Platinum Carbon

[ethernautrix]

Julie,

 

I'm using this ink in my Nakaya Mini Decapod, but I'm going to be extra vigilant about cleaning it.

 

BTW, the NMD LOVES! Platinum Carbon Black!

 

In Nakaya Camaraderie,

Lisa

 

P.S. I just bought a steel nib for my Edison Pearl and discovered that the nib comes off the feed like my Danitrio nibs, so I'm thinking about using PCB in the Pearl (unless I want a non-black... but probably, you know... ha ha ha! I love blackety-black black ink!).

[ville900]

I am fortunate that all my pens are friction fit! That's going to make it easy!

 

Sorry guys, but what does 'friction fit' mean? I see several people using this expression. Thanks

[nicholasyeo]

I am fortunate that all my pens are friction fit! That's going to make it easy!

 

Sorry guys, but what does 'friction fit' mean? I see several people using this expression. Thanks

 

This means that the nib and feed slot into the barrel and are not held there by threads - as in the

case of Pelikan, you have to screw in the nib and feed. For Sailor, you just pull them out and push

them back in. Hope this helps!

[jde]

I am fortunate that all my pens are friction fit! That's going to make it easy!

 

Sorry guys, but what does 'friction fit' mean? I see several people using this expression. Thanks

 

This means that the nib and feed slot into the barrel and are not held there by threads - as in the

case of Pelikan, you have to screw in the nib and feed. For Sailor, you just pull them out and push

them back in. Hope this helps!

 

Also there is a great glossary and set of articles of pen terms here. A good reference for understanding all the short-hand that goes on and will answer a lot of questions about nibs, pens and ink.

Edited March 28, 2011 by jde

[ville900]

Many thanks nicholasyeo and jde.

 

Both very helpful.

[Mostho]

Platinum Carbon Black, on the other hand, dries like paint. This makes them ideal for artists who want to work with mixed media.

 

 

That's so true that I use every day for my art works, main sketching. And it's great both in fountain pens as well in dip pens. I can say that sometimes is a good alternative of india ink.

 

Cheers!

[VivienR]

Well, I resurrect this post..

Just received this ink. Its have a big wow effect. Okay, its not as dark as J. Herbin Perle Noire, a slightly lighter, still back enough, but. once its dried in the paper, than it will stay on it no matter what. I soaked, nothing happen, than I tried with nail polish remover (not with the friendlier one), still its on the paper.

Hell, if the paper will destroy, the writing will remain....

[aderoy]

I am on my last bottle of this ink, now to find more... Usual haunts do not carry.

 

Who knows where to order online for a few more bottles?

[gmax]

It's available from CultPens in the UK.

[Rita_K]

Who knows where to order online for a few more bottles?

 

aderoy, I don't know where you are located but Goulet Pens and Jet Pens also carries the Platinum Carbon ink.

[Steffen Larsen]

In the Platinum Carbon pen, Fine, on Rhodia 19 lined - I dared not put it into another pen.

Naturally a thin line, quite but not completely black and not that much saturated, some sheen.
But rather a lot of bleed-through, and I much prefer Registrar's Ink or Platinum's Blue-Black.
Still, perhaps one day I dare use another pen with a wider tip and less prone to scratchiness.

The bleed-through almost ruins it.

Edited December 16, 2014 by Steffen Larsen

[Aquaria]

My husband has started using Carbon Black in a Preppy Sign Marker as a refillable Sharpie. Will update everyone with how this works for him over time.

[A Smug Dill]

I absolutely love using Platinum Carbon Black ink in my Pilot 'Hannya Shingyo' with a 18K gold #10 Fine nib. It delivers a very narrow line that is completely waterproof, and so far I have not observed any bleed-through (or feathering, for that matter) writing on Rhodia 80g/m² paper that come in perforated A5-sized notepads.