Writing materials
Dolly Parton, writing with whatever she has at hand.
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A tour of the Hagoromo Fulltouch Chalk factory.
Turabian, fourth edition
“Writers of the era used the tools depicted on the book’s front and back covers to create written documents by making marks on thin sheets of a material called “paper” and fastening the sheets together.”
Writing instruments
At Submitted for Your Perusal, two poster-like images of Writing Instruments Through the Ages.
The Sharpie Liquid Pencil
Writes like an uncooperative ball-point pen.
Eagle Verithin display case
A colored-pencil display
Pens, pencils, and weapons-building
Sixth-grade teachers ban pencils from the classroom.
The new Blackwing pencil
An extended review, with photographs
The inkless pen
Cool, I guess, but I like "supplies."
Artisanal pencil sharpening
For reals
Government-pen success
A good online source
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Old posts, new stuff
Margaret Atwood's rules for writers
Pencils
Lawrence Wright on writing tools
Index cards, legal pads, a fountain pen
National Handwriting Day
With a sample
Illinois Central Railroad Pencil
A railroad pencil, and the role of the Illinois Central in blues
Carnival of Pen, Pencil, and Paper
Like it says, at Office Supply Geek
Montblanc's Gandhi pen
Ugh.
"Sound-testing a MONGOL"
Pencil ad, 1940
Carnival of pens, pencils, and paper
"At The Pen Addict ('. . . there are WORSE addictions, right?'), there's a carnival of pens, pencils, paper, and supplies."
Stolen Mongols
Mongol pencils worth half a million pounds
Proust's supplies
Nibs and ink
Eraser Day
Hymen Lipman, eraser patenter
Why the pencil?
Link to a piece asking and answering the question
Mongol No. 2 3/8
A pencil of the past
Montblanc "Yes We Can" pen
Marketing at its best. Not.
Five pens
Parker T-Ball Jotter, red ballpoint, Faber-Castell Uni-Ball, Montblanc, Pelkan: for National Handwriting Day
Young woman with a pencil
Still from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington