Ink Links

-- Copic New Products and Giveaway  (I Like Markers)

-- Smudge Proof Highlighters by Avery  (Office Supply Geek)

-- Sheaffer Skrip Green Fountain Pen Ink Review  (Derek's Pens & Pencils)

-- X49 High Crown Hooded Fountain Pen  (Pocket Blonde)

-- Bloc Rhodia No. 11 Graph Paper Pad  (Pens'n'Paper)

-- uni-ball® Jetstream™ 101 Rollerball  (Does This Pen Write?)

-- Refillable Felt-Tip Highlighters  (Writer's Bloc Blog)

-- Nomadic PE-08 Easy Classification Pencil Case  (No Pen Intended)

-- Mongol pencils from Eberhard Faber Colombia  (Pencil Talk)

-- Review: Pentel EnerGel X  (Mightier Than The Sword)

-- Diamine Woodland Green  (Writing and Scribbling)

-- Noodler's Empire Red (UK series)  (Penned House)

-- Noodler's Burma Road Brown  (Inkyjournal)

-- JetPen Test Ride Part 1  (This is [a] journey, so far)

-- Kuretake Zig Letter Pen CocoIro with Blood Red Refill  (No Pen Intended)

-- TWSBI Diamond 530 Fountain Pen Review  (Goldspot Pens)

Review: Sharpie Ultra Fine Permanent Marker - Brown

I mentioned it in the written review above, but it bears repeating here - you can thank Chad Doane for this review.  I read in his recent "What's on Their Desk" interview at Office Supply Geek that his daily arsenal consists of the Sharpie Ultra Fine Permanent Marker in Black and his own Doane Paper Flap Jotter.  I had some black Sharpies laying around the house, but I figured I would order a few of the more non-traditional colors from JetPens since they recently started stocking them.

One of the things I have always enjoyed about the Sharpie Ultra Fine markers is how rich the colors are, and this brown is a perfect example.  The way it lays down on the page makes it look almost as if it were painted on.  That being said, you also know going into it that you are going to get some bleed through the page.  If that is acceptable to you, then you are looking at a marker that can accomplish a wide variety of tasks on a daily basis.  It's no wonder why Sharpies are the marker of choice for so many artists and designers around the world.

What do you use your Sharpies for?

Click here for the XL review.

My Big Staples Haul

2011 - The year of the video blog (vlog) at The Pen Addict?  I'm not so sure about that, but we'll see.  I decided to create a vlog post about my trip to Staples today because I was shocked at how much cool stuff I found that I hadn't seen before.  From  a huge sale on Ecosystem Journals, to new Sharpie Pens, to a very pleasant surprise you will see near the end of the video, it was a fairly costly outing for me.

I hope you enjoy the video - please let me know if you would like to see more of this type of content on the blog going forward.  You can also subscribe to my YouTube channel at  http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePenAddict .  Thanks for watching!