Which Inks Are You Using Today?

[inkstainedruth]

Do you guys dilute Noodler's stuff to get a better behaviour or for aesthetic reasons?

 

I dilute Bay State Blue slightly, to combat its bad tendency to feather. But in these cases, it's because I was too lazy to flush the pens out entirely -- I often do that to save time, unless the ink -- and it could be any brand, not just Noodler's -- gets too washed out looking (and in fact, I found that to be the case with Noodler's Lexington Gray recently).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

ETA: Can't say as to what other people do.

Edited April 10, 2020 by inkstainedruth

[MsRedpen]

Pure Pens Celtic Sea

Pure Pens Flower of Scotland

Sailor Yama Dori

 

Edt: Celtic Sea shades wonderfully in SF nib

Edited April 10, 2020 by MsRedpen

[Karmachanic]

Luxurious Kiwa Guro.

[SashK]

Diamine Purple Rain

Diamine Emerald

Maruzen Renga

Iroshizuku Yama-Kai (Dark Lilac dupe)

Sailor Manyo Haha

Taccia Murasaki

[dylim1]

Montblanc Mystery Black

Pilot Blue

Pelikan Edelstein Jade

[N1003U]

Diamine Presidential Blue

Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-guri

Pelikan 4001 Brillant Brown

[Karmachanic]

Tropical RO Blue Sea

[nibtip]

Kyo no oto Bengarairo

Iroshizuku tsukushi

Pelikan 4001 BB, of course

Montblanc oyster grey

Lamy black.

[white_lotus]

Stipula Calamo Sepia in a Pelikan M400 Brown Tortoise

KWZ Baltic Memories in an Edison Beaumont pneumatic

[inkstainedruth]

R&K Salix, in the TWSBI 580-ALR, 1.1 mm stub.

J Herbin Eclat de Saphir, in the new-to-me Parker 75 Ciselé, B(?) nib [feed is marker "67" but it seems to write more like a medium nib, IMO -- although I've read that 75s tend to write dry].

 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Helen350]

Dryden Designs Luscious Pink

[chromantic]

Lamy Coral.

[SashK]

Lamy Coral.

It's great

[SashK]

Sailor Jentle Apricot.

Sailor Yonaga.

 

Cleaning the rest, new ink ups to follow.

[gmathio]

A bit off the beaten path for me, Edelstein Olivine ink in my Pelikan M600 old style.

[Noihvo]

 

 

[inkstainedruth]

Edelstein Topaz, in the Pelikan M600 Violet & White, EF nib.

diluted Birmingham Persian Copper, in the Parker Vector Geometric, M nib.

Noodler's 54th Massachusetts, in the ebonite Konrad, flex nib.

 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Intensity]

Washed remnants of KWZ IG Turquoise out of a Pilot VP Decimo EF and filled with Iroshizuku Tsuki-Yo. Really like Tsuki-Yo--always a pleasure to use and look at.

 

Using Sailor Ink Studio #241 in a flexy cursive italic customized nib in a Pelikan M101N Brown Tortoiseshell, which is one of my most favorite pens. Favorite ink + favorite pen!

 

Also had GvFC Stone Grey get too concentrated in an FPR ebonite Himalaya with a Pelikan CN nib, so I added some water. The result is slightly more translucent than Stone Grey by default, and I think I prefer it that way!

[chromantic]

Using Stipula Dark Blue tonight at work and since I have the PaperMate with 1864 with me also, I decided to do a comparison using the two to a page sudokus I use to pass the time. The colors are pretty comparable with the Stipula being perhaps a teensy bit darker. The bigger difference is the sheen on the Stipula, not super heavy but definitely noticeable, especially as you move the paper around under the light. I know the Diamine sheens also but not really seeing it on this 20 lb. copy. Of course the Stipula's in an M400 that's no doubt laying down a wetter line so that probably accounts for both differences.

 

But, yes, the Dark Blue does sheen; I guess this is pretty common to blue inks. I haven't noticed it on any of my other Stipulas.

[Helen350]

Thornton's Orange