The magic of fountain pens... and ink

Perfect Journals for Your Pens 

A beautiful pen deserves a wonderful journal

Diary - Wikipedia

A diary is a record (originally in written book format) with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. Diaries undertaken for institutional purposes play a role in many aspects of human civilization, including government records (e.g. Hansard), business ledgers, and military records. Schools or parents may teach or require diary-keeping.

Generally the term is today employed for personal diaries, in which the writer may detail more personal information and normally intended to remain private or to have a limited circulation amongst friends or relatives. The word "journal" may be sometimes used for "diary" and in this context the terms are in effect almost interchangeable.

Handmade Expressions - Journals

Cruelty free leather journals with detailed artwork in the shape of flowers. Small mirrors and colored leather pieces are beautifully put together to get this mesmerizing effect...

Writing Journals - Galison/Mudpuppy

Galison carries a wide variety of writing journals, including travel journals and baby journals. Make their 100+ blank pages your very own today! Many of which feature museum based fine art prints.

Paper and Journals 

Your wonderful pens deserve fabulous paper

Renaissance Art Leather Journals

Gorgeous leather journals in all shapes and sizes, with paper that's just made for fountain pens.

How To Make Paper - Homemade Papermaking

Not only is making homemade paper a fun experience for you and the kids, but it's a good way to recycle waste into wonderful posibilities such as envelopes, greeting cards, artwork and more. You'll value these time honored crafts and rediscover the beauty in tradition.

Exploratorium Magazine: Paper: Handmade Paper

Papermaking is a fun project to do outside with friends on a sunny day, but it's
easily done inside as well. It will take about two hours for the basic
papermaking process.

Fountain pen accessories 

Accessories for your pens: inks, holders, paper and more.

Fountain Pen Inks, Ink Cartridges, and Refills for Bamboo, Glass, Reed, and Quill Pens | J. Herbin Calligraphy Supplies

Founded in 1670, J. Herbin is famous for its fountain pen inks, calligraphy inks, sealing wax, glass pens and quill pens.

J. Herbin's inks are gorgeous, with wonderful colours and great flow. My favourite J. Herbin ink is Violet Pensee -- try it if you love romantic purple inks too.

The Writing Desk: Pen Cases, Ink Converters and Writing Accessories

The Writing Desk: Vintage and Modern Writing Instruments, Ink and Accessories. Collectors and Sellers of fine writing instruments.

Gorgeous blotters, ink wells (and travelling inkwells), as well as cases for your beloved fountain pens.

New to fountain pens? Here's the knowledge you need 

Everything you need to know to make the most of your fountain pens and ink.

Ink Facts

From the page: "Ink is a fascinating part of fountain pen use and many seem to be on the quest for the perfect ink. The following contains some random thoughts on the inks we carry and ink properties in general. We get asked a lot of questions about ink and we hope this section on inks."

If you're new to fountain pens and using ink, this page will tell you everything you need to know. It's a gem, and includes info on using different kinds of inks, using older inks (even inks which are 50 years old), blotting paper, and much more.

There's a great section of fountain pen ink reviews, too.

Moleskine Friendly Fountain Pens - 43FoldersWiki

Moleskine Friendly Fountain Pens From 43FoldersWiki.

You'll want to use your fountain pens with your Moleskines, BUT -- some fountain pens and inks create writing that shows through on the other side of the page, and some inks just won't dry on Moleskine paper. This page tells you what fountain (and other) pens you can use with your Moleskine.

(I use Pelikan fountain pens (fine nib), with J. Herbin Rose Cyclamen, Violet Pensee and Bleu Nuit inks on my Moleskines.)

BBC - Antiques - Collectors guides - Vintage fountain pens

An illustrated guide to collecting vintage fountain pens.

Angela Booth's Writing Blog: Clean your fountain pens regularly

Yes, your fountain pens work better when you clean them regularly. Just clean a pen each time you change the ink - flush it out.

Something Different 

Iron gall ink: ink recipes

How to make iron gall ink: perfect if you're into calligraphy.

Calligraphy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Interested in calligraphy? Wikipedia gets you up to speed on artistic writing -- put your fountain pens to good use.

Moleskine 

Moleskine notebooks, planners and journals

moleskinerie

A fabulous blog about writing, drawing and being creative with Moleskine notebooks, and much more. Gorgeous images, and intriguing ideas.

Moleskine Art

Moleskine Art: one man's journey to self recognition via his drawing and his Moleskine. Lovely site, with wonderful examples of what you can do with a Moleskine notebook.

Mike's Moleskine Hacks

Want to make your Moleskine your own? Customize (hack) it to suit your needs. Mike reveals some of his favourite hacks.

loose wire blog: The Moleskine Multi-Tab Hack

Another Moleskine hack. This hack isn't for your most treasured journal, it's for the Moleskin which is your daily workbook. Make it work better with tabs.

Fountain pens make writing fun 

Do you love to write?

PelikanMainPage

I have several Pelikans, and I love them all. They're the perfect writer's pen: hard-working, agile, and a pleasure to hold.