Which Inks Are You Using Today?

[ParramattaPaul]

It's another day of Mabie Todd Blackbird Ink's Kingfisher Blue for me.

[ENewton]

Lately I have using mainly Sumi ink, for Japanese calligraphy, but I continue to use Iroshizuku Murasaki Shikibu and Sailor Kobe Suma Purple in my fountain pens every day.  In fact, I am hoping to empty one fountain pen or the other within the next week, because I am going on a road trip on Saturday and don't like to leave pens inked at home when I travel.  (The pen I don't empty will go with me on the trip.)

[inkstainedruth]

On 5/9/2021 at 6:49 AM, Detman101 said:

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!!

Gives me an excuse to use black ink.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[brokenclay]

Starting in on my new Fritz Schimpf inks.

 

Currently up:

sirimiri (rainy grey)

niebla (misty violet)

gewitterwolke (stormy blue)

 

 

[PithyProlix]

37 minutes ago, brokenclay said:

Starting in on my new Fritz Schimpf inks.

 

Currently up:

sirimiri (rainy grey)

niebla (misty violet)

gewitterwolke (stormy blue)

 

 

 

Ohhhh... all of those look really nice. Is that a green-leaning grey? 

[brokenclay]

13 minutes ago, PithyProlix said:

 

Ohhhh... all of those look really nice. Is that a green-leaning grey? 

 

Definitely.

[inkstainedruth]

Stormy Blue looks a lot like other dark blue inks I have -- but that doesn't mean I wouldn't try it.  Misty Violet looks rather nice.

Anyone know how hard these are to get in the US?  (I know, I know -- like I REALLY need more ink...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[brokenclay]

7 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Anyone know how hard these are to get in the US?

 

As far as I know, these inks are only available from Fritz Schimpf in Germany, so shipping to the US is pretty steep. I bought them along with the Pelikan M205 Petrol, which amortized the shipping cost somewhat, otherwise shipping would have been almost as much as all 7 inks.

[PithyProlix]

12 minutes ago, brokenclay said:

 

Definitely.

 

So tempting! (They want 42 EUR to ship just one bottle to me here in Thailand. Maybe I can get one of my German friends to bring me some when returning here...) 

[Frank C]

4 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Stormy Blue looks a lot like other dark blue inks I have -- but that doesn't mean I wouldn't try it.  Misty Violet looks rather nice.

Anyone know how hard these are to get in the US?  (I know, I know -- like I REALLY need more ink...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

While I have not ordered ink from Fritz-Schimpf, I did order a pen from them. Their service is spectacular; they sent a bottle of Montblanc Royal Blue with the pen, so I have received ink from them. They also sent some of their superb writing paper. The manager is named Sebastian Stolz. We emailed back and forth a few times and his English is excellent—I only know how to order beer in German; this has served me well over the years. 

 

It is a little difficult to tell which inks they have on their website. You might do well to send them an email inquiry. I was able to pay with paypal, so the transaction was easy. 

 

brokenclay ordered her Pelikan M205 Petrol from them and some ink to go with it. She posted a photo:

 

[brokenclay]

1 hour ago, PithyProlix said:

They want 42 EUR to ship just one bottle to me here in Thailand.

 

They might also want 42 EUR to ship all 7 bottles. I paid 30 EUR to ship 7 bottles, the Pelikan M205, and an Advent calendar (my grandparents & uncle live in Tübingen, it's a sentimental thing) to the US. 

 

It is hard to find stuff on their website, even if you read German. Here are the item IDs for the inks:

Fritz Schimpf gelassenheit (relaxed purple) fountain pen ink  Item #: FSTgela 
Fritz Schimpf morgenroete fountain pen ink  Item #: FSmor 
Fritz Schimpf niebla (misty violet) fountain pen ink  Item #: FSTnieb 
Fritz Schimpf Vierer Füllhaltertintenset  Item #: FSTVierer 

 

The last one is 4 inks: gewitterwolke, sirimiri, sundowner and fritzrot.

[lonelyboy]

Monteverde Napa Burgundy!

[DilettanteG]

I refilled my Pelikan M800 blue and black with a custom broad cursive italic nib with Diamine for Cult Pens Iridescink Maureen. It needs decent paper to really show the sheen, but I am enjoying this combo.

[Detman101]

"Lamy - Amazonite"
Sent to me by a pen-friend

[amberleadavis]

[kulnet]

Today I used Diamine Green Black

[ENewton]

1 hour ago, amberleadavis said:

 

How nice it looks, but I do have two bottles of Kobe Suma Purple...

[DilettanteG]

Noodler's Burgundy in my Montblanc 146 Bordeaux with a medium nib

 

At one time, I was trying to collect all the standard line of Noodler's inks. Then, Noodler's ate one too many of my ink sacs and curbed my affair with it. I seem to have used one pen fill of this bottle and then put it away for years. Hopefully, it's chemical smell isn't a sign it's going off.

 

One the plus side, it's a good match for this pen's color and seems to write just fine. It's just a flat, saturated, reddish burgundy with no noticeable variation. Here it is on blue paper:

[Detman101]

WOOHOO!!!
I'm finally using my YOSEKA Stationery - Origin .01 !!!!!

It arrived today and it's sooooo amazingly perfect!!!
I knew it would be special when I first saw it!!
😍

[ParramattaPaul]

Once more onto pages, it is Blackbird Ink Kingfisher Blue -- a favourite.