Misfill, 500 Pens 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:

“Be Here Now”—A Commencement Speech Featuring 500 Pens (From the Pen Cup)

Keith Haring’s Ordinary, Extraordinary To-Do Lists (Curbed)

Los Campesinos!’ 20-year archive of silly band T-shirt designs is a sweaty journey through indie rock aesthetics (It’s Nice That)

End of an Era: Iconic Shibuya Hands to Close After 48 Years (Spoon & Tamago)

Japan Trip Journal: A Visit to Kakimori, Including Custom Notebooks and the InkStand! (The Gentleman Stationer)

Paper Review: UglyPads (Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)

Pen Porn: Den’s Pens Baetylus “Twister” (Rachel’s Reflections)

Baran's Pens Sleeve (UK Fountain Pens)

Read on Expiration? (Dime Novel Raven)

Make all your pens glow in the dark with one neat trick (Extra Fine Writing)

Retro writing 17 – reMarkable 2 (Mateusz Urbanowicz)

New New Pen: Black Robin Pens Puck in Copper Collision (Cheryl Lindo Jones)

From My Submarine Yellow Notebook (Take Note)

Inky Pursuits: May 2026. (Fountain pen blog)

Grand Sumo May 2026 Tournament day 1 to 3 (Inkcredible Colours)

Plotter: getting to where I ordered one (Stationery🍕)

Logical Prime A6 Slim 2.5mm Grid Notebook (Notebook Stories)

Watch:

journaling essentials ⊹ a beginner's guide (nookends)

Michael Schur & Joe Posnanski - Big Fan! (Figboot on Pens)

I Bought Every Blackwing Pencil So You Don't Have To (DWRDNET)

I guess I should show you one of my favorite inks... : Sailor Manyo Shirakashi! (Inkdependence)

Testing Tom’s Studio ORI Refillable Highlighters (From Carola)

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Posted on May 31, 2026 and filed under Misfill.