Link Love: Patently Awesome

What are the odds that a post about a book about patents would show the page featuring the 1930s patent drawing from Parker Pens? On my planet, always. What I wouldn’t have expected is that the patent was filed by Kenneth Parker. Did he actually design the pen or did someone on his staff? I wonder if there’s more info in the book about it? Do you wonder about this kind of stuff too?

Pens:

• 5 Glass Dip Pen Problems (and Their Solutions) (via The Postman’s Knock)
• Uni-ball One 0.38 mm Gel Ink Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Fountain Pen Review: Tibaldi Bononia Seashell Mist (via Rants of The Archer)
• Platinum Procyon Fountain Pen (via Gourmet Pens)
• Pen Review: Tibaldi N.60 in Samarkand Blue (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Kaweco perkeo calligraphy set review (via Fountain Pen Ink Art)
• News: A New Book Detailing Pelikan’s Limited And Special Editions Due Out Soon (via The Pelikan’s Perch)

Ink:

• PenBBS 175 Stendhal (via Mountain of Ink)
• PenBBS 153 Burning of the White House (via Mountain of Ink)
• L’Artisan Pastellier Encre Classique Gris de Payne (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

Pencils:

• Review: Mitsubishi Uni Water Color Pencils (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Pencil Typography (via Kottke.org)
• Pencil shavings diffuser (via Bleistift)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Indexing, filing systems, and the art of finding what you have (via Austin Kleon)
• New Paper Search Tool Now Available! (via Fountain Pen Love)
• Review: Ayush Notebooks From Federalist Pens (via An Inkophile’s Blog)
• The Best Journals (via JetPens)
• Notebook for taking away (via Nero’s Notes)
• Which personal organiser would you buy in 2021 as your first organiser? (via Philofaxy)

Art & Creativity:

• ‘Banksy Graffitied Walls and Wasn’t Sorry’ Is a Cleverly Illustrated Book Introducing Kids to the Elusive Artist (via Colossal)
• In praise of Lamy’s watercolours (via Bleistift)
• Callia Mixed Media Brushes Review (via Doodlewash)

Other Interesting Things:

• Introducing the Penquisition Shop (via Penquisition)
• Hilarious Early Entries from the 2021 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards (via My Modern Met)
• How Does Plastic Age? Conservators Are Taking a Closer Look (via Hyperallergic)
• John Angerson’s new photobook reveals the intimate bond between Nasa astronauts (via It’s Nice That)
• Everyone Is Awesome 40516 (via LEGO®)
• A Weird and Wonderful History of Design Patents (via Hyperallergic)
• We Know What You Did During Lockdown (via Kottke.org)
• The Continuing Trauma of the Pandemic (via Kottke.org)
• How to Download Instagram Photos: The Complete Guide (via The Designest)

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