Thursday Drops: Traveler's Company 2025 Planners, Plus New Blackwing Pencils and Notebooks!

Yesterday marked the launch of the 2025 Traveler's Company Planners/Diaries, and you can get yours now in the shop, along with all of the 2025 accessories including folders, pencil boards, and more! We also have the Diamine Inkvent “Black Edition” Calendars available for preorder, which should ship or be available for pickup in the store later this week as soon as they arrive.

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The latest Blackwing Volumes release includes both a pencil set and legal pads.

The biggest new arrival was two huge boxes of Blackwing restocks and new limited editions, including the Volume 71 Pencil and limited edition legal pads. We also have Blackwing Spiral Notebooks, Reporter Notebooks, and yes, the Canvas Pouch that’s long enough to hold 36 unsharpened Blackwing pencils. Happy Shopping!

1. Traveler’s Company 2025 Dated Planners. It’s planner time again, and this week Traveler’s Company released the 2025 diary refills in three Standard formats (Weekly, Weekly + Memo, and Monthly) and two Passport (Weekly and Monthly).

2. Traveler’s Company 2025 Limited Edition Folders. This year’s accessories feature a peace and love theme dubbed “Love and Trip,” and you have both Standard and Passport folder options to hold all of your travel papers and/or trip mementos.

3. Traveler’s Company 2025 Limited Edition Pencil Boards. The pencil boards are always popular, as they share the same annual theme and allow you to add a harder writing surface to your Traveler’s Notebook for working on the go. Available in Standard and Passport sizes.

4. Traveler’s Company 2025 Custom Sticker Set. Personalize your Traveler’s Notebook, refills, and accessories with the annual sticker set that includes a variety of stickers, labels, dry transfers, and more.

5. Traveler’s Company Tokyo Refill. This year’s limited edition notebook theme was “Tokyo”, and while those are sold out, we do have remaining stock of the MD Paper Refills with the Tokyo-themed decor on the cover.

6. Diamine Inkvent “Black Edition”. Already? Yes - go ahead and pre-order yours so that you’re prepared to play along starting December 1 (or earlier, if you’re into spoilers). These will ship as soon as we have them in our hands, probably later this week.

7. Blackwing Spiral Notebooks. We recently received a shipment of the new Blackwing Spiral Notebooks in A4, with extremely sturdy chipboard covers and four ruling choices. I’m a fan of Blackwing paper - it’s good for all but the very wettest fountain pen nibs, and especially pleasant to write on with a tactile pencil.

8. Blackwing Reporter Pads/Notebooks. I’m always on the lookout for a reporter-style notebook with quality paper and durable construction. Featuring the same Blackwing Paper and ruling choices as the Spiral Notebooks and “Illegal” Pads.

9. Blackwing Volume 71 (Frank Lloyd Wright) Limited Edition Pencils. The latest limited edition Blackwing Volumes set feature a combination of lacquer and natural wood, inspired by Wright’s Usonian home design. Extra-firm graphite for long, sharp points!

10. Blackwing Volume 71 Legal Pads. In conjunction with the release of the Frank Lloyd Wright Pencil, Blackwing has also released a limited edition legal pad, featuring a slightly larger 9” x 12” format (“Arch A”), sold in a set of two pads with different grids, both rectangle and triangle/isometric. I love the red binding and tan ruling!

11. Blackwing Volume 746 (Golden Gate Bridge) Limited Edition Pencils. These gorgeous red/orange limited editions, which may be my favorite Blackwing Volumes release to date, are back in stock.

12. Blackwing Canvas Pencil Pouch. Yes, these are long enough to hold unsharpened Blackwing Pencils, and 36 of them at that!

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New Arrivals: Midori MD Paper Thick A5 Notebooks, Tokyo Traveler's Refills, and More!

MD Paper Products, which has now spun off into its own division of the Midori/DesignPhil stationery empire, recently launched a new product labeled “MD Paper Thick”. Described as “around twice as thick as standard MD Paper,” and “providing further protection against ink bleeding through or being visible from the other side of the page,” this paper is marketed towards those who use heavy pressure, extremely thick fountain pen nibs, folded nibs, and brushes or brush pens. Paint and markers are also apparently ok on this new paper. Currently only available in a blank A5 format, the “Thick” notebooks still feature 96 pages, and incorporate a codex-style binding (similar to the day-to-a-page “Codex” notebooks) that allows the notebooks to lie flat, even with the thicker paper.

We also recently restocked on nearly all Traveler’s Notebook accessories and refills, including the limited edition Tokyo refills and the Traveler’s Company MD Paper Spiral Notebooks. We currently have all undated planner refills in stock, with the 2025 dated planner refills to arrive later this week.

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We're Back, and the Shop Is Open Tomorrow Afternoon!

