“Sporadic” would be a kind word. The holidays, wrapping up 2014, and business travel really did my blogging in. It doesn’t mean I don’t have anything to say, or show; my Evernote to-write list scares me with its length and lack of ticked checkboxes. Storytelling-in-a-blink (hello, Instagram) doesn’t help. My words are clunky. We could …
Thanks to Gizmodo, I’ve had people asking, “But what did it look like when it dried?” Here you go. 🙂
There are pens you can’t say no to, even if 1) you’ve already sworn not to buy another pen that month, and 2) even if you already have it in another finish. The culprit, this time, is the Nakaya Dorsal Fin 2 in heki-tamenuri. Heki-tamenuri is brown over green urushi, and is one of the …
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I’m letting go of pens that aren’t seeing much use or love, and I hope you can give them a home. All pens are used, so expect micro scuffs, etc.  The pens will ship from Manila, so a flat USD15 covers EMS to wherever you are.  I will also send you hearts and doodles.  Email me …
In which I show off two custom Edison pens.
This time I decided to go mostly black.
My favorite pen store in Paris is Mora Stylos. I’m sure you can see why. The trays hold pens that carry their age better than many pens decades their junior. Many pen stores have modern writing instruments, but only a few display Waterman safeties and filigree overlays and Parker 51s alongside Nakaya pens. In fact, this might be the only one.
My other Kryptonite is art supplies. Not only was my visit to France replete with foie gras and fromage blanc, I also indulged in art supply shops of hyperventilation-inducing variety. I dragged friends to Creative Grafic in Aix-en-Provence and proceeded to ignore them for an hour. I wanted to hug their brush display. I’ll take one of …
The base of blue ebonite is beautifully marbled with turquoise, red, green and cream. The clip is made by lost wax casting, and the nib is a no. 7 in 18k, both given an antiqued copper finish. Christine at Mora Stylos told me that the patina can react with ink, and I said, that’s the point, isn’t it? Wabi sabi might be a Japanese phrase, but the sentiment can be universal.