Feeling Tender in a Devastating World (via A Gathering of Curiosities).
Visit to Traveler’s Factor Station in Tokyo, Japan (via Inkredible Colours). A large part of the reason that I want to go to Japan is to visit a Traveler’s Factory Store.
Tactile Turn Groove (via Figboot on Pens). As much as I love vinyl, I remain undecided.
Aurora Ipsilon Deluxe Italic Fountain Pen Review (via Blake’s Broadcast). I’ve not had good luck with Aurora’s specialty italics, but I’m also spoiled with a large selection of custom ground stubs.
Galen Leather Expansi-Pouch 10-Pen Case Review (via Fountain Pen Love). I love Galen’s blue leather. This customizable pen case is an interesting design that I will need to check out.
Titan Pens’ #8 Steel Bock Nibs (via SBRE Brown). It’s about time that more #8 Steel nibs hit the market. $300 nib upcharges for those of us who don’t like titanium nibs are beyond frustrating.
Brian Eno’s Notebooks (via Notebook Stories). As I mentioned in a post earlier this week, I’m diving relatively deep into “notebooking” and how people use them.
Sailor Manyo Uri Fountain Pen Ink Review (via Pen Addict). I thoroughly enjoy colors like this one that cannot easily be categorized.
Journaling into 2025 (via Pete Denison). It’s really not too late to get started on your 2025 journaling!
Nagasawa “Odyssey Snow White LE” Fountain Pen (via Well-Appointed Desk). I love seeing all the annual special edition Sailor releases from Nagasawa, which are now available through our friends at Vanness Pens.
The Jumbo Tombow Mono Eraser is another product that brings me an absurd amount of joy.
In Case You Missed It…
This week’s post touched on my own personal notetaking and journaling: I spent three days on the road earlier this week at the New York City stationery trade shows, and what came with me? The new Lochby Field Journal Mini and a bunch of write-anywhere ballpoint pens. I wrote a piece on how the new Lochby Field Journal is possibly an ideal size for a portable notebook, and made for an excellent travel tool. I also wrote a piece comparing the refills in four popular low-viscosity ballpoint pens that I’ve been using recently.
If I had to choose one photo to sum up the last 10 days….
This Week in the T.G.S. Curated Shop - and Don’t miss the incowrimo special!
We have all kinds of new arrivals to sort through, from newly arrived Japanese pencils, to the latest Blackwing release and restocks, to the Pilot Kakuno fountain pen, to Iroful and Yamamoto papers! It was an incredibly busy weekend in-store, and exciting to see so many people discovering the shop. To keep up to date on our new releases, be sure to check out each week’s Thursday Drops, and also remember that there is an ongoing InCoWriMo promotion for those of you interested in letter writing. Take 10% off the InCoWriMo section for the month of February using the coupon code “SNAILMAIL” at checkout.
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