Can A Man Use Yama Budo?

[inkstainedruth]

I went to college with a guy who was red-green colorblind; he was, IIRC, a photography major. We used to rag on him a bit in the sculpture studio when we found out: "Hey, what color is that file cabinet in the corner?" And he'd say "I *know* it's supposed to be green -- looks grey to me, though...." I guess being partly colorblind isn't a disadvantage when doing B&W photography -- I suspect he saw grey scales *really* well. (I, on the other hand, kinda sucked at the Ansel Adams bracketing stuff.... )

So I guess the question for the OP (before we all hijacked the thread with our Hello Kitty tanks) should have been this: Can you describe what Yama-budo looks like to *you*?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

ETA: If mchenart and scrawler are going to engage in a holy war I'm gonna sell tickets. And popcorn. I'll make a mint, or at least enough to get a sample of Yama-budo myself, to see what the fuss is all about :roflmho:

Edited October 26, 2012 by inkstainedruth

[Scrawler]

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ETA: If mchenart and scrawler are going to engage in a holy war I'm gonna sell tickets. And popcorn. I'll make a mint, or at least enough to get a sample of Yama-budo myself, to see what the fuss is all about :roflmho:

It is lovely ink and you should get some to try anyway, without ink wars.

[Daisy]

...or else I will have a snit.

 

Oh, lord help us: self-described big hairy ugly dude sporting a surly attitude and a bright pink Hello Kitty personal WMD (and, quite possibly, matching underwear, going by various links) busting loose of all self-control and having a snit over a food item that has -- please forgive me -- quite the vomitorial appearance... and for no reason I can explain, I hear cheery 70s disco in the background.

 

Ohhhhh, yeah. I think my brain is fixin' to explode. I must look away from the picture in my head very soon -- if I can only detach from the morbid fascination...

[mchenart]

Seriously, I find Yama Budo a beautiful colour ink without any gender association and which behaves wonderfully in all my pens. To me it looks more purple than pink, and a lively, vibrant purple at that. I am going to hide a bottle or two under my bed when I order all existing Yama Budo stock confiscated and burnt (I am joking).

Edited October 27, 2012 by mchenart

[79spitfire]

Ok, now I NEED some of this to round out my my obnoxious ink collection.

[Moondust]

Just wondering, can a man use Iroshizuku Kosumosu?

 

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Edited October 27, 2012 by Moondust

[Ghost Plane]

Only in a dark gray, silver trim Omas LE with a stub nib.

[JefferyS]

It helps if you wear this around your neck.

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0046/5192/products/Macho_Dog_Spike_Double-Ply_Collar_Pink_1024x1024.jpg?102927

 

[kronos77]

I went to college with a guy who was red-green colorblind; he was, IIRC, a photography major. We used to rag on him a bit in the sculpture studio when we found out: "Hey, what color is that file cabinet in the corner?" And he'd say "I *know* it's supposed to be green -- looks grey to me, though...." I guess being partly colorblind isn't a disadvantage when doing B&W photography -- I suspect he saw grey scales *really* well. (I, on the other hand, kinda sucked at the Ansel Adams bracketing stuff.... )

So I guess the question for the OP (before we all hijacked the thread with our Hello Kitty tanks) should have been this: Can you describe what Yama-budo looks like to *you*?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

ETA: If mchenart and scrawler are going to engage in a holy war I'm gonna sell tickets. And popcorn. I'll make a mint, or at least enough to get a sample of Yama-budo myself, to see what the fuss is all about :roflmho:

 

Yama Budo looks like a mysterious purple to me. Of course purple looks like a mysterious blue, while blue is just blue. Yama Budo looks to me like the color people call "Hot Pink".

[79spitfire]

Just wondering, can a man use Iroshizuku Kosumosu?

 

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Why not??

I keep telling you guys, (pay attention single guys )it attracts the ladies!!

