Misfill, Better Books 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:

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— Better Books stationery (DJ Food)

— Tono & Lims Strawberry Ice (Inkcredible Colours)

— Sketchbook Switch: SO Many to Choose From! (Notebook Stories)

— Using what you have… (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Torben Bökemeyer (Uses This)

— Go Behind the Scenes of Blackwing Pencils' Ode to Analog Creativity (Colossal)

— The Way an Art Material is Stored Matters (Comfortable Shoes Studio)

— Kawaii Buildings, as Seen Through the Lens of Urban Photographer Ken Ohyama (Spoon & Tamago)

— My San Francisco Pen Show 2026 Recap: The Glass Pen Show (The Gentleman Stationer)

— Diamine – Lady Grey (inkxplorations)

— Ink Swatch - Van Dieman’s - Natura Dualis - Nightfall (Jim P.’s Fountain Pen and Ink Nonsense)

Watch:

— Old, New, + Romantic Fountain Pens for September’s Currently Inked (julia here.)

— Esterbrook x Accutron Spaceview Estie | Esterbrook's First Demonstrator Pen! (Dorkys Ramos)

— EDC (everyday carry) Life Notebook Setup (Outen the Lights)

— Top Tier Titanium - Matthew Martin OG2 (Figboot on Pens)

— Sailor Tuzu – Fountain Pen Review (Scrively)

— Finally Got The Diplomat Cobra! (First Impressions) (DWRDNET)

— Friday Live Chat! 9/4/2026: San Francisco Pen Show Haul! - YouTube (Inkdependence)

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Misfill, Dick’s Drive-in 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:

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— Wallingford Dick’s Drive-in (Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)

— Inky Pursuits: August 2026. (Fountain pen blog)

— Hobonichi 2027 No Buy (Lost Letters)

— Ink Swatch - Pilot Iroshizuku - Rikka (Jim P.’s Fountain Pen and Ink Nonsense)

— Architectural Renderings Created with a Sewing Machine (Core77)

— FamilyMart and Sumo Legend Chiyonofuji is the Celebrity Collab We Didn’t Know We Needed (Spoon & Tamago)

— September Planner Set-Up: World In My Hands (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Update: On falling sick, a holiday and the tools I brought with me (Inkcredible Colours)

Watch:

— All of the train merch I bought in Japan 🐧🚃 (wander & write)

— tono&lims fountain pen ink swatching (Gourmet Pens)

— Keep all your plans and notes in one place: "Unifying" the Rollbahn Diary Slim (monokoto)

— $.25 to $100!? Mechanical Pencil Roundup! (Inkdependence)

— come with us to nyc stationery fest ✏️🗽 (nookends)

— Pocket EDC (everyday carry) Notebook Setup (outen the lights)

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Misfill, Notebook Meme 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:

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— My Notebooks Have Become a Meme (Notebook Stories)

— New Stillman and Birn Sketchbook (Writing at Large)

— New England has a New Typewriter Store—a Visit to Northeast Typewriter Exchange (Paper Blogging)

— The Sunday Letter Project (From the Pen Cup)

— Ink Swatch - Pilot Iroshizuku - Asa-gao (Jim P.’s Fountain Pen and Ink Nonsense)

— Notebook Review: Graphilo Style – 8.3″ x 4.7″ – Blank (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Twelve (The Enthusiast)

— Sift Through Grace Baldwin's Giant Junk Drawer Filled with Nostalgia (Colossal)

— Discover the Mundaneum, an Early 20th-Century “Internet” That Put the World’s Knowledge on Millions of Index Cards (Open Culture)

— The Lost Art of Carrying Loads (Carryology)

— Inspired by man-made objects and nature, Naruhiko paints 'ordinary' neighbourhoods and parks across Japan (Creative Boom)

— REVIEWS: Ninja-themed fountain pen. Cotton candy potato chips. Glamorous badger. (Extra Fine Writing)

— Feeling Looser with Limited Materials (Comfortable Shoes Studio)

— Black Weirdos Unite: An Extract from We Were Here by Stephanie Phillips (The Quietus)

— Prepping for a Dry Fall (Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)

— Three Keeper Inks: Choosing Inks for 10 Fountain Pens (The Gentleman Stationer)

Watch:

— DC Show Recap...and a remembrance. (Figboot on Pens)

— How I Document My Days in a Hobonichi Techo (Abbey Sy)

— Cult Pens Mega Ink Haul - Unboxing and Swatching Time. Ope I Did it Again. (Fountain Pen Ink Station)

— I do this FIRST when I get a new notebook 👀 · Is It Fountain Pen Friendly? (julia here.)

— new york stationery fest haul pt 2. ink, washi, dip pens & more! (nookends)

— A Hobonichi Preview Chat + Flip-Thru of my Techos! (toxmot)

— How to Finish an Entire Pencil (Down the Breather Hole)

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