Curated Shop Updates: Introducing the Kaweco Collection!

This week we received a restock shipment from Kaweco, including the full range of Kaweco Collection Sport fountain pens, plus Kaweco converters and Sport clips in all three finishes, allowing you to customize your Kaweco Sport for bottle filling or pocket carry. The Kaweco Collection features unique colors different from the standard Sport line, including some interested muted tones such as the Olive Green (shown below, which I’ve kitted out with both a clip and vintage nib), as well as a sage green and several muted blue tones. We’ve also filled out our selection of Skyline Sport fountain pens, adding the grey and white options. Of course, we carry the full line of Kaweco ink, both bottled and in cartridges.

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The Kaweco Collection Olive Sport, shown with a gold clip.

Finally, the colored leads for the Sketch-up Clutch Pencils are back in stock! In addition to the classic highlighter options, we have standard graphite and all-purpose colored leads, perfect for sketching in color or marking up documents. Happy writing!

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Kaweco Sketch-up refills come in a range of colors.

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Curated Shop Updates: Christmas in October, and the BEST (or, My Favorite) Legal Pads

Several giant boxes welcomed me back from vacation, despite my best efforts to slowly ramp things back up! This week’s big announcement is the arrival of the 2023 Diamine Inkvent Calendar, which is in-stock and available to ship immediately. A big goal of mine going forward is to have more fun with pens and ink, so I’m planning to play along with Inkvent this year. Starting in December, I’ll be doing some sort of daily reveal of that day’s “Inkvent” color. (For those of you unfamiliar with Diamine’s now-annual tradition, the Inkvent Calendar is their take on the traditional Advent Calendar, only instead of chocolate, etc., the “window” for each day contains one of 24 12ml bottles of ink, plus a larger 30ml bottle on the 25th day.)

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Clairefontaine Writing Pads, Huge Multi-Subject Notebooks, and More

I know what you’re all going to say - I just can’t get away from this lawyer thing, can I? But as you’ll read about in tomorrow’s blog post, one of the most common questions I get asked is for a recommendation on a decent legal-style writing pad. A personal favorite, in terms of both performance and cost-effectiveness, are the Clairefontaine “Pupitre” tablets, which come in both A5 and A4 sizes. (In addition to classic glue-bound pads, we also carry a top-bound spiral version of the Pupitre.) Finally, we now carry the BIG version of the Clairefontaine multi-subject notebook, featuring four different sections of colored Clairefontaine Paper - a whopping 112 sheets/224 pages.

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New T.G.S. Stickers and Pins Are Available, and Details on Our October Promotion!

Three large pen shows in two months cleaned me out of T.G.S. Promotional items, including the stickers and buttons I normally carry. A major restock trickled in over the past five days, and we now have “Swag Packs” on offer once again, which include one coaster, a large 3” sticker, a smaller 2” holographic sticker, a button, and an acrylic pin featuring the T.G.S. Logo. (The acrylic TGS pins are available individually.) Patreon Members should check the program feed this week, as I’ll be posting some additional information - certain long-term supporters will be receiving Swag Packs automatically!

Also, starting today, certain orders placed this month will receive some of these new stickers and pins automatically as follows - no coupon code required:

• Orders over $150 will receive a complimentary Acrylic Pin AND either a holographic sticker or one of the large 3” stickers, depending on availability.

• Orders that qualify for free shipping ($75+) will receive one of the holographic stickers or one of the large 3” stickers.

• All other orders will receive a free TGS button or 2” sticker!

Many thanks for all your support!

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Curated Shop Updates: Laconic Tokyo Restock!

I’ll post a bit more later this week (albeit probably briefly) about the pens and notebooks that I’ve chosen to accompany me on my current vacation, but one brand easily got the nod: Laconic Tokyo. You can read more on how this system works here, but to briefly recap, Laconic makes a line of softcover A5 notebooks, similar to the Midori MD light series, in a variety of different formats and layouts with specific purposes: Undated Planners/Diaries/Journals, Productivity/Planner Ad-ons such as “To Do” and “Spreadsheet” formats, and Creativity/Life-Logging layouts. What I love about this system is that while Laconic makes their own slim covers, the universal sizing makes it quite easy to combine these refills with the cover of your choice. I currently have one of their undated monthly calendars in my Roterfaden A5 (you can see the exact setup in this YouTube demonstration), and they should also fit A5 covers from Midori, Lochby, or other brands of your choice.