Just a quick note to let you all know that I landed back in town this evening and will be in the shop tomorrow afternoon for anyone who wants to swing by. I’ll be getting caught up on mail and shipping, but to be honest I’ve missed hanging out even if it was good to get away for a week or so.

Shop hours are newly posted here on the “About Us” page. Going forward I will plan on having open hours 1-6pm on Thursday afternoon in addition to Friday and Saturdays. As always, you can place an online order for pickup if there’s something specific you need and are in a rush. Thanks for all your support while we were away!

Friday Drops: Travel Edition, Including Popular Items I've seen in London!

Friday drops this week, as the time change has thrown my schedule off. Having had the opportunity to visit most of the major stationery stores during my trip to the UK, it’s been most interesting to see what brands are more or less popular here as compared to home (the U.S.), as well as what types of stationery are more prevalent in shops. For example, many of the UK shops tend to focus more on desk and reading accessories, and don’t get me started on how many more bookshops there are compared to the literary desert that America has become. But enough about that….

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I love seeing small brands prominently featured in major retailers.

We’ve had a few new arrivals lately, which I’ll recap below, including additional stock of the Lamy Note+ ipad-compatible styluses, Traveler’s Company Tokyo Edition Refills, and Kakimori Notebooks and Desk Accessories. Remember, you can always check out the "New Arrivals” category on each shop page to see what’s newly available!

1. Lamy Safari Note+ Stylus in Red. We’ve added another color of Lamy’s iPad-compatible stylus, which is a bright red. I’ve enjoyed testing out this particular electronic writing tool, and have to admit that at roughly half the price of the Apple pencil it’s an attractive proposition if you need basic stylus functionality.

2. Traveler’s Company Limited Edition Tokyo Refills. We have additional stock of the 2024 limited edition Tokyo Traveler’s Notebook refills, featuring blank Midori MD Paper.

3. Kakimori Hardcover Notebooks. We have a fresh selection of Kakimori notebooks, featuring their clothbound covers in a range of different limited patters and grid OK Fools paper.

4. Lamy Noto Ballpoint Pens. We’ve added additional colors of the excellent Lamy Noto triangular ballpoint pens, in addition to the limited edition chocolate and dark blue versions.

5. Object Index Pens and Desk Accessories. Kakimori’s sibling brand “Object Index” features a curated selection of products across categories, and I’ve seen them prominently featured in many shops over here in the U.K. Hopefully they catch on in the U.S. as well because I love the aesthetic.

6. Tom’s Studio Studio Pocket Fountain Pens. I came across Tom’s Studio - which you may not know is a UK brand - prominently featured in the stationery department at a high-end food and home goods department store. It was a bit surprising, to say the least, to see what is a highly specialized brand/product line at home on display in what I would consider a mainstream retail outlet.

7. Tom’s Studio Lumos Refillable Fineliners. It was even crazier to see the Lumos featured in a high-end department store alongside fountain pens and bottled fountain pen ink. As someone who is regularly amazed that this particular product line even exists, it blew my mind to see it in a regular non-specialty store.

8. Tom’s Studio Bottled Fountain Pen Ink. We’ve restocked on all colors of the Tom’s Studio fountain pen ink, made in the U.K.! I chose “Loch Ness” for the single fountain pen I inked up on this trip (a Pilot Custom 823 in Amber).

9. Lamy Safari Line in Steel Black. It’s not received as much attention as I would have liked, but Lamy has recently added a new color to the Safari lineup: a bluish/purplish black that I find reminiscent of the undertones to their standard black fountain pen ink.

10. Bookmarks and Other Reading Accessories. As I noted above, the number of bookshops and reading-related attractions here amazed me. Let's just say I added to both my TBR shelf and my bookmark collection.

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I'm not familiar with this special edition of the "Travel Notebook." :) Didn't buy, but still tempted.

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New Arrivals: Anterique Brass Pens in Forest Green, Plus New Colors and Formats!

Anterique makes some of my favorite low-viscosity ballpoint pens on the market, though they have yet to really hit the mainstream in the U.S. Curiously, they receive somewhat of a top billing here in the U.K. (where I’m currently on a “work trip”), having seen these excellent everyday writers featured front and center in a couple different shops. Last week before I left we received a shipment of the Anterique Brass Ballpoints in a new color (Dark Forest Green), and the standard pens in a new Hazy Pink and Deep Purple. Just prior to this shipment, we also expanded our Anterique selection by bringing in the Anterique Mini pocket pens, in both brass and standard. Shop our full selection of Anterique here!

The Gentleman Stationer is supported entirely by purchases from the T.G.S. Curated Shop and pledges via the T.G.S. Patreon Program. While our Brick and Mortar Shop is closed due to travel, regular online orders are still being processed and shipped by our helpers. If you enjoy our content please give us a follow and consider supporting us by shopping with us directly or pledging via Patreon. Many thanks!