[peter57]

Greetings all - My daughter liked the color, so I bought a bottle of this for her to give to Dear Old Dad as a Father's Day Gift (I've taken to buying my own gifts these days. That way I get what I want ....I know...I know....a bit dodgy but what the heck)

 

I understand this is a free flowing ink. I have some concerns about using it with my Pelikan M800 with a broad nib and wonder if i would be better off using it with one of my medium nib pens. Any thoughts?

[amberleadavis]

@Peter, try it - I use it in a broad TWSBI and like it.

[Gloucesterman]

Simply put --"What other people think of you is none of your business!!

[Ghost Plane]

Greetings all - My daughter liked the color, so I bought a bottle of this for her to give to Dear Old Dad as a Father's Day Gift (I've taken to buying my own gifts these days. That way I get what I want ....I know...I know....a bit dodgy but what the heck)

 

I understand this is a free flowing ink. I have some concerns about using it with my Pelikan M800 with a broad nib and wonder if i would be better off using it with one of my medium nib pens. Any thoughts?

A favorite in my 3B M1000 so give it a try and see. I prefer wetter inks and nibs, so it's down to personal taste.

[Spire]

A REAL MAN is confident in his manhood and can use any color of ink he pleases.

 

I agree but this is pushing it. Real men can only see 16 colors, and that is pink.

 

You can count yourself luck that you are color blind and cant see it.

[queenofpens]

The World Supreme (lol) Council are just wannabees. The wonderful thing about us progressives, is that we never need to defend our masculinity, or femininity, or whatever. Also any ink made for a fountain pen is not "inappropriate" by definition.

 

I gave up trying to defend my feminity after giving birth to my second child. If that didn't convince them, I don't see how pink ink would help. Or skirts or high heels or . . . .

[Ghost Plane]

Put on a uniform and sit at the controls of a fighter plane. Every man for miles around will suddenly be hyper-focused on your gender.

[Scrawler]

I have finally decided that men should not be using that stuff. What they should do is sent their stocks to me, so that I can save them the humiliation of being seen with it.

[hbquikcomjamesl]

As long as your underwear is either boxers or a union suit (but never briefs), and as long as you never eat quiche, you are a real man.

 

(At one time, I skated on an adult drill team. For the first year, the top half of the uniform [a "toy soldier" look, inspired by the Stan Laurel line, "I thought you'd said one thousand wooden soldiers at six foot tall" for "March of the Toys"] was a long-sleeved high-necked leotard, decorated with buttons, braid, and fringed epaulettes; every time I put on the uniform, I did so over a long-sleeved undershirt and boxer shorts, and on one occasion, my best friend's wife [maybe fiancee at the time; I don't remember] even got a cheap thrill, by walking into the skate repair room, to find me stripped to my underwear, passing the legs of my boxer shorts through the legholes of the aforementioned leotard.)

[queenofpens]

Put on a uniform and sit at the controls of a fighter plane. Every man for miles around will suddenly be hyper-focused on your gender.

 

Too old - I was barely under the age limit when they took the first female pilots, but also too short, too near-sighted, and too allergic. My husband was a military pilot, but now he can't pass the physical any more. I almost replied to your Hello Kitty post with my certainty that he would have taken the dare when he was young.

 

It will have to be left to my petite 6-year old granddaughter, who wants to be either a fighter pilot, an airline pilot, or an astronaut, depending on what day it is - if she can grow enough to make the height limit. She already knows more about aircraft operations, engineering, and instrumentation than any of the boys.

 

But she likes pink and will be getting a pink Lamy Nexx from me in a couple of months. I leave it up to her parents to decide when she can switch from washable blue to pink ink. It should go nicely with her little pink fighter pilot jacket from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's gift shop. We had to get her the limited edition military pilot Barbie to get her to stop wearing pink high heels with it - even Barbie is not allowed to wear pink high heels with a flight suit, she comes with standard combat boots.

 

Wandering from the topic again, I guess. Sorry.