February 2012
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Review: Uni Style Fit
Upon the recommendation of one of the fine readers here at Well-Appointed Desk, I purchased the Uni Style Fit, a direct competitor to the Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto multi-pens.
The model I purchased is a black body with white polka dots (though there were other more sedate options available) which holds five different writing tools. Oh, joy! Choices!
I chose four ink colors in 0.38mm size and...
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One Notebook or Many? →
Notebook Stories considers the pluses and minuses of using one notebook to rule them all or choosing single themes for each book. What do you prefer?
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“Results from the favorite brands of Ink poll organized by Inkophile.”
– Noodler’s
Diamine
J. Herbin
Iroshizuku
Private Reserve
Waterman
Sailor
Pilot/Namiki
Aurora
Sheaffer
(via Inkophile)
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Review: Zig Letter Pen Cocoiro
When I initially purchased the Zig Letter Pen, I only bought the holder. I didn’t realize the cartridge was sold separately. So, after a frustrating wait with an empty pen case, I received cartridges to fill it. Oddly enough, the end of the pen projects out of the pen case in kind of a jarring way. While I like the texture of the matte-finish pen, the wonky protruding pen cartridge really...
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We have a winner!
I’m blown away that we had over 100 entries in the latest Well-Appointed Desk drawing. I was tickled to read everything people wanted to buy with the winnings. There were lots of requests for Prera and Kaweco fountain pens, Pelle journals, brush pens and Hi-Tec Cs.
Without further delay, the winner of our drawing is:
Congratulations, Splitz! I’d say “don’t spend it...
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January 2012
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Leuchtturm 1917 Review
I found a display rack full of the Leuchtturm 1917 notebooks today at the new art supply shop in Kansas City, Artist & Craftsman Supply, and I’ve been itching to try them for sometime so I grabbed one. I chose the plain, pocket-sized book with a simple black cover ($8.10). From the outside, its almost indistinguishable from a Moleskine pocket notebook from the outside. I didn’t...
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A Pearl Among Swine?
I had heard about the legendary Paper Mate Black Pearl eraser — the distant cousin of the old faithful Pink Pearl — but I had never located one to see for myself if it was all it was cracked up to be. I was visiting my local office supply superstore and lo and behold… the Black Pearl! It is black and a smooth, flat-like oval, like a polished stone. The shape alone is worth the...
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JetPens Giveaway!
The kind and benevolent gods and goddesses over at JetPens have given me a $25 gift certificate to give to you, one of my fine readers.
So, here are the rules:
You must tell me what you would buy with $25 at JetPens
You must leave this information in the comments here at The Well-Appointed Desk (comments on Facebook, Twitter and the like will not be considered an official entry)
You have...
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Pelle Leather Journal Review
The Pelle Journal is the American answer to the widely-coveted Japanese Midori Traveler’s notebook. I got the medium-sized notebook which does not align with either of the two sizes available for the Midori books. The small “passport-sized” books seem too small to be truly useful at about 3.5”x5”. I’m curious about the classic “traveler-sized” which...
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