Misfill, Giggle Water 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 Compendium of Vintage Cocktail Recipe Books (Messy Messy Chic)

— Fountain Pens From My Collection: Lamy AL-Star (Fountain Pen Love)

— A community with heart (mnmlscholar)

— Visconti Bronze Age with 18k Nib (dapprman)

— Ink Review: Private Reserve Old vs New (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Ink Review #610: Tono & Lims Friendship: Secret\Mint (Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

— State of the Art: Art Journaling, Again (Comfortable Shoes Studio)

— My Recent Media Diet, the Summer/Fall Switchover Edition (Kottke)

— Vintage Pen Primer, Part V: What About Just Opting for a Vintage Nib? (The Gentleman Stationer)

— Furry Adidas Sneakers Pay Homage to Japan’s Favorite Canine Hachiko (Spoon & Tamago)

— The Best Thing About This Year’s Met Gala Are the Memes (Hyperallergic)

— Zoe Whittall's Playlist for Her Novel "The Spectacular" (Largehearted Boy)

— What Makes Basquiat's Untitled Great Art: One Painting Says Everything Basquiat Wanted to Say About America, Art & Being Black in Both Worlds (Open Culture)

— Pelikan M200 Pastel Fountain Pen Review (SBREBrown)

— Matchbloc once again celebrates mid-century matchbox labels from the Eastern Bloc (Creative Boom)

— Leuchtturm1917 Notebook 120g Paper (Gourmet Pens)

— Dingbats* Wildlife Notebook Review (The Poor Penman)

— Esterbrook Estie Sea Glass Review (Writing at Large)

— Fountain Pen Quest Trail Log – September 19, 2021 (Fountain Pen Quest)

— No CG here – Japanese company builds ridiculously gigantic mechanical pencil (SoraNews24)

— 60s Psychedelic drug posters (DJ Food)

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Misfill, I Forgot To Do It 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:

— The Paris Review - Jim Jarmusch’s Collages (The Paris Review)

— Lennon Tool Bar Ganlan on Midori MD (Inkcredible Colours)

— OMAS 360 Arco Bronze Celluloid Fountain Pen (Gourmet Pens)

— Planner Review: Erin Condren Focused Productivity Planner (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Aratrum Calamus (dapprman)

— Review: U.S.A. Gold Pencil (Comfortable Shoes Studio)

— A little sun, a little shade (mnmlscholar)

— Stupid Life Tricks (Roden Newsletter Archive)

— Elaborately Constructed Figures by ‘People Too’ Create a Cast of Quintessential Characters in Paper (Colossal)

— Itziar Barrios uses humble Bic pens to create stunning editorial illustrations (Creative Boom)

— I Made a Zine: Reading Proust (Take Note)

— The German Federal Minister For Labor And Social Affairs Visits Pelikan’s Vöhrum Factory (The Pelikan's Perch)

— Going for gold (Pens Pencils Plus)

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Misfill, The Big Weekend 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:

— San Francisco Pen Show: The Big Weekend Recap (The Gentleman Stationer)

— Early thoughts on the Aurora Optima Rossa fountain pen. (Fountain pen blog)

— Contest: WIN A Copy Of “Pelikan Limited and Special Editions 1993-2020” (The Pelikan's Perch)

— Messy notes are the medium (mnmlscholar)

— Very early woodblock print of seated Buddhas (ZEN in TECHNICOLOR)

— Birmingham Mountain Laurel on Midori MD (Inkcredible Colours)

— Yarn + Ink Palette: A little Halloween. (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— The emotional rollercoaster of retro gaming magazine collecting (Polygon)

— Fountain Pen Quest Trail Log – September 5, 2021 (Fountain Pen Quest)

— Classic Pens LB5 Kouseki Fountain Pen Sailor Nagahara King Eagle Nib (Gourmet Pens)

— Something old, something new… (Polar Pencil Pusher)

— Snippets: Newcastle, onion-skin, machined pens and pen meets (UK fountain pens)

— 100 Days of Gratitude: Creators share what they're grateful for in joyous upcoming exhibition (Creative Boom)

— How Do the Right Thing Recreated Greek Tragedy in Bed-Stuy (Hyperallergic)

— Rock, Roll, Riot, Repeat: An Oral History of Kill Rock Stars (SPIN)

— Peter Hook: The New Order Collection (Omega Auctions)

— Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki on Midori MD (Inkcredible Colours)

— Sketch/Doodle Session (Writing at Large)

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