Misfill, Blue Black 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:

— My 10 Favorite Blue Black Inks (Mountain of Ink)

— Frankenpens: the good, the baddies, and the hecking awesome (idipbananasintocoffee)

— Paris 2024 Breaking Sketch and Building New Palettes (Writing at Large)

— Esterbrook Back to the Land (Figboot on Pens)

— STABILO pencil 88 (Lexikaliker)

— Solving a 2,500-Year-Old Puzzle: How a Cambridge Student Cracked an Ancient Sanskrit Code (Open Culture)

— September Planner/Journal Set-Up: Academia (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Gioia Metis Fountain Pen Review (Blake's Broadcast)

— Fun facts about the BIC ballpoint pen (video) (The Cramped)

— Take a Nostalgic Dive Through a Visual Cassette Tape Archive (Colossal)

— Take a Look at Mind Keeper, Indie Hand-Drawn Game Made in Unity (80lv)

— Visit to Lamy x Ink House in Hong Kong (Inkcredible Colours)

— Parker 21 Pencil (Chronicles of a Fountain Pen)

— Filofax Fountain-pen Frustration (Notebook Stories)

— How French illustrator Lapin turned sketching from a pastime into a way of life (Creative Boom)

— Stationery Intentions (Dime Novel Raven)

— What is precious resin? (Penfount)

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Misfill, Planner Season 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:

— Planner Season 2025… I am so not ready (Casual Crossings)

— Paris 2024 Olympics Moleskine Notebooks (Writing at Large)

— Simple hut in Koh Lanta (José Naranja)

— Index card system to track daily, weekly, and monthly routines (Analog Office)

— Cult Pens Christine (Inkcredible Colours)

— Pen Review: Anterique Mach Ball "Brass Edition" Ballpoint Pen (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Pen review: Golem Pens Spindle (dipbananasintocoffee)

— It's okay to lower the bar (Rach Smith)

— 2024 DC Pen Show (Rachel's Reflections)

— Ink Review #2598: KWZ Sapphire Blue (Mountain of Ink)

— Platinum 3776 Music Nib Fountain Pen Review (Blake's Broadcast)

— DC Show Recap (Figboot on Pens)

— ink review : Wearingeul King Lear (inkxplorations)

— Analog by Ugmonk (Stuart Lennon)

— May-August 2024 in Stationery (A Gathering of Curiosities)

— Böker Plus Tactical Fountain Pen Review (SBRE Brown)

— Moleskine Embossed Pocket Notebooks (Writing at Large)

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Misfill, Omakase 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:

— Ink Omakase: July 2024 (Inkcredible Colours)

— 2024 D.C. Pen Show: Friday Report! (Plus Directions to Our Table) (The Gentleman Stationer)

— The Oldest Example of a Prestigious Red Dye Was Found in a Rare 3,800-Year-Old Textile (Colossal)

— Hakase Part 2 – NJ15A, the Pen (dapprman)

— Reflecting on one year of Ink Sync (Ink Sync)

— Interesting Japanese Diaries (Notebook Stories)

— Quick Follow Up on the Ensso Bolt (Cheryl Lindo Jones)

— David Oscarson Nikola Tesla (Figboot on Pens)

— My Hobonichi Techo Doesn’t Get Daily Use (Joseph Dickson)

— Does size really matter? A scientific comparison of #5, #6, and #8 nibs (part 1) (idipbananasintocoffee)

— Prepping for a Pen Show (Rachel's Reflections)

— Overlooked 2.0: Inspired by London's utility hole covers (Creative Boom)

— Stationery Store Day - August 3, 2024 (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— The New Nib on the Block: The Pilot 823 Signature Nib! (Inkdependence)

— Dorian Hairston’s playlist for his poetry collection “Pretend the Ball Is Named Jim Crow” (Largehearted Boy)

— Spring moon at Ninomiya beach (ZEN in TECHNICOLOR)

— Reader Question 9: How long do you keep your notes? (Analog Office)

— Pen Pit Stop : Kaweco Special Red (inkxplorations)

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