The 2025 California Pen Show is a wrap!
This was my first adventure to the reorganized Los Angeles-area show in their three years of new ownership, and I came away impressed. I’ll be sharing my experience throughout the week, so follow along below and let’s talk stationery!
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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:
— 90 Years of Diary-Keeping (Notebook Stories)
— Saying goodbye to a favorite ink (mnmlscholar)
— Fire up the Quattro (Stuart Lennon)
— How to find your pencil sharpener. (Merlin Mann)
— I didn't even know Midori made ink! (Inkdependence)
— Van Dieman’s Beeswax (Inkcredible Colours)
— Love a Gesture Drawing (Comfortable Shoes Studio)
— On Permanent Inks and Fountain Pens (SBRE Brown)
— Book(s) Review: Kevin Hearne, Ink & Sigil Series (The Well-Appointed Desk)
— Ink Review #2710: Teranishi Guitar Nostalgic Honey (Mountain of Ink)
— Almost Time for Tom to Close (Paper Blogging)
— Carolina Pen Co. Convert (Figboot on Pens)
— Pilot Short Pocket Pen (dapprman)
— February 2025 Currently Inked Pens (Writing at Large)
— Ken’s Night Say It (Over and Over Again) (Inkcredible Colours)
— Using vinyl records to timebox your journaling (Rediscover Analog)
Want to catch the rest, plus extra articles, reviews, commentary, discounts, and more? Try out a Pen Addict Membership for only $5 per month!
I referenced the uniball Lite Touch in this week’s Pentel Calme Review, and found an extra one to give away this week. The uniball Jetstream Lite Touch 4+1 Multi Pen is about as good as it gets in my book. This giveaway pen is my review model, so it has been lightly used and has no packaging, and it is ready for a new home. And the winner is:
Congrats Steve! I’ve sent you an email to collect your shipping address.
