Misfill, Vintage Diary 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:

Reading:

— Vintage Succes Seven Star Diary (Notebook Stories)

— Trying out a Renesans Paint and Brush (Writing at Large)

— Further thoughts and update on the Faber-Castell Ondoro, Smoked Oak fountain pen. (Fountain pen blog)

— 2800 Inks (Mountain of Ink)

— The great planner/journal question. (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— In This Economy, Are More Skaters Buying Shop Decks? (Jenkem Magazine)

— We Don’t Know Johns’s Alphabet (greg.org)

— PITR Highlights Storefronts, Signage, and Graffiti in Ultra-Detailed Portraits of Urban Streets (Colossal)

— Analog to Digital Process (Paper Blogging)

— De Minimis and the Changing Retail Landscape (The Pelikan's Perch)

— How to Build An EDC Kit (You'll Actually Use Every Day) (Carryology)

— Inkebara No. 1306 Kopi-O Kosong (Inkcredible Colours)

— Step 2 of the newly reimagined large idea journal (doane paper feed)

— Review: some weird inks from Seattle (Extra Fine Writing)

— Decadent Alfresco Feasts Serve as Reminders of Simple Pleasures in Pedro Pedro's 'Picnic' (Colossal)

— Bunte Welt (1978) (Present & Correct)

Watching:

— Unboxing and Trying Out Some Cool Pens! Multipens and a Beautiful Wooden Pilot S20 (Inkdependence)

— 2025 Miami Pen Show | South Florida Fountain Pen Show | Fountain Pens in Paradise! (Feed Your Creativity)

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Misfill, Relay for St. Jude 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:

Reading:

— Relay for St. Jude - 2025 (Olive Octopus)

— Ink Review #2813: Colorverse Massive Storm (Mountain of Ink)

— Two Years of Curiosities, and May-August 2025 in Stationery (A Gathering of Curiosities)

— A Tale of Two Mousses (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— The unlikely story of how Banksy's artwork took root in New Orleans (Creative Boom)

— “Cmd+z doesn’t exist on paper”: Pat Thomas’ drawings are unapologetic and filled with feeling (It’s Nice That)

— AI doesn’t belong in journaling | The Verge (The Cramped)

— Reader Question 10: Personal Productivity Analysis Paralysis (Analog Office)

— 30 Days With Japanese Watercolors Turned Me Into a Painter (Wirecutter)

— Carry Scenario: Outdoor Summer Music Picnic (Everyday Commentary)

— Home Front — August Notes #2 (Line Variation)

— Fixative for Mixed Media (Comfortable Shoes Studio)

Watching:

— I Spent A Week Using Only Starter Fountain Pens: Here Is What I Found (dwrdnet)

— Drillog Dip Pen (Figboot on Pens)

— Both of the 2025 Nahvalur Pride Pens! (Inkdependence)

— Scopus Fountain Pens | Hand Made Pen with Nature Elements?! | Pen Maker Spotlight (Feed Your Creativity)

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Misfill, Paper Clip 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:

— David Walker's Paper Clip Collection. (Present & Correct)

— News: Souverän M600 Art Collection - Rudi Rother Special Edition (The Pelikan's Perch)

— Tattooing Your Traveler’s Notebook: Acrylic Paint (Scription Studio)

— 2025 state of the scholar, tray one (mnmlscholar)

— The Eames Lounge Chair Originally Came with an Exploded View Drawing (Core77)

— Diamine Forever Inks Coral Blaze with a Jinhao 82 (Casual Crossings)

— Hobonichi 2026 Lineup Takeaways (Ask a Planner Nerd)

— Junk Mail and Found Papers Undulate in Agate-Like Wall Sculptures by Jessica Drenk (Colossal)

— Van Dieman’s Freycinet Aquamarine (Inkcredible Colours)

— RG VI x Hearts // Platinum Century 3776 Shape of Heart Fountain Pen (Weirdoforest Pens)

— 12 Pen Person Questions (Olive Octopus)

— Pre-Work Sketching Sessions (Comfortable Shoes Studio)

— Endless Stationery Phantom (dapprman)

— Early thoughts on the Faber-Castell Ondoro, Smoked Oak fountain pen. (Fountain pen blog)

— Hammerhead sharks, from the Oki National Products (ZEN in TECHNICOLOR)

— Ink Review #2802: Teranishi Guitar Opera Rose (Mountain of Ink)

— Stop trying to make digital pencils compete with analog ones (Stationery🍕)

— Will I Ever Pass Up Free Pens? (From the Pen Cup)

— Pen Review: Komamono Afternoon Tea Strawberry Cake Glass Dip Pen Set (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— 11 Years of Relay (The Enthusiast)

— 21 Rules for Living from Miyamoto Musashi, Japan's Samurai Philosopher (1584-1645) (Open Culture)

— Benu Pixie: Metallic Dust Set (Penquisition)

— Pen Pit Stop : Parker 25 Flighter MK I (inkxplorations)

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