Which Inks Are You Using Today?

[mizgeorge]

Diamine Earl Grey in my Geha-boy schoolpen. A favourite.

 

Waiting to open the replacement bottle of R&K Alt-Goldgrun which arrived today. Rather disappointingly, the last one, which had arrived in December, and I'd opened at the weekend had horrible SITB - made all the nastier by the colour of course!

[Inkshades]

My boyfriend gifted me new ink yesterday, so my latest is Diamine Sherwood Green in my Parker 45 Classic. Apart from that I’m use LAMY Black in a Waterman Lauréat and a cartridge of LAMY blue that came with my AL Star.

 

I recently worked through two cartridges I refilled with ink mixes, and I miss using those colours but I stubbornly refuse to use them again until my new Wing Sung 3008 arrives. Gotta completely finish a fill before I switch ink colours or pens, can’t just pour the ink out and switch lol.

[Carrau]

Papier Plume Oyster Grey in an Edison Collier 1.1 stub, and Birmingham Pens Black Ice in a Lamy Safari medium-I’ve been using this pigmented ink in this pen for nearly two months-fantastic ink, and no problems so far.

[Aysedasi]

GvFC Olive Green in my Mustard Vanishing Point.

[TravelCommons]

Just brought my Pilot Custom 823 back into service after a year’s rest, inking it up with Papier Plume’s Calle Real. Hoping that writing with that bright blue will relieve a bit of the drabness of Chicago’s winter. 

[ENewton]

Today I finished a fill of Birmingham Allegheny River Twilight, in a Platinum Balance with a medium nib.

 

I have also used Birmingham Lilac Wind, in a Pilot Prera fine.

 

Finally, I just filled my Wicked Witch of the West pen with Sailor Kobe Suma Purple.  The match isn't perfect--Suma Purple doesn't lean blue--but given that the pen is almost always inked, I like the idea of using my favorite ink in it.  

 

 

[PithyProlix]

 

L'Artisan Pastellier Classique Gris de Payne and Olive. Even though I flushed (and flushed and flushed ...) the Parker 61 until clear, due to the previously used ink in the pen I think Gris de Payne is leaning a little dark and slightly green.

Beautiful, muted, grey-leaning, well-performing inks that are very easy on the eyes. I love them.

 

Muji "Planted Tree Paper" (Indonesia)

 

[white_lotus]

I wanted to show a pic of this nice ink, but it just looked gray. So I get to just tell you about it.

 

The ink is a limited edition Organics Studio from their first incarnation; it's Midnight's Blue. Not very well named as it was a purple ink, darker than the OS Mark Twain Halley's Comet. I hadn't used any of them for years after dosing them with phenol. I decided I needed to revisit them before diving back into my Sailor and KWZ collections. Anyway, I'm liking the ink, a dark, somewhat muted purple. 

[MHBru]

On 2/7/2021 at 6:44 AM, Carrau said:

Papier Plume Oyster Grey in an Edison Collier 1.1 stub, and Birmingham Pens Black Ice in a Lamy Safari medium-I’ve been using this pigmented ink in this pen for nearly two months-fantastic ink, and no problems so far.

I forgot that I own this ink ... thanks for reminding me.... and I've been thinking about greys lately too.  I'm going to ink up my visconti rembrandt (broad) with it and take it out for a spin!   

[LagNut]

Stilll enjoying Shin Kai in the small cursive italic nib in the Aurora 88. 

 

Also enjoying a Faber Castell Cobalt Blue in a Lamy Studio (EF nib).

 

Have nearly gotten to the bottom of my Visconti Blue.  Even with the nice bottle, it's a sucking sound now.  But I love the blue in an EF Visconti nib. 

 

And finally to leave my blue island, J. Herbin Rouge Caroubier with a Pilot with a PO nib.  I normally use that for editing but I'm just writing with it for the joy of it.  And joy is the correct word.  Strange, but the Visconti Blue and J. Herbin are like really nice counter points to each other - beautiful, clear, non-shading thin lines of goodness. 

