Mod Notebook Review
by Patrick Rhone Let’s get the basic facts as they stand today out of the way first: The Mod Notebook is a paper notebook that, for the price of purchase, comes...
Author: Patrick Rhone
The Importance of Writing by Hand
The Importance of Writing by Hand Should I lose all my important writing, I’d prefer being able to say it died in the flames of an unquenchable fire, or the mer...
Penmanship for the Heavy Handed
by J. D. Bentley Before this week, my penmanship had stayed slow, stagnant and terrible for the entire two decades I’ve known how to write. I never thought to i...
Phone Box Libraries | The Hickensian
Phone Box Libraries | The Hickensian On a ride this weekend I finally got to see one of the fabled Phone Box Libraries. Classic, but now obsolete, red phone box...
Starting a “Special” Journal – This One is a Little Sappy… — The Clicky Post
Starting a “Special” Journal – This One is a Little Sappy… — The Clicky Post Instead of feeling the need to go to the store, pick out a ...
The Fountain of Ink – The Thinking Man
The Fountain of Ink – The Thinking Man. I’ve asked myself why I’ve been using only fountain pens for almost twenty years – A throwback to simpler times? n...
What We Use | The Cramped
What We Use | The Cramped. Another new page added to the site — What We Use. This is where we will catalog (with brief reviews) what tools we, the site contribu...
Thinking slowly – Matt Gemmell
Thinking slowly – Matt Gemmell These older, simpler tools, with all of their baggage and inefficiencies, compel us to front-load the thinking process. The...
Review — Clairefontaine Triomphe Stationery Paper
by Patrick Rhone I’ve been on the hunt for a while for some great stationery paper to use for my increasingly regular correspondence. Reader and longtime Intern...
How to improve your handwriting | Life and style | The Guardian
How to improve your handwriting | Life and style | The Guardian. Cherrell Avery, once a calligrapher-in-residence at the V&A, gives handwriting lessons to a...