Misfill, Queens 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:

— The Queens Muralist Who's Become a Reddit Favorite (Hyperallergic)

— Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 1: Blue Peppermint (Writing at Large)

— Letts Notebook and Travel Journal Review (Notebook Stories)

— Alissa Wilkinson (Uses This)

— If you’re not using undated planners what are you even doing (Polar Pencil Pusher)

— Notebook Cover Review: Coal Creek Bainbridge A6 Leather Cover (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Atrament Pióromaniaka Jesień 2019 Zielony (by STALÓWKA)

— 2019 Christmas Inks (Mountain of Ink)

— A Review of Lamy Crystal Fountain Pen Ink (Write eXperience)

— Actions by Moleskine Adds Reminders Import, Shortcuts with Parameters, and Context Menus (MacStories)

— Why I’m obsessed with reading books about writing in notebooks (Gulf News)

— Pen Review: Pilot Custom Heritage 91 (SMF - Black & Silver trim) (Macchiato Man)

— Focused 87: Nerds Like Us, with Myke Hurley (MacSparky)

— The 2019 Christmas Catalog (Tools and Toys)

— Robert Lang on the 11 Levels of Complexity of Origami (Kottke)

— This Artist Turned An Abandoned Gas Station Into An Beautiful Landmark In Just A Week (Design You Trust)

— Sailor Pro Gear King of Pen Fire Edition (dapprman)

— Sapporo Green (Crónicas Estilográficas)

— New Tokyo studio update (Mateusz Urbanowicz)

— Baby Chicken (José Naranja)

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Posted on December 1, 2019 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Misfill.

Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 1

It’s Day 1 of the Inkvent Calendar reveal! Happy Holidays everyone! Every day from today through the 25th Pen Addict will reveal what’s behind each door of the Diamine Inkvent Calendar 2019. If you have the calendar and don’t want the surprise spoiled, don’t open Pen Addict until after you’ve opened the door on your calendar. If you don’t have the calendar and want to enjoy the experience vicariously, come to Pen Addict at 8:00 a.m. each day to see the ink and a brief review.

Day 1’s ink is called Blue Peppermint.

Blue Peppermint is a light turquoise shimmer ink with silver particles.

You can see the shimmer best in the close-up photographs.

Ink testing on white Rhodia paper shows the brightness of the color a little more clearly but the shimmer isn’t as obvious. The ink is fairly light, so using it in broader nibs is recommended. One thing to note about all the 7ml bottles in the Inkvent calendar: the openings are quite small. For the Col-o-ring Cards, I carefully poured some ink into the cap and used a dip pen. I was able to fit Lamy Vista nibs into the bottle, but if you want to use the ink with larger nibs, you’ll have to fill your pen using a syringe or converter.

Blue Peppermint is a gorgeous light turquoise that reminds me of the antique ornaments from my parents’ first Christmas tree. It flows well, dries quickly, and might be the perfect unique color for addressing your Christmas cards.

(Cult Pens provided the Diamine Inkvent Calendar to Pen Addict free of charge for review purposes.)

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Posted on December 1, 2019 by Susan Pigott and filed under Diamine, Inkvent, Ink Reviews.