Fountain Pens & Writing Updates: Moleskine, Pilot, Tactical Pens, & More

A good way to start the week, enjoy the links. ;-) (pic via Wiki)

Moleskine Exchange: The Heat is On: "I really wanted to take a photo of Ginger and the book, so you can see how much she's grown in the past couple of month."

Pilot Demonstrator - Fountain Pen Network: "Having compared the pen with the pictures of the 78G from Hisnibs.com, they're exactly the same (the feed, the cap bands and all) but since I have not been able to find any official mention of this being the 78G Demonstrator, I'll just continue to call it the Pilot Demonstrator."

Drawing with a Squirrel: New Pens and Inks: "Just wanted to share the new pens I got for Christmas! A Lamy Vista, Pilot Prera, Kaweco Sport Ice (had this for a while, but it's in the photo for size comparison) and Kaweco Liliput. The Vista and Prera are from Jet Pens and the Kawecos I got at the University Bookstore in Seattle."

‘The Diary’ at the Morgan Library - Review - NYTimes.com: "The variety is dizzying. The diaries are written in bound volumes (like Sir Walter Scott’s) or relegated to a scratch pad (like an account of the 9/11 attacks by Steven Mona, a New York City police lieutenant). They are energetically scribbled (like Henry David Thoreau’s, written with pencils made by his family’s own company — a packet is on display) or crazily compressed into nearly microscopic print (like the fantastical reaction to a dark and stormy night by a young Charlotte Bronte."

Tale of a Vandal Whiteboard User - Peaceable Writer: "Opportunities to reduce my supply of things that get thrown away are golden ones. My initial return to fountain pens was simply to forgo disposable pens."

Pilot Fineliner – Black Ink - No Pen Intended: "Imagine, for a moment, our intrepid pen-reviewer out with a few pens (and friends) in a dim and hip little bar. As she approaches the bar for drink number …3?, one of the patrons catches her eye–or rather, she is drawn to what the patron is holding. A pen!"

Lamy 2000 Vs Pelikan M200 - Fountain Pen Network: "At last I did it, I am so happy. For the longest time I was dreaming to compare the 2 best pens for under 100$."

County Comm Embassy Pen Review - Cadget: "It’s not often we review non-tech items, the last such case being the Behance Action Pad. However, County Comm’s Embassy Pen is a fine exception to the rule. Combined with Fisher Space Pen ink technology, this is a dependable pen built for the most demanding conditions from the battlefield to the home office."

Visconti Homo Sapiens - Fountain Pen Network: "The Visconti Homo Sapiens was one of the most anticipated releases for 2010. A unique material (a lava and resin composite) and the palladium 23k nib, none of which have really been seen before in a modern fountain pen."

Whatever: Hand●Book Journal Company Square Journal: "I specifically purchased this 5.5" square journal for working on Zentangle® inspired art. See it's not a true Zentangle® unless it is on a 3.5" square tile. But I'm not one for coloring inside the lines so I tend to do my Zentangle® inspired art work in just about any sized journal."

Essential Gear: 10 Badass Tactical Pens - Gear Patrol: "Quite literally embodying the old adage that “the pen is mightier than the sword,” tactical pens are made for double-duty writing of grocery lists and as a last-ditch self-defense tool. Typically machined from solid metal and combined with pressurized ink cartridges, tactical pens are writing implements that take whatever abuse you could possibly throw at them."

reviews revisited: leuchtturm 1917 – ready to take off - lady dandelion: "It is around ten months since I reviewed the Leuchtturm 1917 for the first time (you find that review here). This is the smaller pocket size version – only difference is the size; all other features as the bigger one."

Review: Uni-Ball Signo 207 Micro Needle Tip - The Pen Addict: "I had only heard of this pen once previously. A Pen Addict reader mentioned some time after my Uni-Ball Signo 207 0.7mm Needle Tip review last year that they had a Micro Needle Tip, and thus my search began."

Additional links:
Ink Links - The Pen Addict
Writing and Scribbling
Montblanc Writers Edition Mark Twain Pen - Gear Patrol
Introducing the Pelikan M205 Duo Highlighter Fountain Pen
Scription: Something Huge about Moleskine's 2011 New Releases
Unposted: YOTFP - Bad Black Varsity
Staples Sustainable Earth Ruled Spiral Notebook
pencil talk - Handheld multisharpeners
Platinum Preppy Fountain Pen – Fine 03 Nib – Purple Ink and Green Ink
twsbi's posterous - Home
'skine.art - Moleskine Art