the difference (mnmlscholar)

— Gourmet Pens Club - Episode 30 - Are you into paper or are you just nuts? (Gourmet Pens)

— OMAS Ogiva Extra Fountain Pen Review (SBREBrown)

— WipEout: Futurism explores the cult classic video game loved by gamers and designers (Creative Boom)

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Misfill, TIPS2023 Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Recap of TIPS2023 (Inkcredible Colours)

— Early thoughts on the Tibaldi Infrangible Black Gold fountain pen. (Fountain pen blog)

— Revisiting Diamine Inkvent 2022 (Cheryl Lindo Jones)

— Lamy Logo Fountain Pen Review (Blake's Broadcast)

— Over 25 Years of a Pioneering Collective's History Comes Together in ‘Trailblazing Women Printmakers' (Colossal)

— Tactile Turn Nitro (Figboot on Pens)

— Hobonichi Techo 2024 (Bleistift)

— Site Lines: Jill Gill's New York City streetscapes are a love letter to a lost world (Creative Boom)

— Pen frustration, pen magic (A Gathering of Curiosities)

— Tea pot and lacquer picnic box (Zen In Technicolor)

— Our Favorite Art Books of 2023 (Colossal)

— Pelikan Souveran M800 40 Years of Souveran Review (SBREBrown)

— Robert Oster 7th Anniversary Inks (Mountain of Ink)

— A View From the Easel (Hyperallergic)

— Incredible Photos of The British Red Phone Box Graveyard on The Edge of London (Design You Trust)

— Issue#20 My Favourite Inks in 2023 (Fountain Pen Weekly)

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Misfill, Ink Survey Update Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Clarifying the Ink Survey (Nicole Sharp)

— How the Dutch Used Windmills for Passive Communication (Core77)

— Ink Review #2406: Inkebara Blackish (Mountain of Ink)

— Flushing New Fountain Pens (dapprman)

— App Defaults (Robb Knight)

— How pens leave and enter the gathering (A Gathering of Curiosities)

— Some thoughts: Ferris Wheel Press Ferritales Ink (Dime Novel Raven)

— DAK and the Golden Age of Gadget Catalogs (Cabel Sasser)

— Ink Faves by Color (Rachel's Reflections)

— Index Card Cases, Wallets, Covers, Pouches, etc. (Chris Aldrich)

— Ink of the Week – Scribo Grigio (Fountain Pen Love)

— Stunning Codex Documenting Aztec Culture Now Fully Digitized (Hyperallergic)

— Why Fountain Pen Day is Important: Reflections on 12 Years (The Gentleman Stationer)

— Reissues Of The Week: Outkast's Aquemini & Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (The Quietus)

— The giggling is the point: A visit to Penny Post’s Fountain Pen Test Drive Event (mnmlscholar)

— Unearthing the pioneering print designs of the all-women Folly Cove Collective (It’s Nice That)

— Lennon Tool Bar Ganlan on Maruman Mnemosyne (Inkcredible Colours)

— Secret 7" is back for 2023 with seven iconic tracks to explore (Creative Boom)

— Susan Sontag on Keeping a Notebook (Take Note)

— Inkograph Stylo the Saga Continues (Chronicles of a Fountain Pen)

— The art of Kato Teruhide, 1936–2015 (feuilleton)

— Ink Review #785: Monteverde Jungle Chameleon (Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

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