The Stationery Shelf
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The Stationery Shelf

Every pen, notebook, cover and ink worth knowing about, kept on one page instead of scrolling out of an inbox.

On the shelf
99
Videos of testing behind it
37
Measured on a test
11
Sent by the brand
12

Recently added

The Monday letter is where new entries arrive. Everything it covers lands here permanently instead of scrolling out of an inbox.

Pens

42

Fountain, bolt action, gel and brush. Nothing is here because it arrived free.

Inks

6

Pencils

2

Notebooks

13

Pocket notebooks

5

The size that actually gets carried, which is the only size that gets used.

Notebook covers

4

The category the channel has tested hardest. Two of these four were shot side by side.

Planners

4

Ring systems

2

Rings let you reorder pages and refill one section without buying a new book. That is the whole argument.

Ring binders

1

Pen cases

3

Pouches

7

Paper & refills

5

Loose sheets and pads, including what the printed inserts get run on.

Markers

1

Desk tools

2

Accessories

2

Nothing on the shelf matches that. Try a maker, a material, or a size.

The Monday letter still comes

The shelf is the permanent record. The letter is what is new on it, once a week, with what was worth reading in the analog world.

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