No Stranger To Addiction
I had a great time answering questions for Grouphunt earlier this week. The recap has been posted so check it out and see what you missed!
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Word. Notebooks Blue Mountain Review
The latest fall release from Field Notes is all the rage, and I'm obviously biased for what we have done with the Nock Co. DotDash Pocket Notebook, but I don't believe a better looking notebook has...
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The Pen Addict Podcast: Episode 173 - Just Colo(u)ring
Via @imyke on Instagram Are you into the adult coloring book scene? Myke and I discuss this phenomenon - and pine for a name change - and want to hear from our listeners if you are into it. We also...
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Zebra Sarasa Clip 0.5mm Review
(Jeff Abbott is a regular contributor at The Pen Addict. You can find more from Jeff online at Draft Evolution and Twitter.)You can never have enough gel pens, which is the rationale I use when I...
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Word. Notebooks Giveaway Winners
I had many reasons I wanted to run a giveaway for the latest Word. Notebooks Mountain Edition. One, I like giving stuff away. Two, I wanted to see how the vote broke down between Blue and Black covers....
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Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age Fountain Pen Review
The Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age fountain pen is one of my grail pens. It is one of those pens that catches your eye with its striking bronze embellishments and basaltic lava finish. There's...
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Tombow 2558 Pencil Review
I rarely find myself without a wooden pencil within reach these days.That's quite a change, isn't it? I used to say this about fountain pens too, something along the lines of "I don't get it." Well,...
View ArticleThe Pen Addict Podcast: Episode 174 - Safety Glasses Are Critical
Meeting Chris Manning of Silver Hand Studios at the 2015 DC Pen Show was one of the many highlights of the show for me. I was thrilled to get him on the podcast to discuss how he goes about making his...
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Diamine Asa Blue Ink Review
(Jeff Abbott is a regular contributor at The Pen Addict. You can find more from Jeff online at Draft Evolution and Twitter.)Blue inks are a weakness of mine. I'm always searching for something that's...
View ArticlePen Friends Update
I went through a big cleanup and update of the Pen Friends page today so if you want to find some new blogs to read, or refresh your memory on some old standbys, head over there now. If you write a...
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The Beginner's Guide to Fountain Pens (By a True Beginner)
(This is a guest post by Adam Di Stefano. Adam is a writer, armchair philosopher, former lawyer, entrepreneur, marketing professional, obsessive compulsive, and consummate generalist. He has also...
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An Interview with Shawn Newton
(Susan M. Pigott is a fountain pen collector, pen and paperholic, photographer, and professor. You can find more from Susan on her blog Scribalishess.)I asked Shawn Newton of Newton Pens if he would...
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Sailor Pro Gear Regency Stripe Review
I don’t normally buy blingy pens, but when I do, it’s the Sailor Pro Gear Regency Stripe.I first saw this pen at the 2013 Atlanta Pen Show. Mike Masuyama, who rarely sells pens, had this one sitting...
View ArticleThe Pen Addict Podcast: Episode 175 - Kremlinology
Myke and take a look at the good, bad, and ugly of recent Kickstarter releases and also dig in to the Apple-branded Retro 51 Hex-o-matic that I was able to acquire. We also talk more about coloring and...
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TWSBI ECO Fountain Pen Giveaway
Image via JetPens.com The TWSBI ECO is one of the coolest fountain pens to hit the market, and thanks to my good friends at JetPens I have one giveaway to one lucky reader. In my month or so using the...
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Retro 51 Tornado - 25th Anniversary Limited Edition Review
(Jeff Abbott is a regular contributor at The Pen Addict. You can find more from Jeff online at Draft Evolution and Twitter.)Retro 51 — the darling of rollerballs — recently celebrated an important...
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A Pocket Safe Intro Into The World of Mechanical Drafting Pencils
(This is a guest post by Nick Folz. You can find more of Nick and his work on his blog, Smallberry Drive, Twitter, and Instagram.) Pencils are essential. They are the flint, the scaffold. They are the...
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TWSBI ECO Fountain Pen Giveaway Winner
Judging by the online response, not to mention the number of comments on this giveaway, it looks like TWSBI has another hit on their hands with the ECO. Count me as a fan, and look for it to make an...
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First Look: The Gist By Tactile Turn
If you couldn't tell by last weeks podcast or my Instagram feed this weekend, I am pretty excited by what Will Hodges has created with the Tactile Turn Gist. The design is extremely appealing to me,...
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The Pen Addict Podcast: Episode #176 - Swip And Swap
The soon to be released EDK by Karas Kustoms Budget? What budget? I've gone a bit off the deep end in the last month, so of course Myke and I have to discuss all of the new things that have found...
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