Simple List Of Shading Inks

[Bo Bo Olson]

This is the FPN members' list of shading inks.

Some one wanted one with out all the comments of the last one. I left only a few comments.

I would still suggest going to the old thread, so you will not be disappointed in some are not with all nibs.

 

Caran d'Ache Amazon.

 

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Diamine Damson

Diamene Umber.

Diamine Kelly Green

Burnt Sienna,

Sunshine Yellow, and

Blaze Orange

Diamine Claret

 

• Diamine Mediterranean

• Diamine Sepia

 

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Almost all of the Herbin inks shade delightfully.

Herbin Lie de The

 

Herbin Violette Pensee

• J. Herbin Cafe Des Iles (some not all nibs)

 

 

 

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Iroshizuku Asa-Gao

Iroshizuku Yu-yake

Iroshizuku Kiri-same

• Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku

• Iroshizuku Fuyu-Syogun

 

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Lamy's blue-blacks

Lamy Turquoise, as I mentioned shaded on slightly better paper, not on normal copy paper.

 

 

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MB

 

 

MB Blue-Black

Montblanc Violet in certain nibs.

 

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I notice that Namaki blue shades very nicely for me.

 

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Noodler's Golden Brown (which is designed to shade)

Noodler's Widow Maker

& Habanero

• Noodler's Apache Sunset

 

Noodlers Aircorps Blue

Noodler's Green Marine

Noodler's Cayenne

Noodler's La Couleur Royale

Noodler's Texas Blue Bonnet

Noodler's Blue Eel

Noodler's Kiowa Pecan

 

Noodler's Navy

Noodler's Red/Black

Noodler's Bad Blue Heron

 

Noodler's Sequoia is nicely saturated. In my Preppy, no shading but nice colour. In my Reform 1745, very nice shading and nice colour.

 

Noodler's Ottoman Azure shades dramatically in my flexible nibs from a bright turquoise to dark navy blue.

 

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Pelikan's blue-black

Pelikan Brilliant Brown on better paper

 

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PR Sheerwood Forest

Private Reserve Shoreline Gold

 

PR Orange Crush

 

PR Spearmint,

 

Private Reserve's American Blue

 

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Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrun

• Rohrer & Klingner Magenta (some not all nibs)

 

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Francesco Rubinato Turquoise

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Sailor Red-brown

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Visconti Blue & Green

visconti black...

 

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Waterman Havana Brown.

 

Waterman's Florida Blue,

[macaddicted]

A great reference. Thanks.

[kwpalzang]

Oh, that's my comment up there on the Sequoia and Reform 1745... turns out that the "shading" was not, in fact, shading. The pen was just having some flow problems that, to my inexperienced eye, looked like shading... :embarrassed_smile:

[bwnewton]

Thank you very much!

 

Believe it or not, Lamy Blue shades very well from my Safari F nib on most papers, including lesser quality varieties. I've also had good shading experience with PR Copper Burst, R&K Scabiosa and Sheaffer Skrip Brown (Slov).

Edited October 9, 2010 by bwnewton

[KCat]

Thank you very much!

 

Believe it or not, Lamy Blue shades very well from my Safari F nib on most papers, including lesser quality varieties. I've also had good shading experience with PR Copper Burst, R&K Scabiosa and Sheaffer Skrip Brown (Slov).

 

Safaris are notoriously dry - Levenger Cobalt would shade in a Safari.

 

Nice list. I would add CdA Grand Canyon (but would note that in my pens it was very dry)

[Bo Bo Olson]

If it shades, great. Add it to the list.

If it needs a dry pen...fine. Everyones got to have a dry pen or two. Add it to the list under dry pen.

 

If it's a permanent ink, and is shades, add it to the list.

 

It's our list, not mine.

But I sure will be buying from it.

 

I am still an 11 ink noobie.

 

I find that certain shading inks, shade different depending on nib width, F, M or B, and if it is normal flex or semi-flex, which being often but not always a wetter writer, often giving darker tones, or once a darker central tone with a shadow tone on the out side.

 

With a 'Stage 1', flexible nib, or the F-1 maxi-semi-flex, or barely flexible....@ the same width expansion of the nib as semi-flex, but with less pressure. Where's the Circus.

One ink in a F-1 1/2 Rupp nib gave me three tones/shades very subtitle. The F-1 1/4 Pelikan 400NN OF, being an Oblique was more abrupt in it's shading; slightly three, but on the whole 'just' two. That was Waterman's SSB.

 

Well I'm glad I found that out....now I need F-1 in M and B, and OB.

And I'll need F 1-2 in that too.

One does need a pertinent reason to buy pens. Not just it's purrddy, or you ain't got that brand or model.

That is about as good a lie as I have seen in a while, but it works for me.........sometimes.

 

Some day I'll be good enough to worry about gathering the F-2's..Here come the clowns. The handlebar mustache L's and the sidewinder rattlesnake S's.

F-3's the weak kneed wet noodle will take some years of work though.

 

 

The effects this or that weight grade or coating of the paper makes certain inks shade on the better paper even it's just a baby step better.

 

I'm even newer with papers, but am very slowly, buying up enough to run 15 inks with 15 nibs across 15 papers.

 

I'm so slow with gathering that up I may even have learned to write by the time I'm ready to test. :roflmho:

Edited October 9, 2010 by Bo Bo Olson

[calhoun tubbs]

From my own experience:

Pelikan Edelstein Sapphire

Pelikan Edelstein Topaz

Pilot Blue

Noodler's Bad Belted Kingfisher

Diamine Asa Blue

Diamine Majestic Blue

 

I usually use Clairefontaine paper, if that matters.

Edited October 9, 2010 by calhoun tubbs

[Alice L]

Diamine WES Kensington Blue and Waterman South Seas Blue ... especially with broad nibs.

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Noodler's Blue black, georgia pacific multipurpose or Office Depot Multipurpose (i forgot) and Lamy Vista black M nib

[TWRDO]

From the inks I have I would add Montblanc Oyster Grey. I've also noticed some subtle shading from Noodler's Midnight Blue with multiple pens, but only on less absorbent paper, e.g. Rhodia (it's a pretty dark ink to begin with, so subtle does mean subtle).