Inked Up for the 2025 Pelikan Hub (via Pen Addict - Kimberly). Kimberly completes her annual inking of the birds for this past Friday’s Pelikan Hub!
Pelikan Hub 2025 in Bremen (via Bleistift). I was also curious how the first Hub would go, given the merger and corporate upheaval at the company.
Pelikan Hubs 2025 and On Being a Female Collector (via Writing at Large). Not all experiences were necessarily positive, and efforts need to be made to ensure everyone’s experience is as welcoming as possible.
Three Months Without Wanting to Buy a Pen (via a Gathering of Curiosities). I feel this. These sorts of periodic breaks seem necessary in any sort of acquisition-driven hobby.
Fill ‘em Up! (via From the Pen Cup). Mary writes about an interesting idea for a journaling technique that I’ve never heard of.
My Ensso Bolt V2 Fountain Pen Finally Arrived! (via dwrdnet). I finally got my hands on one of these at Friday night’s Pelikan Hub and came away impressed with the mechanism and how smooth the nib wrote. I’m looking forward to a long-term review!
“Risou No Heya” Stationery Store in Taipei (via Inky.Rocks). What a cool visit to a stationery store specializing entirely in washi, stamps, and stickers.
A Pen Made from Skateboards? Black Robin Pens Skatepen (via Figboot on Pens). This sort of creativity in both materials and design is what I love about the small maker community.
Most Satisfying Capping Ever? Laurett’s Stealthread (via Figboot on Pens). One of the coolest capping mechanisms I’ve seen, with superbly detailed machining.
Uni-Ball Zento Gel Pen (.38mm): Comparing the Standard and Flow Models (via Well-Appointed Desk). The Zento continues its crazy rise in popularity. We had to restock again long before I thought we would. The Flow is probably my favorite, as I don’t get the secondary market craze on the Signature.
In Case You Missed It…
After finishing the move to the new shop space and taking a breather after last weekend’s event, I finally got around to reviewing one of the last “standard” pens I’ve never really used or reviewed, the Pilot Prera. I also wrote a piece on my favorite pens for long writing sessions, which is a topic I’ve been thinking about this week in response to both customer questions and my own efforts to restart a languishing journaling habit.
The interior of the new Roterfaden TGS_25 Cover!
This Week in the T.G.S. Curated Shop: Roterfaden TGS_25 Covers Return in a new colorway
Wow, we had a ton of new stuff hit the shop this week! The big news is that our Roterfaden exclusive, the TGS_25 in an A5-slim size, is back in stock. We now offer this cover in both dark green and light grey leather exteriors, with dark grey and light green suede interiors, respectively. We also now carry one of my favorite journals, the Bindewerk Flex Linen A5, soft and hardcover Tomoe River notebooks in 52gsm and 68gsm paper weights, and a major Kaweco restock with nearly all of our Sports and AL-Sports restocked, in addition to some new releases and colors! Be sure to check out each week’s Thursday Drops post for details on recent new arrivals and releases.
Our brick-and-mortar shop will be open this week normal hours, from 1-6pm Thursday and Friday, and from 10am-6pm Saturday. Please note that our shop/showroom is in a new space on the front of the building in Suite 107.
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