The CUBE — Aluminum Pen Holder
The CUBE is an anodized aluminum pen holder currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter. A joint project between Mike Dudek and the guys at Karas Kustoms.
Baron Fig Giveaway
Yesterday we posted an interview with our friends at Baron Fig. Today, we're giving away one of their Dot Grid Confidant notebooks and one 3-pack of their Dot Grid Apprentice, pocket-sized notebooks. At the end of the week we’ll be picking two people -- one from our newsletter list and one from our Twitter followers. If you’re signed up for our newsletter,…
The David Foster Wallace Reader
A compendium of the famous author's best works, as chosen by his friends, colleages, and critics. As Jason Kottke put it, “If you've somehow been waiting to dig into Wallace's writing but didn't know where to start, this is where you start.”
Field Notes — “Ambition” Edition
To celebrate their 25th (!) quarterly release, the Winter 2014 "Ambition" edition of Field Notes are as classy as it gets.
Quality Linkage for Pen Aficionados
Join Us in Celebrating Fountain Pen Day
Let your inner analog writing enthusiast shine with this collection of pen inks– er, links.
Dragon Device Stands (Giveaway)
The Dragons are small, lightweight, and of course, dragon-shaped pairs of docks for iPhone and iPad. We'll be giving away a pair to one of our newsletter subscribers at the end of this week.
Tinderbox: the tool for notes (Sponsor)
Tinderbox is the tool for notes, a powerful way to visualize, analyze, and organize your most important projects. Tinderbox lets you create smart documents that help organize, reorganize, and evolve your thoughts over the course of months and even years. It’s a great tool for writers planning their next book, teachers planning their courses, product developers and designers who need to create their next big thing, and anyone who wants to organize their thinking.
Field Notes “Cherry Graph” Edition
If you loved the Shelterwood edition of Field Notes, you'll dig the Cherry Graph edition they've added to their regular shop lineup.
Drafts 4 for iOS
Drafts 4 is a wholly revamped version of the popular note-taking and idea-capturing app for iOS. It's got more new features than you can shake a stick at.
Baron Fig Apprentice Notebook
Baron Fig, creators of the beautiful Confidant hardcover notebook, have released the smaller-but-equally-lovely Apprentice pocket notebook. Perfect for capturing ideas anywhere.
Resketch — Reclaimed Paper Sketchbooks
These eco-friendly Resketch sketchbooks are made from a variety of reclaimed paper and stock types and bound together with recycled plastic coil. You never know what kinds of paper will be included in your book—official letterhead, colorful poster board, fancy resume stock, maybe even architectural drawings.
Gear Guide
The Tools & Toys Guide to Fountain Pens
Fountain pens are no longer an old man's game. Whether you are a complete novice or an ink-stained guru, here are our favorite fountain pens for each type of user.
TextExpander 3 + Custom Keyboard for iOS
TextExpander 3 is another in a long line of apps taking advantage of awesome new features in iOS 8.
Field Notes — ‘Unexposed’ Edition
'Unexposed', the newest edition to the Field Notes COLORS lineup, is...well, a mystery. And that's by design. Every pack contains three randomly-selected-but-unique 5.5" x 3.5" memo books in an opaque black sleeve, each with 48 pages of reticle graph paper. As for the covers? No one knows yet. All we know is there are six of them, meaning there are twenty possible…
2015 Hobonichi Planner Book
Heads up, lovers of fine paper products: the 2015 Hobonichi Planner Book is now available for pre-order. For those unfamiliar with it, the Hobonichi is a beautiful planner—known as a techo in Japanese—that goes beyond schedule-planning by also acting as a journal, notebook, sketch(note)book, scribble pad, and generally a place to capture thoughts and moments. Originally made in Japan, the Hobonichi has…
Hard Graft Notebook
Hard Graft's new Notebook keeps things simple and beautiful: Cover made from Austrian wool Endleaves made from structured grey paper with logo print 160 plain off-white pages, edged in grey. Grey fabric bookmark Black elastic fabric rubber band Inner pocket in back Dimensions: 5.5” x 8.27” x 0.6" $65 at Hard Graft. Pairs nicely with their leather trip case, which holds necessary…
Rotring 800+ Mechanical Pencil and Stylus Hybrid
The Rotring 800+ is a combination of stylus and retractable 0.7mm mechanical pencil. Give the cap a small twist to extend or retract the mechanical pencil—while retracted the 800+ acts like any other stylus, perfect for use on an iPad. The hexagonal metal barrel adds a certain heftiness and quality that feels great in the hand, and thanks to its knurled grip,…
Tar Field Notes
Take three Pitch Black Field Notes notebooks, bind them together with a rubberized, tar-like substance, add a double-wrapped cord closure and a small tarred-cord bookmark, and you've got Tar Field Notes. The stats: 144 pages total 50-lb Finch Opaque Smooth text paper Light-gray dot grid Hand-bound Pick up a set for $28 at Blackbird.
‘The Cramped’ T-Shirt
Our friends at The Cramped have put a t-shirt up on Teespring, and we think it's worth checking out. The Cramped is a blog that celebrates analog writing tools, so if you're into handwriting with pen & paper or even using a typewriter, you'll definitely dig their work. The shirt's Teespring campaign ends in a couple days (as of July 14th, 2014)…
The Journeyman Art Kit
The Journeyman Art Kit by Red Clouds Collective is sort of like Nock Co.'s Hightower bifold, but made from leather rather than nylon. Holds three pens on one side, and a notebook on the other. The Journeyman comes with a notebook and three micron pens (01, 03, and 05). Available in walnut (pictured above) or black for $135.