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Month: March 2012
If you pass by this blog a lot, why don’t you say hi in the comment thread? If you have a topic you want to see me write about, say so. I might not know enough about it, but it would be good to try. (This is my way of fishing for blog entry ideas. …
I picked up a couple of TWSBI Diamond piston-fill pens at Scribe Writing Essentials over the weekend. (This is your fault, Karlo.) I wasn’t really intending to mod one, but these thoughts do cross your mind when you’re working overtime on a Sunday. The EF nib felt – normal. I pulled it out of the …
There are notebooks, and then there are Japanese notebooks. Who else thinks of making notebooks with diagonal lines? This is the slim version of the Midori MD notebook. The stitching on the spine tells you what kind of paper is inside. Red means blank. India ink on this paper looks rich and velvety. Life is …
A visit to Aesthetic Bay yielded a lot of ink, and goldfish. The Platinum Kanazawa-Haku line features five new designs, each one a classic Japanese theme from nature. Kanazawa-haku is a gold leaf technique, and here variations of it are applied on a slim Platinum body. A thin coat of clear lacquer protects the applied design. The goldfish are …
“Oh look, parchment.” “Yes, it used to be part of a goat, you know.” We are divorced from the origins of what we use. We don’t touch soil before we eat grains. We don’t spin and sew to keep out the cold. We have mechanized our production, our consumption, and our spirits. I admire those …
One of the great things about the Fountain Pen Network is how helpful forum members are. Thanks to this thread, what began as a search for fountain pens became my very own art supplies tour of London. A short walk from Saatchi Gallery is Green and Stone of Chelsea. This shop feels like a cabinet …