Ink Links

Quick note:  I'm a bit behind here, but hopefully I will have some new updates by the end of the week.

A big fan of the Uni-Color colored pencil leads from JetPens  (iSculpt.org)

Lamy 2000 Official Moleskine Review  (Notebookism.com)

Moleskine Planner Hack: 2 Years Later  (rohdesign.com)

Lots of pen samples from pauldear  (pauldear @ Flickr)

Nice use of the Behance Dot Grid Notebook  (retro traveler @ Flickr)

Faber Castell Perfect Pencil  (Notebookism.com)

Gail is a Pen Slut  (Sound Off!)

Pilot Pockel Mini from JetPens  (JetPens.com)

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Posted on April 23, 2008 by Brad Dowdy.

Review: Uni-Ball Vision Elite 0.5mm Blue

The Uni-Ball Vision Elite has been a very popular pen over the past few years, especially prior to the surge in popularity of gel ink pens.  This liquid ink model writes wonderfully, although I experienced a little feathering in my line with this model writing on my Moleskine (an example is where I have the arrow, but it didn't show up in the picture very well).  Beautifully designed and well balanced, I can see why this pen is so well liked.  My only question is - are they doing away with this model?  I bought three 3-packs of this pen at Wal-Mart on closeout for $1.50 per pack, with the regular price around $6.00.

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Posted on April 17, 2008 by Brad Dowdy.

Review: Pilot G-2 1.0mm Black


What a pleasant surprise!  I'm not normally a fan of wide tipped pens, but I saw this one at Wal-Mart and figured what the heck.  The Pilot G-2 1.0mm writes wonderfully smooth, with a solid jet black line.  It does take a moment to dry due to the amount of ink being laid down on the paper, but other than that, I was very happy with this pen.  I will have to make more time for this one.

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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Brad Dowdy.