Which Inks Are You Using Today?

[JeanManuel]

At work these days I use primarily Montblanc Midnight Blue (ferrogallic) ink.

I find it a huge improvement on their previous pale "blue-black"! It is darker, much easier to read. I write using two Lamy Al-Star pens (one is grey and the other is silver-colored).

 

In a ruby-colored Lamy Al-Star, I use a brick-red ink, the R&K Morinda ink, for pointing out abnomalies/risks.

 

At home, usually doing research work, I use the R&K Verdigris ink in my green celluloid button filler.

 

Personal letters are the opportunity to write using different, less convenient pens, and my other inks:

Diamine Amber in a Bold yellow sheaffer no-nonsense.

Diamine Oxblood in an old scratchy little piston filler.

Diamine Majestic Blue in a fine sheaffer no-nonsense.

Sheaffer Jet Black in a Kaweco student (with modified grip!).

Edited May 26, 2013 by JeanManuel

[Alex_]

Waterman Inspired Blue

Waterman Florida Blue

Parker Quink Black

Sheaffer Skrip Red

[Writers Tool]

Noodler's Coral Sea

Noodler's Catalpa

Iroshizuku Ina Ho

[leofoam]

Parker quink black in a blue cross adventura

Rouge hematite in a red Parker 45

I know, red ink in a vintage pen I a sin, but the 45 cleans very well and I don't have problems

[tfwall]

Montblanc Je T'aime in a MB Poe

J. Herbin Violette Pensée in a CS Drake

Iroshizuku Fuyu-gaki in a Pelikan M205 demonstrator

[floydee1]

Diamine Evergreen in a Green Moire Skyline

[jgrasty]

Noodler's Black in a Pelikan M200

Noodler's Apache Sunset in a unknown Waterman with XXF #5 flex nib

Aurora Black in an unknown Wahl pen with needlepoint flex nib

Iroshizuku Tsuki-Yo in a Pelikan M700

Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black in a Pelikan M200 old style

Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Bordeaux in a Wahl Lady Doric with adjustable flex nib

Noodler's Legal Lapis in a Pilot Fermo

Diamine Ancient Copper in a Pelikan M101N Tortoise

Pelikan Duo in a Pelikan M205

[wastelanded]

Sailor Blue in Dollar 717 OB

Pelikan BB in Lamy ALstar M

Standardgraph Beerenblau in Lamy Safari OB

Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-guri in Kaweco Dia2 BB

Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuyu-kusa in Parker 51 B

[Gloucesterman]

Yama Budo in a Burgundy Namiki Falcon

[RJJ]

Noodler's Heart of Darkness

[WOBentley]

Kobe Maya Lapis

Noodler's Apache Sunset

Diamine Black Green

[Dano808]

Shin Kai in a Pilot Custom 74

Lamy Turquoise (Which I'm liking to my surprise) in a Lamy Al-Star 1.1 Stub.

[irrigger]

Pelikan Highlighter ink in M205 Duo

Lamy Red in Parker 45

PR Electric DC Blue in Parker 51

Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue in a Pelikano

Diamine 50/50 mix of Kelly and Sherwood Green in M1000

[Fakie]

Sailor Jentle Miruai in an ebonite pen from Shawn Newton

 

lovely.

[Uncle Red]

[torstar]

Strangely I have 5 blues and a purple (tanzanite) on the go.

 

Didn't mean it to be that way, usually have only 3 blues on the go.

 

The blues, to my best guess looking at the line laid out...

 

Noodler's Blue

PR DC 2004 Supershow Blue

Parker Penman Sapphire

Lamy Blue

PR American Blue

[brunico]

Sailor Kiwa-guro, Sourakouen tea green and Minatogawa lime, all in broadish italic nibs.

 

Black for where only black will do, the darker green for general stuff and the lime for annotation.

 

I Sailor...

 

 

Sailor Jentle Miruai in an ebonite pen from Shawn Newton

 

lovely.

 

Not familiar with the pen, but Miruai's just gorgeous, isn't it? Enjoy!

Edited June 1, 2013 by brunico

[79spitfire]

MB blue-black, Diamine Red Dragon and PR Midnight blues, fast dry...

[tmenyc]

Using Sailor blue-black for the first time, and it's very very nice. Just a touch less elegant than my MB MIdnight Blue, but not much. It's in a nice wet Vac so I should really get to see it.

 

Tim

[doggonecarl]

Running my newly purchased Chesterfield Archival Vault ink (a.k.a Diamine Registrar's Ink) through a Parker Urban, medium nib.

 

I like it a lot. I'm getting the dark blue-black (when dry) that I was seeking with Noodler's Blue-Black, without the smearing and other problems I encountered with the Noodler's.