Which Inks Are You Using Today?

[inkstainedruth]

19 minutes ago, amberleadavis said:

Once you try it out you're going to be thrilled with the new system it's even easy pictures directly into your post instead of having to upload them first.

Well, I found the old Upload feature pretty easy to use.  I know some people complained about the size and format restrictions on Upload, but since I was already often tweaking the color or sharpness of the images, and cropping the photos before uploading them, adjusting the size wasn't really an issue.  Of course Apple has also (in its infinite wisdom -- that's sarcasm, BTW) apparently stopped supporting iPhoto, all bets are off....

Are there restrictions (such as number of images) for the drag and drop option with the new software?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

[amberleadavis]

19 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Well, I found the old Upload feature pretty easy to use.  I know some people complained about the size and format restrictions on Upload, but since I was already often tweaking the color or sharpness of the images, and cropping the photos before uploading them, adjusting the size wasn't really an issue.  Of course Apple has also (in its infinite wisdom -- that's sarcasm, BTW) apparently stopped supporting iPhoto, all bets are off....

Are there restrictions (such as number of images) for the drag and drop option with the new software?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

 

I don't know, but I do see when I add to may photos to any one post, that the thread seems to drag so you probably want to limit it to about 5 - depending on size.

[white_lotus]

Kingdom Note (Sailor) Porpita porpita has been getting heavy use at work.

The Kobe (Sailor) #38 Kitanosaka Night Blue got used up and it's pen cleaned up.

KWZ Honey is still in use in the Pelikan M200 Brown marbled.

Kingdom Note (Sailor) Cambaroides japonicus is in the Sailor (FPH) 1911 Butterscotch.

 

[amberleadavis]

I inked up a pen with De Atramentis Lavender scented ink - I didn't get to finish the fill before my son "con-vinced" me that the pen looked better in his newly growing collection. 

[lgsoltek]

Currently inked. A lot of brighter colours here.

[mizgeorge]

17 minutes ago, lgsoltek said:

Currently inked. A lot of brighter colours here.

Oooh! what a lovely selection. 

 

I'm busy swatching light greens to decide what's going into a new pen. I didn't realise quite how many I have until I started the job.

[VersoFolio]

Two bottles of Pennonia, "Pokoltuz", just arrived today! Seems it has been 'discontinued'!?

I am using it in my copper Kaweco and feeling really lucky I found these last bottles. My local pen store is rationing the remaining stock to 'single bottle' orders or I would certainly have bought more!

I will miss it.

pp

[mehandiratta]

Montblanc Golden Yellow

one good legible yellow ink (yeah it had its fair share of problems)

 

[ParramattaPaul]

10 minutes ago, mehandiratta said:

Montblanc Golden Yellow

one good legible yellow ink (yeah it had its fair share of problems)

 

Very nice.

[PithyProlix]

5 hours ago, lgsoltek said:

Currently inked. A lot of brighter colours here.

 

Beautiful handwriting and, all in all, beautiful colors. May I ask what pen & nib is used for # 1, 2, 4, etc.? Sorry, you've probably been asked before.

[lgsoltek]

18 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

 

Beautiful handwriting and, all in all, beautiful colors. May I ask what pen & nib is used for # 1, 2, 4, etc.? Sorry, you've probably been asked before.

Here they are:

[PithyProlix]

41 minutes ago, lgsoltek said:

Here they are:

Oh, so awesome - thank you! You get a lot of flex out of the Pilot soft nibs - not sure if I want to go that far with mine... 

[lgsoltek]

1 hour ago, PithyProlix said:

Oh, so awesome - thank you! You get a lot of flex out of the Pilot soft nibs - not sure if I want to go that far with mine... 

I'm a bad example! I've already ruined a soft medium Elabo.

[Detman101]

After trying a bunch of inks I recently bought, I'm right back where I started.
"Montblanc - Irish Green"

I think I'll just stop now...nothing else compares to this ink, why do I even bother trying.
EDIT: Pen is Opus-88Demo with SODF-flex

[Detman101]

On 4/29/2021 at 6:01 PM, inkstainedruth said:

Probably later this evening I will be using Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black, to cover over the bar code on some political junk mail that's getting "Refused -- Return to Sender" on it (it used to be that if you wrote REFUSED on mail, the USPS had to return it and collect the extra postage from the sender...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Ah ha! So that's the trick! Cover over the barcode!
I've tried "return-to-sender" on a bunch of items lately and they always wind up right back in my mailbox.
Now I know what to do...thank you!!

[DilettanteG]

21 hours ago, lgsoltek said:

Here they are:

That’s just lovely. I’m going to have to break out my Namiki Falcons now.

[ENewton]

I'm still using Iroshizuku Murasaki Shikibu and Sailor Kobe Suma Purple, with the idea of emptying one or the other pen in the next two weeks, before I travel to a neighboring state.  I take only one fountain pen when I travel, and I don't like the idea of leaving a pen filled at home for a week, although (come to think of it) either of the pens I currently have inked, a Platinum 3776 and a Sailor 1911S, should do just fine untended.

[white_lotus]

What??? No one using inks for 12 days? I don't believe it!

 

Perhaps as an influence of spring arriving here in the NE US, a number of green inks:

 

From the Sailor Kingdom Note line there have been

    Tanna japonesis (in the Edison Collier in "Metallurgy")

    Stropharia aeruginosa (the changed version)

    Parmotrema tinctorum

 

And a favorite dark blue, Sailor Takelen "Iron Blue" in a Gate City Belmont in "Galapagos" (a kind of tortoise shell resin).

[PAKMAN]

Iroshizuku tsukushi Horsetail brown

[Detman101]

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