http://inkophile.wordpress.com Fountain pens, ink, paper and more Mon, 20 May 2013 17:19:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/fe6b1534dd1562568e42e45dfa0a4f5a?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://inkophile.wordpress.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/inkophile/~3/B-nPsx0XWFw/ http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/nothing-shy-about-this-lot/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:34 +0000 inkophile http://inkophile.wordpress.com/?p=7845 Warmer weather always brightens my ink rotation. Orange, pink, and a paler shade of green add some fun to the hold-overs from early spring. In addition, Rohrer &#38; Klingner Scabiosa is getting a run in the Namiki Falcon SB fire hose. So far &#8211; so good with that test. It&#8217;s a muted gray-purple that suits [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inkophile.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3785379&#038;post=7845&#038;subd=inkophile&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/inkophile/~4/B-nPsx0XWFw" height="1" width="1"/> http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/nothing-shy-about-this-lot/feed/ 2 inkophile Ink and Pens http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/nothing-shy-about-this-lot/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/inkophile/~3/C4gIETpHc2E/ http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/a-dozen-links-from-around-the-web/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 21:16:31 +0000 inkophile http://inkophile.wordpress.com/?p=7803 This ought to keep you out of trouble for awhile&#8230; Facebook Scam Alert &#8211; What Really Happens When You &#8220;Like&#8221; Creepy ghost town emerges from sea in Argentina Spontaneous Order Experiments Take Hold in Detroit Rants of the Archer: It&#8217;s Carnival Time! New York man finishes writing out entire Bible by hand (Now that&#8217;s dedication.) [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inkophile.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3785379&#038;post=7803&#038;subd=inkophile&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/inkophile/~4/C4gIETpHc2E" height="1" width="1"/> http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/a-dozen-links-from-around-the-web/feed/ 0 inkophile http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/a-dozen-links-from-around-the-web/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/inkophile/~3/oKSnxDsh29k/ http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/an-inkophile-and-the-spam-folder/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 00:19:08 +0000 inkophile http://inkophile.wordpress.com/?p=7825 Spam is a total time suck. So Inkophile management has made an executive decision to dump the junk without review in favor of spending more time doing fun things like painting doodles on a mixing tray. Akismet does so well at identifying comments from miscreants, that little, if anything, of value will get tossed. Actually, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inkophile.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3785379&#038;post=7825&#038;subd=inkophile&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/inkophile/~4/oKSnxDsh29k" height="1" width="1"/> http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/an-inkophile-and-the-spam-folder/feed/ 3 inkophile http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/an-inkophile-and-the-spam-folder/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/inkophile/~3/SFFmbNrt4D4/ http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/mixed-results-with-a-mead-comp-book/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 19:41:10 +0000 inkophile http://inkophile.wordpress.com/?p=7813 The test scan tells the tale of the fountain pen ink and the Mead Composition Book. The smooth paper ought to behave better but the performance is about what you would expect from a low-end product. At 100 sheets/200 pages, the show-through and bleed-through limit use to one side so it isn&#8217;t exactly a bargain. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inkophile.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3785379&#038;post=7813&#038;subd=inkophile&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/inkophile/~4/SFFmbNrt4D4" height="1" width="1"/> http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/mixed-results-with-a-mead-comp-book/feed/ 13 inkophile Mead Composition Book Mead Composition Book with Fountain Pen Ink http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/mixed-results-with-a-mead-comp-book/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/inkophile/~3/mRoILEfSplk/ http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/links-for-handwriting-calligraphy-and-pen-junkies/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 20:43:27 +0000 inkophile http://inkophile.wordpress.com/?p=7792 This is a rarity. All nine links are pen and handwriting related. How totally on topic! JBBPensPaper (calligraphy items on Etsy) NYT: Kate Gladstone on Handwriting Matters; Cursive Doesn&#8217;t Gentian adds an ink reservoir to a dip nib Italic handwriting and calligraphy lesson (h/t Kate Gladstone) Yikes! Look at the price tag on the Sailor [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inkophile.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3785379&#038;post=7792&#038;subd=inkophile&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/inkophile/~4/mRoILEfSplk" height="1" width="1"/> http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/links-for-handwriting-calligraphy-and-pen-junkies/feed/ 0 inkophile http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/links-for-handwriting-calligraphy-and-pen-junkies/