Which Inks Are You Using Today?

[sansenri]

I'm using a self made mix of Diamine Majestic Blue + Diamine Sapphire blue, 2 parts to 1.

[miwishi63]

Noodler's Red-Black because I love the color.

[gmax]

Kyo no oto Aonibi

Diamine Strauss

[GardenWeasel]

Kyanite du Népal.

[Methanius]

KWZ Monarch, KWZ Green #3, KWZ Rotten Green, KWZ Baltic Memories and Robert Oster Cafe Crema.

Konrad and Agnieska, make me a product tester already, I love your brand! Also, being spoiled by KWZs generous flow and lubrication has made it fairly difficult for me to truly appreciate the Robert Oster ink, even though it looks great.

[Methanius]

Double post 😓

Edited August 2, 2019 by Methanius

[kulnet]

Diamine Earl Grey

[white_lotus]

KWZI Chicago Blue (LE) in an Edison Mina

Sailor for Ishida Bungu IAI135 School Brown in an Edison Beaumont pneumatic

 

The Ishida Bungu ink is one of those crazy browns, sometimes brown, sometimes brownish-green, in the mold of Sailor Rikyu-cha and Sailor for Pen & Message Cigar. If on the off chance I ever finish this bottle I will be a bit sad as you now have to travel to the shop itself in Hokuto City, Hokkaido, Japan.

 

 

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been Iroshizuku Take-sumi, in the Pilot Decimo, F nib; and J Herbin Rose Cyclamen, in a Parker 61 with I think an M nib.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[samasry]

Today tried waterman mysterious blue

 

me no likey

[inkstainedruth]

Today tried waterman mysterious blue

 

me no likey

 

It's a weird ink. Very paper and pen dependent. I'm not overly enamored of of the teal blue (although on some paper it looks green). OTOH, I ran it for roughly four years in a 1st Generation (Lockdown filler) Parker Vacumatic, without flushing the pen or doing any sort of nib flossing. Just refilled the pen as needed.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[ENewton]

Rohrer & Klingner Sepia and Diamine Grape, both of which have been in their respective pens for several weeks and by now look almost black.

 

Grape is my problem ink but has flowed without difficulty in a Waterman Gentleman for all this time. I have yet to see whether it has stained the converter.

[Carrau]

Pen BBS End of Snow at Midnight, an almost black blurple, saturated, lubricated, with good manners.

[Freddy]

MMDCCCLXXIV

Fred

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[mallymal1]

Noodler's Red-Black because I love the color.

 

 

[bemon]

I've whittled my ink collection down from about 70 bottles to 6:

 

Iroshizuku Shin Kai - In use today

Sailor Shikiori Yonaga - In use today

Blackstone Barrier Reef Blue - In use today

 

In storage:

 

Montblanc Midnight Blue

KWZ Azure #4

Noodlers Blue

 

I'd ideally like to have 3 bottles of ink for my three EDC. I'm almost always using Shikiori Yonaga and Iro Shin Kai. I'd like to sell either the KWZ or the Blackstone, but I like them both and can't decide which should be put on the chopping block.

 

The MB blue I keep because it was a gift, but don't like it much.

 

Noodlers blue lives in my desk at work because occasionally someone at the office asks about a fountain pen. I've got a handful of cheapie Jinhao's in my desk drawer, so when someone expresses interest I ink one up and give them the pen for the day. If they fall in love I top off the converter and give it away.

[stylophilly]

Andrada by Vinta Inks--a beautiful deep teal color ink.

[samasry]

Lamy blue

 

In fact I am finding the Lamy blue to edge out the Pelikan royal blue as a daily work ink. Not sure why it does not get good reviews.

[Tas]

My Troublemakers have arrived. Kelp Tea , Petrichor, and Abalone :) were quickly loaded into three pens.

Loving all three colours so far. All three split beautifully and whilst I resisted the urge to buy up another bottle of each yesterday, I'm not sure how long I can resist . . . (especially that Abalone)

[KaB]

Akkerman Garuda Rood.

 

And for those who are wondering about the name, Wikipedia (yes, I know, not the best source...) tells us that "Garuda is a Hindu divinity, usually the mount (vahana) of the Lord Vishnu. Garuda is depicted as having the golden body of a strong man with a white face, red wings, and an eagle's beak and with a crown on his head. This ancient deity was said to be massive, large enough to block out the sun."

 

 

 

In this case, wiki is a bad source indeed. Garuda refers to the wellknown restaurant 'Garoeda' in Den Haag.

See post #35 in this https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/260508-b-to-y-of-akkerman-inks/page-2