Misfill, Welcome Kit 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:

Read:

— HD Hyundai's Extreme Welcome Kit for New Employees (Core77)

— ink review : Wearingeul The Sorrows of Young Werther (inkxplorations)

— A Belated 2025 Wrap-up (Toga’s Stationery Vagaries)

— Travelling with ink, January 2026: Italy, Part I, Rome. (Fountain pen blog)

— Ink Omakase: January 2026 (Inkcredible Colours)

— Hemlock & Oak 70gsm Planners and Notebooks (Fountain Pen Love)

— Simon Reynolds Documents the Rise of Shoegaze and Slacker Rock in New Book (The Quietus)

— Pedro Pedro transforms The Everyday into Vibrant Inanimate Portraits (Hi-Fructose Magazine)

— Materials and the Marks they Make (Comfortable Shoes Studio)

— Public Lands Institute (i like this art)

— These 1,000-Year-Old Paper Flowers, Sealed in a Cave, Are a Marvel of Preservation (Colossal)

— In a digital world, he’s built a S$50,000 collection of rare fountain pens and ink bottles (CNA Lifestyle)

— tend your inner garden - a way to reimagine the analogue system metaphor (Baum-kuchen)

— Ink Review #2900: Colorverse 010 a Cygni (Mountain of Ink)

— Moleskine CEO Christophe Archaimbault on writing as a creative detox (ICON Magazine)

— Review: Calligrascape Blackletter Practice Sheets (Extra Fine Writing)

— Van Dieman’s Professional Natura Dualis Dual Tone Ink Overview (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Painted LEGO Bricks Appear to Move and Vibrate in Katherine Duclos' Assemblages (Colossal)

— Strategist Circular: 11 Things That Delighted Us Last Week (The Strategist)

Watch:

— How I Plan My Week (Abbey Sy)

— Hightide Opens New Stationery Shop in NYC (Dorkys Ramos)

— Journaling During These Unprecedented Times (Inky Rocks)

— How Anthony Bourdain Changed My Journaling! (Hemingway Jones)

— Painting with Fountain Pen Inks 🌸 (From Carola)

— 2025 Ohio Pen Show | 30th Year! | Exploring the Floor, Talking to vendors & Vintage Fountain Pens! (Feed Your Creativity)

— Thursday Night Stream: Snow Day Pens, Matthew Chen Nib Grinds, New Materials and Commissions (dwrdnet)

— Kaco Gel Pens: It took me forever to find these, but now I have SO MANY! (Inkdependence)

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Shop Around The World Giveaway Winner

Earlier this week, I posted How I shopped "around the world" at the DC Pen Show by my friend Sam, and today I’m giving away the full kit of goods he picked up. One winner will take home:

• Pilot Prera Fountain Pen, Fine Nib
• Dominant Industry A5 Takasago Notebook
• Diamine Imperial Blue 50 ml Ink
• NFP Design 2-pen Tray
• Kartos A6 Notebook
• Galen Leather Pen Sleeve

That’s quite the haul! And the winner is:

Congrats Jonathan! I’ve sent you an email to collect your shipping address.

The Pen Addict Podcast: Episode 701 - I Like Froggo, So That’s Good

Lots of news items to catch up on this week, including a new and improved Platinum 3776 fountain pen build, the launch of the Hobonichi Techo app, an why the Sakura Pima Micron grip is the way that it is. I also caused good trouble with my Pilot Iroshizuku Tier List.

Show Notes & Download Links

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