Misfill, State of Pens 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 2021 State of Pens (Leigh Reyes. My Life As a Verb.)

— Best Wishes for 2022, and My Own Wishes for this Community (The Gentleman Stationer)

— “Why are you selling this pen when you said it was perfect?” Five reasons I part with greatness (UK fountain pens)

— A State of Reflection (Comfortable Shoes Studio)

— Hobonichi 5-year (Mai-bun)

— Strolling into week four of the inkvent challenge (mnmlscholar)

— Ink Review #1715: Vinta Kayangan (Mountain of Ink)

— Year of the Tiger (Traveler’s Diary)

— Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s Resolutions from 1943. “Wake up and fight” (Twitter)

— Fountain Pen Quest Trail Log – January 2, 2022 (Fountain Pen Quest)

— Japan pen trends in 2021 (fudefan)

— Why I Wrote My Latest Book By Hand | MONTECRISTO (The Cramped)

— My top 12 inks and project review 2021 (Nick Stewart)

— Greatest of All Time Fountain Pens 2021 (SBREBrown)

— Ink Comparison: Kin Mokusei vs Apricot (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— A Pen Man in a Strange Land; Quick Update (The Poor Penman)

— Stitched Scenes of Everyday Life in LA’s Boyle Heights (Hyperallergic)

— Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki on Clairefontaine Triomphe (Inkcredible Colours)

— The KUM long point pencil sharpener (Stationery 🍕)

— 2021: Some of my fountain pen highlights. (Fountain pen blog)

— Edelweiss in the Alps // BENU Talisman Fountain Pen (Weirdoforest Pens)

— Eagle Chemi-Sealed / Super Bonded / Electronic Graphite pencils (Pencil Fodder)

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Misfill, Happy Holidays 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:

— Happy Holidays! Recapping Pens & Inks in 2021 (Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

— How The New M205 DUO Stacks Up To Its Predecessors (The Pelikan's Perch)

— Nine reasons to love the TWSBI Eco Jade (UK fountain pens)

— Early thoughts on the Online Bachelor, clear demonstrator, 0.8mm calligraphy pen. (Fountain pen blog)

— Reflection: Mourning and Processing through Art (Comfortable Shoes Studio)

— 12 Days of Inkmas: Day 12 Birmingham Blizzard Twinkle (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— 5 Albums I Can't Live Without: Laura Jane Grace (SPIN)

— #14. Fountain pen (Meta Bulletin)

— Top 100 songs of 2021. (Meadow Party)

— Fountain Pen Joys and Despairs of 2021 (dapprman)

— The Look Again Sketchnote Challenge (Rohdesign)

— Royal Sovereign ‘pencil lecture’ set (Pencil Fodder)

— Ink Review: Birmingham Pen Co. Projector Film (Macchiato Man)

— ASC Studio Arlecchino: De celuloides e industria moderna. (El Pajarete Orquidiado)

— Lennon Tool Bar Shuise on Muji Planting Tree (Inkcredible Colours)

— Chronodex Weekly Planner Jan - Jun 2022 Released (Scription)

— Mattisms (The Cramped)

— Psychedelic Fluorescent Female Portraits by Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic (Design you Trust)

— An archive of graphic design from Uruguay (La Patria)

— Pollux (Stationery 🍕)

— Mother collaboration G-Shock watch releases this February in Japan (Nintendo Enthusiast)

— Review: New Parker 51 Fountain Pen (The Pencilcase Blog)

— Designs for Both a Pen and Storage Containers Whose Caps You'll Never Lose (Core77)

— Being “the pen person” at work (mnmlscholar)

— Diamine Inkvent 2021 Day 25 (Writing at Large)

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Misfill, I Want My MTV 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 history of MTV IDs and the impact they’ve had on the creative world (It’s Nice That)

— Video Review: Parker 51 (2021 re-release) (Scrively)

— Weekly Update: Haifa, Nazareth and Too Many Pens. (Writing at Large)

— 12 Days of Inkmas: Day 6 Pen BBS 398 Morning Ink (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— KOKUYO PERPANEP notebooks (Inkcredible Colours)

— Inside a hollow library book, a secret library (Capital Daily)

— Journals and Notebooks. (PENCIL REVOLUTION!)

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

— Sailor × Pent Realo Tenku-Souzou (Flex & Other Follies)

— My Dad’s Lists (The Cramped)

— Production & Design Notes: Techonaut 30 and Techonaut 45 (Tom Bihn)

— Karandash Krasin (Bleistift)

— Moleskine opens its first retail store in Southeast Asia (Inside Retail)

— New nib for my Ystudio (Stationery 🍕)

— State of the Collection: December 2021 (UK fountain pens)

— The currently inked invent challenge, week two (mnmlscholar)

— Ink Review #1712: Kobe 19 Minatogawa Lime (Mountain of Ink)

— Kaweco Collection Special Red Fountain pen (Nick Stewart)

— Three Dream Inks (Mountain of Ink)

— Announcing the Winners of our LEGO® Build & Capture Photo Contest 2021! (Flickr Blog)

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