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You can view the entire range of Laconic Tokyo offerings here, with nearly all layouts of the A5 notebooks in stock. Many of the Bookmarks are in short supply, and we are trying to restock as soon as we can.

While we are currently on vacation, order processing shouldn’t be delayed by more than a few business days, and will be fulfilled upon our return in the order received. The Gentleman Stationer is an authorized retailer of all brands sold, including Laconic. We truly appreciate your support!

Curated Shop Update: TWSBI Kai Fountain Pens Now Available for Pre-Order

Every couple of years TWSBI releases a limited edition fountain pen that’s different from any of their standard releases. In the past, it’s been the dark red “Draco” fountain pen and the green “Aurora.” This week, we have the deep blue TWSBI “Kai”, featuring a blue-flecked acrylic with rose gold trim. As noted, the Kai is a limited edition, and only a set amount will be made will be made (though they are not numbered, to my knowledge). Pens are priced at $130, and available nib sizes include extra-fine, fine, medium, and broad. Pens are currently available for pre-order, and since the official launch date is tomorrow they will start shipping within a day.

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The TWSBI ECO Indigo Blue + Bronze might be my favorite ECO release to date.

We also have additional TWSBI ECO Indigo Blue + Bronze Trim fountain pens, as well as a restock of the TWSBI Diamond 580 in Sunset Yellow.

2023 has been a great year for TWSBI fans so far, and there’s no sign of slowing down!

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Weekly Drops and New Arrivals: Come Say Hi at the Dallas Pen Show!

Surprise to all of you who will be in Dallas this weekend! Come say hello at the Vanness Pens table, where I will be helping out on Friday and probably some on Saturday as well! This week’s new releases include a bunch of arrivals from HMM, as well as an incoming restock from TWSBI on the ECO Indigo + Bronze and the Sunset Yellow Diamond ALR. Because I’m only traveling Friday and Saturday, there shouldn’t be any delay to orders outside of our typical 2-3 business day shipping window. Happy Shopping!

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1. TWSBI ECO Indigo + Bronze Fountain Pens. Easily my favorite ECO released this year - though perhaps it’s a tie with the Saffron Yellow ECO-T? More are arriving Tuesday, with stock now available for order.

2. TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR “Sunset Yellow” Fountain Pen. This gold/orange Diamond 580 might be my favorite version of this particular pen. More will be arriving Tuesday, so I’ve added the stock to the shop for a short pre-order. You can go ahead and purchase and they will ship upon arrival next week.

3. HMM Ballpoints and Mechanical Pencils. These unique dodecagonal ballpoints/mechanical pencils feature a matte finish and either all black or brass/black combination trim. A gift set is also available for the matte black ballpoint.

4. Life “Air Mail” Onionskin Paper and Airmail Envelopes. We have fully restocked on Life Air Mail Paper and the red-and-blue “Airmail” envelopes! Onionskin paper is lightweight and translucent, yet still handles ink well.

5. Life Typewriter Paper. Whether you’re a typewriter fan like me, or simply enjoy ink friendly paper, this typing paper from Life is extraordinarily popular.

6. High-Quality Scissors. Our Desk and Reading Accessories Shop is stocked with all the tools you need to outfit your desk, including an expanding selection of precision scissors from Japan and Taiwan. The latest arrivals include these brass and matte black Standing Scissors from HMM, capable of standing vertically for easy storage.

7. HMM “Muggr” Coffee Mug and “Patio” Coffee Dripper. I’ve been quite impressed with the amount of coffee you all apparently drink, because our side foray into coffee accessories has far exceeded my expectations! Nearly everyone who as purchased a “Charc” finished mug has commented on the unique finish!

8. Tomoe River 68gsm Paper Notebooks (A5 and Pocket). One of my favorite fountain pen friendly papers, the heavier-weight Tomoe River 68gsm paper is still being used in the refills for the Lochby Field Journal and Pocket Journal, though they are also perfectly capable of serving as stand-alone notebooks.

9. Platinum Preppy Wa “Modern Maki-e” Edition. We’re down to the last handful of “Modern Maki-e” fountain pens, and judging from the number of them that have gone out the door this week, people are looking for available stock. Only a few colors/patterns remain.

10. Remaining Platinum Limited Releases. We also have some remaining stock of other Platinum special and limited edition releases, including the Plaisir Aura, the Preppy Wa Second Edition, and this year’s Curidas Matte.