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Notebook and pencil

If you want to make sure you don’t lose your pen when you walk around with your notebook there are several ways of attaching a pen or pencil to a notebook :


You might already have a notebook. In this case products like Leuchtturm’s PenLoop or this pen holder from Lexikaliker‘s blog  (Google translation of this link) might be the right thing for you.There is also a slightly different version of the metal pen holder (Google translation of this link). For a designer look have a look at the pen clip by Stefan Diez.


You might prefer DIY solutions. Lexikaliker has the right solution, depending on your skills: There’s the easy version (Google translation of this link) and the more complicated version (Google translation of this link).


You could of course buy a notebook with a built-in pen loop, like Brunnen’s Kompagnon, or you could buy SUCK UK’s notebook that can store your pen inside the notebook.


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Stationery Traffic

There is a new blog on the block: Stationery Traffic. I thought this is worth mentioning as it would be a shame if you miss this because of all the other exciting developments going on at the moment, i.e. all the blog posts about the new Blackwing and the revival of the Pencil Revolution blog. There have already been several interesting articles and if you do not use an RSS reader the blog roll on the right is quite useful to keep track of all the latest posts in various blogs.

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A brief history of the pencil

There is a very informative PDF about the history of the pencil on Faber-Castell’s web site. Many of the facts are common knowledge among pencil enthusiasts and with only twelve pages you obviously cannot compare this PDF to something as comprehensive as Petroski’s book, but reading this document would certainly be time well spent if you have a few minutes to spare.

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