Ink Links

-- Cut-away (II) (Cronicas Estilograficas)

-- for what's next (Doane Paper)

-- Staedtler Triplus Roller Review (Tiger Pens Blog)

-- Review: Uni-ball Power Tank Ballpoint Pen 0.7 mm Blue Body - Blue Ink (Gourmet Pens)

-- Pen Shows: The 2013 Philadelphia Pen Show Review (Anderson Pens)

-- You Can Have my Notebook When You Pry it From My Cold, Dead Fingers (The Digital Reader)

-- Getting started in calligraphy (Seb Lester)

-- Moods & Options: Solid Titanium Pen + Stylus (From the Pen Cup)

-- Name those pens!! (Whatever)

-- Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai (Ink Nouveau)

-- Expedition Edition In Action (Field Notes)

-- Clairefontaine Collection 1951 Notebook (Office Supply Geek)

-- For fast, expressive drawings: flex or music nibs? (Leigh Reyes)

-- Review: Sailor Pro Gear Imperial Black (Fountain Pen Quest)

-- This Old Notebook (Patrick Rhone)

-- Penpalling Around (The Well-Appointed Desk)

-- Noodler's Upper Ganges Blue ink (LostInBrittany Pens)

-- Sailor 1911 Professional Gear Imperial Black Edition (Ed Jelley)

-- Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen (Write to Me Often)

-- Sheaffer Intensity Carbon Fiber Fountain Pen Review (inktronics)

-- Pilot Parallel (East...West...Everywhere)

My First Field Notes Trade

I have talked about the collectible aspect of Field Notes too many times to link (the Field Notes Fascination episode of the podcast is a good place to start) but I did want to mention that I just completed my first trade for some of the books not already in my collection.

I received a Flickr mail from someone who saw one of my images with the Capsule 5th Anniversary Edition book and they asked if I had any extras to trade. I rarely do, but in this case I did have a 3-pack to spare. She had some of the versions I had been looking for, and over the span of a few emails we sorted out the details and the trade was commenced.

I sent out the above referenced Capsule memo books, plus a 3-pack of the Sound Opinions books and pen and pencils that it came with. In return, I received (from L to R) a 3-pack of the XOXO Fest books, a DDC Factory Floor version, and one of the Renegade Pencils books.

It was a great transaction where we both got items for our growing collections. 10/10 would trade again!

The Pen Addict Podcast: Episode 39 - We Are The Normal Ones

In Episode 39 of The Pen Addict Podcast Myke and I are all over the place, but in a good way. In fact, we seem to really thrive in this format. We discuss his MacGuyver pen and new slate of ink samples he has to test. I talk about my first Field Notes trade (post forthcoming) and then we dive in to the hows and whys of pen addiction and why everything you think and do around it is completely normal.

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