Good Red Inks For Teachers Grading On Awful Paper?

[BT-7274]

I'd actually suggest something along the lines of BSAR or BSER. From a student's perspective (mine), they would for make pretty good red yet non-edgy grading. The 16% bulletproofness serves to prevent cheating to boot.

 

Unfortunately, there is occasionally that sheet of 'eco-friendly 100% recycled ACE-sponsored' rubbish that no pen and ink can handle. That includes X-Feather and IG. And ballpoints, believe it or not.

[cvasara]

Skrip Red. Use the Skrip vintage in the Yellow Box. Most of these inks are older than the person using it. That has to be worth something, and they do work well.

Just don't sign your tax returns with it. The IRS just won't see the humor.

[2GreyCats]

Delete -- forgot I'd already commented here. Thought it was a new thread. :headsmack:

Edited January 4, 2013 by 2GreyCats

[PhilProf]

I've used Black Swan in Australian Roses. It seems to work well on less-than-ideal paper.

[josiah]

I'd actually suggest something along the lines of BSAR or BSER. From a student's perspective (mine), they would for make pretty good red yet non-edgy grading.

 

Huh, I hadn't really considered BSER. Neither of these is particularly red, though BSER starts on the page a muddy red and dries to a reddish brown (and written on transparent paper, appears red on the reverse!). It seems to me to be approximately the color of dried blood, so when people describe red-marked papers looking like there's blood splattered all over the page, this is the natural place my imagination goes (seems to me that blood would dry and oxidize pretty quickly).

 

On the other hand, they are both pleasant colors, BSER is pretty neutral-looking (the edge of the red is softened by the brown), and they're both almost certainly going to contrast with whatever color the student uses. My tests have not been particularly thorough, though, so I don't know how well either perform on shoddy paper.

[kestrel]

Noodler's Nikita or Skrip Red (I have Slovenian) are good choices. Dryish fine nibs work best on the worst papers. Drying time is also important if you are grading/marking multi-page assignments so it doesn't smear. Unfortunately the ultimate grading ink is the now discontinued Levenger Fireball, my ink of last resort when the other two feather or bleed through.

[reprieve]

I've discovered that my TWSBI Mini, XF nib, with my usual Skrip Red works a treat on terrible papers!

 

 

(And, goodness, have I been reading some terrible papers! )

[dizzypen]

I use Noodler's Fox Red in a fine nibbed Pilot Prera. It's a bit of a dry writer, so even though Fox spreads it doesn't spread enough (or bleed enough) to cause any problems.

 

I want to try Platinum Pigment Red though.

[Uncle Red]

Dizzy, the Platinum is kind of a Rose color, not a red.

[chris537]

I use dragon's napalm for editing, you can't miss it it's so bright

[dizzypen]

Dizzy, the Platinum is kind of a Rose color, not a red.

 

Well, that isn't necessarily an issue. So long as it's in the red family I can make it work. After all, Noodler's Fox Red is really a red-orange.

[Shaughn]

So long as it's in the red family

 

Then I'd say: Akkerman Oranje Boven.

[da vinci]

I am not ateacher, but i do mark up documents. I use a pilot 78g with a fine nib and a pilot cartridge which works well on all paper types. Do pilot make a red ink cartridge?

[steks]

Traditionally the red has always attracted attention to the "issue." Although not a teacher when I wish to draw attention to something the De Atramentis Red Brown does the job in a less stark fashion. It still makes the point.

[dizzypen]

So long as it's in the red family

 

Then I'd say: Akkerman Oranje Boven.

But it also needs to be waterproof.

[tinta]

From the 60s to the mid 90s, I used bottled Sheaffer Scrip Red ink for most of my marking.

I don't know what this ink is like now, but it used to work well on our Hillroy Exercise Book pages & on foolscap.

[frenchieinpa]

I started using fountain pens to boost my motivation in paper grading because frankly, it's not my favorite part of teaching. By golly, it helps! I now have a quicker rate of assignment correction and return than most teachers at my high school, and I've also suggested to my students that they try using color in their assignments just for fun. I carry an assortment of ten fountain pens in my briefcase with ten different ink colors. There are six more in my desk drawer at school, including one I treasure made for me from purpleheart and yellowheart by a student in wood shop class. I use colors that show up well, but I enjoy variety, so pinks, purples, greens, turquoises, oranges, browns are all fair game in addition to red. And if my student with the Sharpie assortment chooses red for the homework assignment, I can grade in green and the corrections are easy to see.

 

Permanence is not an issue because grades are already electronically posted, as noted in an earlier post, and cheap paper is not an issue because I write like the wind.

 

My current favorite is a big old Sheaffer with a smooooooth stub nib and PR Plum.

[AAN]

I'm still looking for a "proper" red that I like, so thanks for the suggestions.

As someone who has to write on some dodgy papers from time to time, I'd recommend a fine nibbed Pilot Capless. It somehow manages to put down just enough ink without causing bleed. Just a thought.

[tinta]

Well, since posting on this thread, I popped a yet untried Sailor Jentle Red cartridge into one of my 1911-Ms.

This is definitely not the "red" I would recommend for marking. A bright Fire Orange maybe, but not a serviceable red.

Fortunately, Sailor reserves this ink for their proprietary cartridges only.

[awilliamson]

Diamine Matador - nice and bright - really stands out well against other colours.