What Color Are Your Fingers Today?

[spiv]

still have a smidge of Noodler's Tienanmen on my right hand

and a fresher splotch of Akkerman's Simplisties Violet on my left (thanks for the sample Scrawler - it looks grand it Mrs. Spiv's pen)

[inkspot]

J. Herbin Poussiere de Lune on my thumb and, thanks to my cat's help, a big blotch of Diamine Pumpkin on my palm.

[JLT]

A smear of Noodler's Dark Matter on my left thumb and forefinger. I thought I had enough paper towel between me and a nib fresh from filling. Wrong again!

[Giosdad]

Noodlers Zhivago and "Binder" Burgundy

[pmhudepo]

Although Diamine Syrah has been in my pen for several weeks now, I end up with blue fingers. I guess some Private Reserve American Blue must have splashed into the cap quite a while ago and it's slowly working its way out as I write with my pen and fiddle with the cap.

 

Edited to add: Syrah is a dark, wine-red ink.

Edited October 18, 2011 by pmhudepo

[miss.amaryllis]

My fingers are splodged with Bay State Blue!

 

I have a baby grandson, now 1 day old! I felt that, should the baby be a boy, the birth announcement cards should be written in a really blue BLUE blue. So many thanks to the very kind Ink Swap Donor who has made this possible, also to the generous gentleman who contributed some Diamine Amaranthe in case of a baby girl... I'm hoarding it in my rudimentary ink shrine for another time!

 

He really is a dear little baby. I think forwards to the day when I shall sit with him emphasising the importance of good handwriting.

[JLT]

My fingers are splodged with Bay State Blue!

 

I have a baby grandson, now 1 day old! I felt that, should the baby be a boy, the birth announcement cards should be written in a really blue BLUE blue. So many thanks to the very kind Ink Swap Donor who has made this possible, also to the generous gentleman who contributed some Diamine Amaranthe in case of a baby girl... I'm hoarding it in my rudimentary ink shrine for another time!

 

He really is a dear little baby. I think forwards to the day when I shall sit with him emphasising the importance of good handwriting.

 

Congratulations on the birth of your grandson! May God bless you, your grandson and your family.

 

Nice choice of color, BTW. I believe I will ink a pen with BSB today. Needless to say, I will get some on my fingers one way or another.

[miss.amaryllis]

JLT - thank you! How very kind of you!

 

The BSB is fantastically brilliant blue and I love it. I have a bottle of Diamine Umber now and have been trying it out. I wanted a real ivy green to write Christmas cards, and I like this very much! It also scrubbed off my fingers better than the BSB, but I can't say I wasn't warned!

[GardenWeasel]

Dakota Red... Watch the bubbles when filling a converter with a syringe!

[Chris Chalmers]

R & K Verdigris and Omas Grey mixed in this pen.............used as an ED with italic Broad nib!

 

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[inkspot]

J. Herbin Bleu Myosotis and some mystery splotch that doesn't seem to match any ink I own...

[ticoun]

so my fingers are... not stained?????? and i just filled a pen with some vintage Sheaffer blue-black! something is wrong, i normally get tons of stains when filling a pen...

oh, i get it, it's because of the magic Skripwell bottle!

[jslallar]

Hello Inkophiles

 

This is my first post in this forum (Inky Thoughts). When I opened up the page to tell you all waht colour my fingers were today, the first thing that caught my eye was the bold red warning to read the forum rules before any post. Being a very feeble hearted person and not wanting to start any controversy I naturally read te page referred, and the jist that I understood out of the whole page was:

1. THE BOSS (MODERATOR) IS ALWAYS RIGHT
2. IF IN DOUBT SEE RULE NO 1

HA! HA! HA! Just joking.

 

Seriously now and to the topic of this blog:

My fingers are Turquoise with Pelikan 4001, trying to adjust the scanty flow in my Dani Trio Cumlaude, for which I had arranged a new Broad nib and was using it for the first time with the new nib. The stains are particularly prominant on the left fingers the one I held the nib assembly with while holding the pen in my right - I am right handed but somehow I adjust the nibs that way.

 

I am in Pakistan, and only few ink brands are available in my city, and only Pelikan in all colour ranges. recently Skrip has become available but I have not tried it yet (only in Blue and Black). Quink also is available in blue and black only. Montblanc has more choices available but much more expensive than either of the above (about 3 -4 times).

 

 

[JimB]

Baystate Blue again. I'm running out of bleach to get it off my fingers, so I'm swapping it out for Pilot's Blue next fill. Oh, also stained less permanently with my new favorite, Black Swan in Australian Roses.

[funkypeanut]

Habanero. Minipeanut came in and thought I'd cut myself.

[LuckyDog10]

Fading spot of Noodler's Navajo Turquoise on my left thumb. It will soon have company...I have a good number to flush/fill tonight!

[Rezburn]

Had an ink changing spree and somehow only got one color per finger - an Asa Blue thumb, Sheaffer Purple pinky, Salix index, Saddle Brown other index, BSER middle etc. Looks kinda cool.

[inkspot]

PR Chocolat all over both hands! I've been trying to get a stubborn pen to work properly. It worked, it just looks like I have some crazy age-spots now

[Bo Bo Olson]

I sucked some MB Winter Forest out of one twist out nibbed pen with a needle and it was not enough to add to an ink well.

I tried to drop at a time suck the little remnant into a piston pen. I needed three hands and was born with but two.

 

Of course after making a mess, I find out yep...a Reform 1745 has a twist out nib.

 

I really like that Winter Forest in OF 'flexi', and surprising in regular flex F. It is so wet it makes my only XXF nib write well and with a tad of ham fistedness, I get some shading.

 

My semi-flex F was too wet. Semi-flex M was nice as was regular flex M, but best was regular flex F and 'flexi' OF.

[sessyargc]

Zhivago and Red-Black and some invisible mess (tried out Blue Ghost last night)