November 26, 2024

2024 Holiday Gift Guide

It's time for our holiday gift guide again! As with previous years, this year we have put together a list of our top picks for gifts for every type of stationery lover in your life. What's different about this year's lists, though, is that within each category, we have recommended one item each for three different price points. So whether your budget is $$$, $$ or $, we have a gift recommendation for your stationery-obsessed friend!

For a complete list of our Holiday Gift Guide including recommendations from previous years, check out our collection.

Fountain Pen Lover

$$$ - Pilot Custom 823 - Clear - $336

Any fountain pen lover will likely already know about the Pilot Custom 823. It is a beautiful fountain pen with an amazing gold nib known for its smoothness and softness, and it is one that is cherished by many in the fountain pen community. What's cool about this Custom 823 in particular is the color way. For the longest time, Pilot USA only had this pen available in transparent black and transparent brown, but earlier in 2024, they introduced the Clear color here from Japan! Your fountain pen loving friend will love being able to see the color of their ink in the transparent barrel of their new Custom 823.

$$ - Bronze Age - Year of the Dragon Fountain Pen - $220

If you're looking for a unique and rare pen as a gift for your fountain pen loving friend who already has a lot of pens, look no further! This Year of the Dragon fountain pen was released by us earlier this year in collaboration with Fine Writing International, a Taiwanese pen maker. Designed by our team member Ashley to incorporate thoughtful details of the dragon to celebrate the lunar year of the dragon in 2024, this brass-bodied fountain pen fills using a push button vacuum filling system for easy no-mess filling.

$ - Kaweco Fountain Pen Ornament - $35

Even though this is not necessarily a fountain pen your friend will be able to use or write with, I promise you that they will squeal with delight when they see this adorable jumbo fountain pen! Every year, Kaweco makes one in a limited color and this year's is transparent. These glass ornaments are made by hand in Germany and I can honestly say (from personal experience and testing) that they look so cute hanging up on a Christmas tree.

Planner/Journaler

$$$ - PLOTTER Leather Binder - $145 - $242

This is a minimal and beautiful notebook system that uses rings instead of a glue or stitched binding so the notebook itself is refillable and you can organize/re-order the pages inside as much as you want until you find what works best. The idea is to not have to carry around so many papers--just what you need to stay organized throughout the day.

$$ - Midori Hibino 2025 Journal - $64

If your journaling friend has a daily journaling habit whether it's morning pages or another daily journaling routine, they will love this 2-page-per-day journal. Unlike many journals which designate 1-day-per-page, the Midori Hibino, which was released in 2022 for the 2023 year, gives its users 2 pages per day for everyday of the year. The fountain pen friendly paper in the Hibino is 52gsm Tomoe River paper, which is thin and lightweight, which prevents it from becoming overly chunky while still offering the luxurious 2 pages per day of journaling space.

$ - Shinnippon Daily Moon 2025 Calendar - $17

The planner/journaler in your life can use this mini desktop tear away calendar to keep track of the days, but many in the stationery community will even tear the thin paper used in this calendar to use in the journal collages.

Stationery Obsessed

$$$ - Classiky Toga Desk Tools Box - $135

The stationery obsessed person in your life definitely needs somewhere to store all their favorite things, right? This beautiful Classiky Toga Desk Tools Box can be used to organize and store their stamps, washi tapes, pens, or whatever it is they love to collect most.

$$ - Midori XS Stationery Kit - $46

This kit comes equipped with XS-sized stationery tools including everything from a mini measuring tape to mini scissors to mini correction tape so your stationery obsessed friend will be prepared with high quality stationery (in a nifty carrying case) in every situation they can possibly come face to face with!

$ - 100 Loves Present Book - $10.50

If you're on a budget but still looking for a really thoughtful gift for the stationery-obsessed special someone in your life, look no further than this 100 Loves book. You fill the pages of this book with 100 reasons you love someone (don't worry, there are some prompts in the back to give you ideas!) and gift it to them. Anyone would love getting something like this, but the stationery obsessed person will cherish it even more because it comes packaged in a cute little booklet!

Notebook Collector

$$$ - The Superior Labor Toscana Leather A5 Zip Organizer - $360

The perfect gift for a notebook collector who already owns an impressive collection of notebooks? It might just be a notebook cover such as this handmade leather A5-sized zip organizer with pockets and a zip compartment for their pens. The leather of this organizer will soften and patina with use to become a perfectly well-worn cover that they'll love moving any notebook into.

$$ - TRAVELER'S Notebook - $55

A customizable leather notebook that can be used and replenished forever, and the leather will develop a unique patina with use.