 

But this is why I love the fountain pens.  They can make it a joy to write, and this was that for the last half hour.  Digging up old bits, and pulling pieces together. 

[GardenWeasel]

Sailor Studio ink 740.  😍

[mizgeorge]

MB Elixir Egytpomania Cobalt Green (try saying that with a mouthful of chocolate) in my still-being-worked-on new (to me) MB82

[ENewton]

• Sailor Kobe Suma Purple in my Sailor 1911S Wicked Witch of the West, M
• Birmingham Lilac Wind in my Pilot Prera F 
• TAG Kyoto Soft Snow of Ohara in my Kaweco Sport F

I don't normally have more than two pens inked, but @DanHD has reported problems with Soft Snow drying out after a day in a Kaweco Sport, so I thought I'd experiment with the same pairing.  

[LagNut]

16 hours ago, mizgeorge said:

MB Elixir Egytpomania Cobalt Green (try saying that with a mouthful of chocolate) in my still-being-worked-on new (to me) MB82

 

That is some beautiful ink.  Now in a tussel with myself over why I need yet another green, when I actually use blue, but... wow!

 

And I had to edit because I didn't understand how to use the "quote" button. 

 

 

[white_lotus]

Finished off one fill, and needed to new blue. The choice came down to Sailor Pen & Message Vintage Denim in the Edison Brockton.

[GardenWeasel]

Monteverde Peace.  It’s a nice blue color.

[inkstainedruth]

Edelstein Amethyst (cartridge) in the Penetia (Chinese sub-brand of Cross, apparently) pen I got at an antiques shop a few weeks ago.  Only it's been a little awkward -- the cartridge is too long for the barrel to fit over it and screw back onto the nib and feed, so I've been using it without the barrel on (and keep expecting to accidentally pull the cartridge off when trying to get the rest of the pen uncapped).  But it's about the only pen I have that takes International Standard carts.  So once I finish this cartridge off, I will flush the nib and feed and go looking for an short International Standard converter.  

The pen isn't a bad writer -- it seems to have an F nib and is very smooth.  It's just awkward to write with not having the barrel on.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Misfit]

I’ve used Kaweco Paradise Blue, Monteverde Mulberry Noir, and GvFC Royal Blue in a cartridge. 

[ENewton]

Four inks in a single day, rare for me:

• Sailor Kobe Suma Purple in my Sailor Wicked Witch of the West M.  I love both the Kobe ink and the Sailor nib, but the contrast between the color of the barrel and the color of the ink leaves me somewhat dissatisfied, and hence I am experimenting with...
• Robert Oster Barossa Grape.  Again.  The last time I tried Barossa Grape, I found it too dim and dry for my liking, but at that time I was using almost exclusively fine and extra fine nibs.  Now I have it in a Sailor Pro Gear Slim Purple Cosmos B, where it is more legible but still lackluster and closer to blue gray than to purple.  I adore the way it looks in online reviews and on the paper towel I used to wipe the pen, but given how weak it is on paper  as dispensed by the Sailor B nib, I know it would not be appealing to me in the Sailor M.  
• TAG Kyoto Soft Snow of Ohara.  I used Soft Snow recently in my Wicked Witch of the West pen and normally wouldn't use it again so soon, but another user reported dryout problems with the ink in a Kaweco Sport, so I thought I'd try the same combination.  No dryout problems for me, after several days. 
• J Herbin Cacao du Bresil.  A few years ago, I needed a taupe for a series of illustration projects, and after vacillating between Cacao and Rohrer & Klingner Sepia, I purchased the latter because I could have it in my clutches more quickly.  Sepia did serve me well, but I gave the bottle away to a relative some months ago, and rather than simply replace it, I decided to give Cacao a try.  What a lovely ink, with purple undertones!  In fact, it looks purpler to me than Barossa Grape (on the page, not on the paper towel).  I have it in a Pilot Metropolitan M now but will probably wed it to my Shaeffer Touchdown deluxe.  I almost always try a new ink in a modern pen before using it in a vintage pen.

[ParramattaPaul]

Blackbird Kingfisher Blue --- again.