Which Inks Are You Using Today?

[dennis_f]

 

Aw, thanks.

 

Here's another one:

 

 

You're killing me... (in a good way).

[inkstainedruth]

Today (so far) it's been J Herbin Rose Cyclamen, in one of my Parker 61s, F(?) nib; and Sailor Souboku, in the ebonite Noodler's Konrad, flex nib.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[northstar]

Hello everyone,

 

Today i am using a Parker Quink Blue loaded in a Parker 51:

 

[DilettanteG]

[Tas]

 

 

YES!

 

I love using my parallels to simply write with. I almost exclusively write in block capitals and it somehow gives the letters a more structured shape.

[DilettanteG]

 

YES!

 

I love using my parallels to simply write with. I almost exclusively write in block capitals and it somehow gives the letters a more structured shape.

 

Plus, if you're not sure an ink's safe to use, putting it in a $10 pen won't cause you to lose any sleep. It's rare I don't have one of these inked up.

[gmathio]

Pelikan Edelstein Onyx in my Pelikan M600

[kulnet]

Monteverde Caribbean Blue

[inkstainedruth]

 

Plus, if you're not sure an ink's safe to use, putting it in a $10 pen won't cause you to lose any sleep. It's rare I don't have one of these inked up.

 

I didn't find Whaleman's Sepia to be "unsafe" -- just that it wouldn't flow.... Couldn't get it to come out of a pen nib and feed for love nor money. It's too bad, because it really is an interesting color -- almost has purple undertones to it.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[DilettanteG]

 

I didn't find Whaleman's Sepia to be "unsafe" -- just that it wouldn't flow.... Couldn't get it to come out of a pen nib and feed for love nor money. It's too bad, because it really is an interesting color -- almost has purple undertones to it.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

I'm finally getting around to trying a sample I received years ago and this pen hasn't had any flow problems with it. It's worth picking a Pilot Parallel up if you'd like to use this ink. It's a really cleverly designed pen that can keep up with a 6mm italic nib. Genius!

 

I can't remember now which Noodler's specialty inks came with a warning. For example, I could have sworn Kung Te-Cheng did, but I haven't seen that in posts here.

[white_lotus]

Three new pens with three inks:

 

Sailor Kingdom Note Birgus latro (from the Crustacean series) in a Sailor FPH-exclusive 1911 standard

Sailor Kobe #1 Rokko green in a Pelikan M400

Sailor Kobe #50 Kyomachi Legend blue in a Gate City Belmont

 

[DilettanteG]

[DilettanteG]

[chromantic]

1864 Blue-black, MV Sapphire and Lamy Coral.

[Ememel]

 

Today's inks are a self made mix (the green one) and Organics Studio's Twilight Blue monstersheener

[chromantic]

Will be trying out Lamy Vibrant Pink tonight.

[DilettanteG]

There's a really lovely green/gold sheen to this Cult Pens Philip ink that I just can't get my iPhone's camera to pick up. (I'm having this problems with all my sheening inks.) Actually, I really am enjoying all of Cult Pens Iridescink line.

 

[northstar]

Hello everyone,

 

Today using vintage Sheaffer Skrip Black loaded in a Burgundy Sheaffer Snorkel Statesman:

 

[ENewton]

Birmingham Boiler Steam Blue Black in my Pelikan 140. This quiet green ink is a reasonable match for a pen designed with utility rather than pleasure in mind, but I've been looking for an ink that will make the writing experience more interesting, and Boiler Steam Blue Black is not it.

 

And as of a few hours ago, Birmingham Allegheny River Twilight in a Pilot Prera F. This nib is not one for showcasing an ink, but I think the combination will be a practical one for scribbling marginalia in a paperback novel.

[kulnet]

Sailor Irori