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Notebooks and Paper

The Evernote Smart Moleskine.

By Leigh Reyes on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

I am an Evernote junkie. There is nothing like starting a paragraph in the cab and finishing it on my desktop in the time it takes me to get from the lobby elevator to the office. My thoughts might be scattered, but my process gives me the illusion of seamlessness. No matter how much I …

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Fountain Pens and Ink

Sailor Fude (doesn’t rhyme with dude)

By Leigh Reyes on Monday, January 7, 2013

Exotic nibs don’t have to break the bank. Sailor’s Fude pens aren’t your everyday fine, medium or broad nib. The length is already a clue. It’s closer to a brush rather than a pen, as fude nibs are meant to mimic brush strokes, and thus be held closer to vertical. The fude nibs come in …

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Pen Cases and Accessories

Five stories in an antique Parker inkwell.

By Leigh Reyes on Thursday, January 3, 2013

This Parker inkwell came to me over Christmas by way of Butch and Beng. It’s an inkwell of stories. She screamed, “I’ll get to the bottom of this even if it kills me!” She did. It did. The painter promised the devil his soul for the perfect brush. Unfortunately, he forgot to ask for paint. …

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Fountain Pens and Ink

Nakaya elastic music nib meets rust.

By Leigh Reyes on Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Nakaya elastic music nib meets rust, a photo by Leighpod on Flickr. Hey guys. This is just a test post from Flickr.

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Fountain Pens and Ink

2013 Fountain Pen Wallpaper.

By Leigh Reyes on Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Download, share and enjoy. These are square to accommodate most gadget screens. Feel free to crop and rotate to fit. Happy New Year! 2013 Wallpaper, a set on Flickr.

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Fountain Pens and Ink Pens (Not Fountain Pens)

Where fountain pen obsessions begin.

By Leigh Reyes on Friday, December 28, 2012

It is so easy now to obsess exponentially. When I was a holey-shirted kid drawing on the backs of cigarette cartons, I had no DIY boards on Pinterest to help me figure out the proportions of the human body, or forums where I could consult experienced illustrators with kindness and a little time to spare. …

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Notebooks and Paper

Kwaderno by Jacinto and Lirio.

By Leigh Reyes on Friday, December 21, 2012

For your consideration, the Statement Plant Leather Journal from Jacinto & Lirio. Water hyacinth, a plant that proliferates in waterways and pretty much stunts other life wherever it grows, has been transformed from ecotrash to a flexible material the Jacinto & Lirio founders call “plant leather.” They partner with communities to craft the Kwaderno, which …

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Fountain Pens and Ink

2012 Top Ten Pens.

By Leigh Reyes on Wednesday, December 19, 2012

This year was lopsidedly more Japanese than vintage. From left to right: Danitrio baby octagon in the kuro-keshi finish, reviewed in November. This now sports the flexible EEF nib that used to be in the Ninja. A recent experiment from Nakaya, the classic Piccolo machined from titanium. This has a BB nib ground to a …

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Calligraphy and Drawing

Here comes the revenue model.

By Leigh Reyes on Tuesday, December 18, 2012

from Instagram: http://instagr.am/p/TYCkWdx5hv/

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Fountain Pens and Ink

File under science fiction: the Moore Fingertip.

By Leigh Reyes on Thursday, December 13, 2012

It was the forties, science fiction’s Golden Age. Between pages, men and women and aliens patrolled the galaxies, commanded legions of robots and saved the Earth. The Lensman Series. I, Robot. The Humanoids. The Martian Chronicles. Not surprisingly, this was when the Moore Fingertip was born. It was the Battle of the Nibs. The Parker …

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