Which Inks Are You Using Today?

[noddle]

KWZ Dark Brown (Conid Kingsize M)

Noodler's Tiananmen (Omas Paragon Einaudi M)

[AndyYNWA]

Paid my bills today...

KWZ IG Turquoise

[Freddy]

And Omas Amerigo Vespucci Red.....................................................................................................................

 

Fred

[eliweisz]

Monteverde Canyon Rust in an Edison Pearlette (1.1mm stub).

[Chrissy]

 

And Omas Amerigo Vespucci Red.....................................................................................................................

 

 

Fred

 

I have that one too. It's not as nice as I thought it would be. On the other hand none of my Omas inks (except blue in the black box) are as nice as I thought they would be.

[dylim1]

Platinum Silky Purple

Sailor Yamadori

[Misfit]

Diamine Apple Glory, Kaweco Summer Purple sample, Diamine Eclipse, Diamine Blue Lightning, J Herbin Vert Reseda, J Herbin Rouge Opera, samples of MB Corn Poppy Red and Irish Green, Diamine Soft Mint

[carlos.q]

[KKay]

KWZ-Green Gold

Noodler's-Bad Black Moccasin

KWZ-Grapefruit

Diamine-Kelly Green

Robert Oster-Deep Sea

Diamine-Midnight

Papier Plume-Oyster Grey

[stephanos]

CultPens Deep Dark Red in a Retro 51 Tornado that I recently bought on a trip to the US

Aurora Black in a Pilot Custom 823 (I blame Waski the Squirrel's series on black inks)

Lamy Petrol in a vintage Brause.

[ENewton]

Montblanc Lavender Purple in a Parker 51

Iroshizuku Ajisai in a Lamy Safari

[KKay]

Diamine-Burgundy Rose

GvFC-Moss Green

Diamine-Asa Blue

Diamine-Midnight

Sailor-Miruai

Sailor-Rikyu cha

GvFC-Hazelnut Brown

Robert Oster-Deep Sea

[ENewton]

Graf von Faber-Castell Violet Blue in a Waterman Elegance M. Unbelievably dry ink.

[amberleadavis]

Graf von Faber-Castell Violet Blue in a Waterman Elegance M. Unbelievably dry ink.

 

I expected so much more, this ink is disappointing.

[carlos.q]

Graf von Faber-Castell Violet Blue in a Waterman Elegance M. Unbelievably dry ink.

Will have to try this one with one of my wet Pelikans.

[hmj]

I filled my pen with Akkerman's Stormachtig Blauw. Hoped it would be more blue than the purple-black I'm getting, but the color is subtle anyway and does remind me of a dark stormy sky at night. It's slightly drier than my ideal, but flows great and behaves incredibly well on a variety of paper.

[Tweety06]

Two very similar shades:

J Herbin Eclat de Saphir

Pilot Iroshizuku Ajisai

[Bookman]

[KKay]

GvFC-Moss Green

Diamine-Burgundy Rose

Sailor-Sky High

Diamine-Sargasso Sea

Noodler's-Habanero

Noodler's-Bad Black Moccasin

Iroshizuku-Fuyu syogun

Iroshizuku-Yama budo

Edited August 26, 2017 by KKay

[ENewton]

So far this morning, I did a side-by-side comparison of R & K Scabiosa with Robert Oster Barossa Grape. At least in the pens I tried, the two inks are quite similar. (See also the recent comparison, by Amy Davis, on the Van Ness website.)

 

Then, with some trepidation, I finally inked up a pen with Noodler's Kung Te Cheng. There are so many stories told about this ink that I find myself looking sidelong at the pen, as if it might, at any moment, DO SOMETHING DRAMATIC. And of course, I nearly panicked when I got some on my fingers, but it did wash off.

 

But the day has just begun, and I'll spend part of it volunteering at the San Francisco International Pen Show, where there are hundreds of inks to try...