Planner Rant (via Stationery Pizza). How would you customize your planner if you had the ability to build out your ideal system? Intersperse months, weeks, and days? Or leave them all separate?
Yamamoto Paper’s Fountain Pen Friendly Paper Collection, Vol 7 Part 2 (via Pen Addict - Kimberly). Kimberly continues her walkthrough of the most recent Yamamoto Paper Fountain Pen Friendly Paper Sampler Pack.
The Colorado Pen Show 2023 (via Well-Appointed Desk). One of the few pen shows I’ve never attended, I was actually hoping to make Colorado this year but since I was on vacation, it unfortunately couldn’t happen. Maybe 2024?
Calligraphy and Handwriting (via Goodwriter’s Pens). I’ve often wondered myself how my handwriting evolved into what it is today - a somewhat unique combination of cursive and italic that I still want to spend time improving. I can still write the form of cursive I was taught, but my everyday script is more of a hybrid.
Platinum #3776 Karakusa Blue Celluloid Fountain Pen Review (via Blake’s Broadcast). One of the more beautiful #3776 models that I don’t write with enough.
My Parker 61 Flighter Fountain Pen: A Cautionary Tale (via Fountain Pen Blog). Ah, the perils of vintage restoration and learning on the job!
Private Reserve Infinity Violet Ink (via Cheryl Lindo Jones). The Private Reserve “Infinity” ink series is specially formulated to not dry out, which can be very helpful if you tend to leave fountain pens uncapped for long-ish periods of time.
Death by a Thousand Nibs - Fatigue Points in the Pen Hobby (via Ink Journal). In any hobby, it’s important to keep a close eye on why you’re involved in it and to refocus your attention on the specific aspects that bring you joy.
Troublemaker Tablea Fountain Pen Ink Review (via Pen Addict - Jeff). I adore Troublemaker’s browns and greens, especially where they combine the two color palettes!
Dominant Industry: Dominant Blue (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist). Dominant Industry’s Dominant Blue and it’s shimmer equivalent (Milky Way Blue) are two of my favorites from that lineup.
In Case You Missed It…
This past week on the blog, I got back down to business after being out of town for a week! I published a new installment in the “Best Paper for Everyday Writing” Series, focusing on Legal Pads, and also chronicled my recent adventures in vintage pen collecting and restoration, something that I’ve long dabbled in but have allowed to fall by the wayside.
We just received a massive restock of Kaweco Sketch-up Highlighter leads, plus some new colors!
This Week in the T.G.S. Curated Shop
It may not feel like it outside, but the holiday season is rapidly approaching, as evidenced by the appearance of the Diamine Inkvent Calendars on my doorstep this week! We still have a handful left, so if you’d like to follow along as I open up my own calendar this December, be sure to pick one up! Check out the rest of the recent arrivals in this week’s Thursday Drops, which includes the 2024 Traveler’s Notebook dated refills, new Clairefontaine Writing Pads, desk accessories and more!
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