Misfill, Long Vacation 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:

— A Long Vacation (トラベラーズ日記) (Traveler’s Diary)

— Tono & Lims 1 Year Anniversary Inks (Mountain of Ink)

— Colorverse Inks 59 & 60 Ginkgo Tree & Golden Leaves (Gourmet Pens)

— Do. The. Work. (wonder and beauty)

— “I own more books than I read, and want more books than I own”: Matt Asato-Adams on the magic of bookshops (It’s Nice That)

— Linder Sterling and Peter Saville among the artists and designers to create bespoke stickers to support the NHS (Creative Boom)

— Patti Smith's Self Portraits: Another Side of the Prolific Artist (Open Culture)

— This Just In: Sailor King of Pen Royal Tangerine (Fountain Pen Quest)

— Personal Pens CONID Kingsize Bulkfiller (SBREBrown)

— Finding a word other than ‘collection’ (UK fountain pens)

— Seth Godin Hates Being Organized (Superorganizers)

— Early thoughts on the Sheaffer Pop fountain pen (Fountain pen blog)

— Ask The Desk: Muting Ink & Sheening Ink Colors (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— What Is Your Ideal Line Spacing Size? (Fountain Pen Love)

— ystudio Portable Brassing Fountain Pen Review (Ed Jelley)

— Sharpener Showdown: Hand Cranks (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Reparaciones Complejas: Montblanc 149 (El Pajarete Orquidiado)

— Vengeful Fortress: A Stillman and Birn Epsilon Sketchbook Review Adventure Part 1 (Writing at Large)

— Write Notepads Spiral Notebook: How Far Can I Push This Paper? (The Gentleman Stationer)

— New Gold Parker Jotter (My Supply Room)

— The Complete Commercial Artist (1928-1930) (Present & Correct)

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Posted on May 10, 2020 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Misfill.

Misfill, Red Right Hand 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:

— Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #85 - Who is the 'Girl in Amber'? (The Red Hand Files)

— Ink Review #1144: KWZ Iron Gall Gold (Mountain of Ink)

— Bamboo and dragonfly (ZEN in TECHNICOLOR)

— RPG Spell Or Energy Drink Flavor? (Kotaku)

— New watercolor paintings (Mateusz Urbanowicz)

— The Mystery of a Medieval Blue Ink Has Been Solved (Atlas Obscura)

— Fountain Pen Shootout: Leonardo MomentoZero, Furore, MomentoZero Grande, Messenger (SBREBrown)

— Inkebara Oriental Pink (by STALÓWKA)

— Virtual rate cut forces Nintendo gamers into riskier assets (Financial Times)

— Hobonichi MOTHER Project Releasing Book and More (Siliconera)

— Lucinda Williams: A Guide To Her Best Songs (NPR)

— Access Rare and Beautiful “Manuscripts of the Muslim World” via UPenn’s Digital Library (Hyperallergic)

— Radiohead Covers The Smiths & New Order (2007) (Open Culture)

— Chicago Potholes Are Filled with Pandemic Essentials in Humorous New Mosaics by Jim Bachor (Colossal)

— 11 Best Desk Trays for Your Home Office in 2020 (Carryology)

— Football Type 2 celebrates the beautiful typography of the beautiful game (It’s Nice That)

— Numeric deco variations (Waki Stationery)

— Jason Polan Postage Stamps (Kottke)

— Review: Kokoyu Systemic Notebook Cover A5 Fabric in Real Life Usage (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— The up days and the down days (UK fountain pens)

— Currently Inked – April 27, 2020 (Fountain Pen Quest)

— Amazon Basics Fountain Pen Review (The Poor Penman)

— Oxford Notebooks Review Essentials and Signature (Notebook Stories)

— Retro 51 Blue Acrylic Tornado (Writing at Large)

— A look back at the Sheaffer No Nonsense fountain pen (Fountain pen blog)

— OMAS 360 ‘New’ (dapprman)

— Wes Anderson colouring posters (Present & Correct)

— How Does Paper Color Affect Ink Color? (Fountain Pen Love)

— Pens into rotation: Week ending 1 May 2020 (TooManyPelikans)

— 80s MTV VHS Recordings 1981 to 1989 Collection (Internet Archive)

— Sailor Studio Inks: 167, 767, 867, 967 (Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

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Posted on May 2, 2020 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Misfill.

Misfill, Contact High 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:

— A Brief (and Very Commercial) History of Hip-Hop (Hyperallergic)

— Retro 51 Pen Addict (Writing at Large)

— Paper Review: Yamamoto Fountain Pen Friendly Paper Collection (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Ink Review #1142: Troublemaker Petrichor (Mountain of Ink)

— Pentel Smash (My Supply Room)

— It’s Earth Day: Montblanc’s Le Petit Prince, The Planet (Forbes)

— The James Brand X Carryology: Designing the Rover Capsule (Carryology)

— A feast for the eyes, Actual Source’s latest issue of Shoplifters is all about drawing (It’s Nice That)

— Sailor Manyo Nekoyanagi (by STALÓWKA)

— Nine years with the Parker Frontier fountain pen. (Fountain pen blog)

— Ink Review: Montblanc Writers Edition Rudyard Kipling Limited Edition (The Gentleman Stationer)

— Notebooking as a Writers' Habit (Notebook Stories)