Gift Guide for the Write Curious
Welcome to my 2015 gift guide! This is meant for that person in your life who has taken a mild interest into your writing instrument/stationary hobby, but it seems like they might need that extra push to explore it a bit themselves. Most of the things I talk about are under $20 and can be mixed and matched to give complete "packages" up to any price point you desire.
Here are links to products that I mention in the video (none of these are affiliate or sponsored links - I recommend certain retailers because I prefer them to faceless, money-grubbing entities like Amazon):
Pens
- Pilot Metropolitan, via Jetpens or Goulet Pens
- Pilot Kakuno, via Jetpens
- Kaweco Sport, via Jetpens or Goulet Pens
- Pilot Juice, via Jetpens
- Zebra Sarasa Clip, via Jetpens
Pencils
- Palomino Collection Pack, via Pencils.com
- Jetpens Wooden Pencil Sampler, via Jetpens
- Tombow Mono Drawing Pencil Set, via Pencils.com
- Literally everything, via CW Pencils
Paper
- Field Notes, via pretty much any retailer that sells decent writing instruments or FN HQ
- Write Notepads, via their website
- Story Supply Co, via their website
- Leuchtturn 1917 notebooks, via Goulet Pens
I hope this was helpful! If you are reading this in the future (you crazy time-traveller, you) and the links are broken, please let me know and I'll do my best to fix the problems.
It's December, and I'm not dead!
Hello! Little update as to what's been going on with me and why I disappeared for a few weeks.
Story Supply Co Kickstarter Unboxing
Join me as I check out my reward from the SSC Kickstarter! Excuse the fast talking and shaky hands - I had a cup of coffee right before recording and I'm not used to being caffeinated in the middle of the day. But this couldn't wait!
Story Supply Co website here.
Tombow Pencil Comparison
Let's take a look at how the Tombow 8900, Mono Professional, and Mono 100 stack up! Below you can find the handwritten review that I showed in the video, as well as some pictures that show the color of the 8900 a bit more accurately.
PS - sorry for the little bits of dust/fuzz that can be seen sticking to the pencils in the pictures and video. I noticed them while I was editing, but alas, that is the price you pay when you film on beautiful wood floors.
These pencils were given to me as gifts from various sources (you know who you are, and thank you very much again) and I am not being compensated for this post in any way. All opinions above are my own and you are free to disagree with me if you like.