Misfill, Tokyo Summer 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:

Read:

— Tokyo Summer Broke Me (and my wallet) Slightly (The Penguin Post)

— Van Dieman’s Sailor’s Delight (Inkcredible Colours)

— All the TTRPGs I've played in 2025 so far (Lost Letters)

— Franklin-Christoph SIG Nibs (Cheryl Lindo Jones)

— The London Autumn Pen Show 2025: my haul. (Fountain pen blog)

— Eraserhead (And now it’s all this)

— Paris London 2025 Part 2 (Writing at Large)

— Fountain Pen Review: Esterbrook Niblet (Sea Glass/M nib) (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— London Pen Show Autumn 2025 (UK FOUNTAIN PENS)

— Platters That Matter: James & Karla Murray's Vinyl NYC (The Quietus)

— September Daily Purchase Drawings, Notes from Class, And Come on Down! You Are the Next Contestant on the Price is Right! (KBBBlog)

— Nashville T.G.S. Special Event Recap, Day One, Plus Saturday Details (The Gentleman Stationer)

— Put the Needle Back in the Groove. (doane paper feed)

— Anderillium Lchthyoformes Ink Series: Nature Meets Fountain Pen Art (GeekDad)

— Dive into the Painstaking Process of Restoring an 18th-Century Fan (Colossal)

— Erik Satie’s Notebooks (Notebook Stories)

— Acorn Cap Ink- Part 2 This Time with Iron (Comfortable Shoes Studio)

— Squid, by sumi-e artist Mitsuru Nagata (ZEN in TECHNICOLOR)

— Ambagious Tactics (feuilleton)

Watch:

— Japanese Paper Expert Answers Your Biggest Questions! (JetPens)

— Sit Down with Aijing (Aijing Ink Trail) | Fountain Pen 20 Questions Season 4 (Alexandra’s Art Insanity)

— Painting Abstract Flowers with Fountain Pen Inks 🌼 Oct 15 Livestream Replay (FromCarola)

— Inside Access to The Empire State Fountain Pen Show! (Hemingway Jones)

— First visit to H Mart Orlando! (Feed Your Creativity)

— Michael's Fat Boy (Figboot on Pens)

— Looking for a Great Grey Ink? I've Got You! These are my favorite grey inks. (Inkdependence)

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Posted on October 19, 2025 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Misfill.

Misfill, One-Page Notebook 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:

Read:

— PTPL 171 · The Surprisingly Powerful One-Page Notebook That’s Always With Me (Ellane W)

— The Liliput and The Black Cat (Dime Novel Raven)

— Starter Pens: Pilot Metro Recap & Thoughts (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Zebra Tect 2way RO (Lexikaliker)

— Mixed notes and Kuretake marker pen (José Naranja)

— Ink Review: Callifolio Orange Inks (Mountain of Ink)

— Ceramics and tattoo imagery come together in Adam Shrewsbury’s exercise in fragility (It’s Nice That)

— Meet the Artist Creating Humorous, Nihonga-Style Images of Daily Life with Their Rescue Cat (Spoon & Tamago)

— Five Mind-Expanding Moments from Brian Eno (Take Note)

— Yotsuba Mitsuba (Inkcredible Colours)

— Weirdoforest Travels 2025 – Banff (Weirdoforest Pens)

— Rupert answers the #12PenPersonQuestions List (Fountain pen blog)

— Blackwing at 15: Why Analog Still Matters to Me (Scription Studio)

— Coles of London Takes Over Pelikan Distribution (The Pelikan's Perch)

— Two binders? (Stationery🍕)

— Moleskine - Coming Soon (Battersea Power Station)

— Inside a Canadian professor's 43-year-old Dungeons & Dragons campaign (Guinness World Records)

Watch:

— Papa J Studio (Figboot on Pens)

— Check Out Enigma Stationery's Inkvent 2025! (SPOILERS AT THE END!) (Inkdependence Mike)

— Watercolour Painting Abstract Flowers feat. Beam Paints | Oct 8 Livestream Replay From Carola)

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Posted on October 12, 2025 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Misfill.

Misfill, Orange 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:

Read:

— Orange (Lexikaliker)

— Ralph Nader Has a Pencil Eraser Problem. We Investigated. (Wirecutter)

— Blackwing at 15: Why Analog Still Matters to Me (Scription Studio)

— Gourmet Pens Club - Episode 69 - Our Third Anniversary! (Gourmet Pens)

— #12PenPersonQuestions (Line Variation)

— Pen Review: Writech Needle Tip Gel Pen 0.5 mm (Pack of 4 – Black Ink) (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Angela Kirkwood illustrates a reissue of Magical Athlete – the zany Japanese board game that’s absurd and fun in equal measure (It’s Nice That)

— NOLA RAIN: the definitive chronicle of Banksy's New Orleans legacy (Creative Boom)

— Grateful for Octobers Ink Palettes (Mountain of Ink)

— Rupert answers the #12PenPersonQuestions List (Fountain pen blog)

— Weirdoforest Travels 2025 – Banff (Weirdoforest Pens)