$ - Yoseka x Stalogy 365 Days Editor's Series Notebook - $28

One of the most popular notebooks we have, the Stalogy Editor’s Series Notebooks are simple yet functional with a clean look and design that can work in professional settings and for personal use. It can double as a daily planner or simply be used as a notebook for notes. The light grey grid provides the perfect amount of structure that can also be easily ignored and drawn over. This is a notebook that all notebook aficionados should try at least once! At the beginning of this year, we released our very own Editor's Series notebook in Yoseka Green, made in collaboration with Stalogy.

Pencil Addict

$$$ - Blackwing Desktop Sharpener - $120

This is a really sleek and modern hand crank pencil sharpener. Like many others, it allows you to adjust the sharpness and length of the pencil point, whether you like your pencils perfectly pointy or slightly more dull. An automatic break feature also prevents over-sharpening and breaking.

$$ - Kaweco Special Brass Mechanical Pencil - $62

A shiny and classy mechanical pencil. Pull off the top knock to find the eraser.

$ - Faber-Castell 9000 Perfect Pencil - $18

Created to be the perfect pencil, the Castell 9000 contains everything you need to use and maintain your traditional wooden pencil. It includes a cap that doubles as a pencil extender, sharpener, and clip. Use the cap as a pencil extender when the pencil length becomes short, or as a protective cap when the pencil is not in use. The pencil itself features break-resistant lead due to bonding the entire graphite to the wooden core, also called "SV bonding". The graphite pencil is B hardness and includes a PVC-free eraser.

Pen Addict

$$$ - ystudio Classic Fountain Pen - $175

Any pen lover would be elated to receive a beautiful fountain pen such as this ystudio Classic Fountain Pen. In our shop, it is one of the pens on our testing table that elicits the most inquiries for how attractive it is.

$$ - Kakimori Pen Rest - $58

An elegant pen rest made of Sakura wood for your friend's favorite writing instrument.

$ - Pentel Mattehop Sets - $16

Winner of Stationery of the Year in Japan in 2023, Pentel's Mattehop pens feature bold, vibrant pigmented ink with a paint-like effect and matte finish. Any pen lover or artist will simply love adding these to their collection for note-taking, doodling and other creative projects.

Ink Obsessed

$$$ - 2024 Diamine Inkvent Advent Calendar - $120

Give the gift of festive ink colors in a fun advent calendar they can open throughout the holiday season. This is Diamine’s 5th annual Inkvent calendar and this year’s features shimmering, sheening, scented, chameleon and standard inks.

$$ - Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book - $38

If your friend loves inks and has already amassed an impressive collection of them, they are probably looking for ways to use up all their ink! They will have so much fun with this ink archiving book, which has pages for them to track all their ink colors and color in pictures using their ink colors.

$ - Tono & Lims Ink - $24

Tono & Lims inks are very popular in Asia, but regarded as rarer here in the US. Gift your ink obsessed friend a bottle of this hard-to-come-by ink and I promise they will be so impressed with your ink-savvy shopping skills!

$ - No Ink, No Life Bumper Sticker - $8

Your friend loves fountain pen inks, but how much do they actually love fountain pen inks? If they are hardcore ink lovers, they should have this No Ink, No Life bumper sticker. Designed by former Yoseka team member May.

Artists

$$$ - Tombow Irojiten Colored Pencil Dictionary Set - $74

The Tombow Irojiten Dictionery Pencil Sets are beautifully crafted colored pencils with soft lead that produce a rich, creamy texture with smooth, even blending. These high-quality wax-based, artist-grade pencils allow easily layering of colors without a waxy layer of build-up. Each set carries a wide range of vivid to soft colors - including fluorescent colors. When closed in their boxes, the sets can be stored vertically for a compact and beautiful display, reminiscent of a dictionary or encyclopedia with multiple volumes on a bookshelf.

$$ - Kakimori Potari Pigment Fountain Pen Ink - $30

Most artists only use ink that is archival and waterproof since they don't want to take any risks with their artwork that they have spent time on. These waterproof pigment-based inks are made by Kakimori, an independent stationery store located in Kuramae, Tokyo in Japan. The adorable asymmetrical bottles perfectly capture the whimsy onomatopoeic ink names.

$ - Pilot Parallel Pen - $13

Don't judge these pens by their humble appearances! They are a lot of fun whether you have a collection of 50 fountain pens or whether you are a 10 year old kid learning to practice penmanship. The best part is that you can mix the ink colors to create a gradation effect.

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Happy Holidays and hope everyone stays safe, healthy and happy this holiday season! Shop the complete collection here.

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