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Konrad? Where are you? We can't take orders until we have ink, please check in! The inkers are restless.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Konrad? Where are you? We can't take orders until we have ink, please check in! The inkers are restless.

*Angry crowd murmurs* Ink! ink Ink! Ink! INK!

 

The People Demand Ink!

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o/~ Do you hear the people sing... singing a song called "Where's the ink?"... o/~

 

 

ROFLOL.... now is in my head and I'll be singing that all day..... :lticaptd:

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ROFLOL.... now is in my head and I'll be singing that all day..... :lticaptd:

 

I now worry that this makes me look like I feel entitled to the fruits of Konrad's labors. Really, I was just inspired to make up song lyrics! :)

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And for those of you who love Iron Gall inks.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Ink_Companies/KWZI-Konrad_Ink/slides/2014-04-24_IG_01_KWZI.JPG

Dark iron gall inks are definitely missing on the market! I presume these samples were written with dip pens? Or are they really that dark with a modern fountain pen?

Everything is impermanent.

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o/~ Do you hear the people sing... singing a song called "Where's the ink?"... o/~

 

 

 

ROFLOL.... now is in my head and I'll be singing that all day..... :lticaptd:

 

 

OH, let me really charm you...I've been working on a little ditty. When I finally post it up, ya'll make it viral it will be so funny.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I have to ask, am I the only one that struggles to tell the difference between some of the blues? I certainly believe they are different colors, but maybe this is a supporting excuse to get a nicer computer monitor.

You are not the only one.

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Gimme the ink, the ink, the ink. ♫.

Walk in shadow / Walk in dread / Loosefish walk / As Like one dead

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Gimme the ink, the ink, the ink. ♫.

 

Oh it's titled "I've not an Inking problem"

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/268370-need-help-with-lyrics-to-ambers-newest-diddy/

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dark iron gall inks are definitely missing on the market! I presume these samples were written with dip pens? Or are they really that dark with a modern fountain pen?

Those were written with dip pen, but also in regular fountain pen they are going to saturated, naturally dip pens always give nicer colors ;)

 

I wanted to charm fpn with some really nice colors, and wanted to add more highly saturated, greens, browns and reds to list of my colors, but I have problems with feathering and nib creep in them. So it again took some time to try to tune them. Altough I'm still not satisfied with their properties, and I will start those red and browns from the beginning.

 

Last week I finally admitted in front of myself that expanding number of colors for more reds and browns will take more time then I planned. And started preparing samples. I have to prepare 6 sets of all colors (3 for fpn, 2 on polish board, one for a friend from UK, plus sets in which only some colors are included which gives me ~460 samples to prepare (I have now 47 diffrent colors). This takes time :( Now I have prepared already 386 samples, so it is almost done.

I have a lot of tape - and I won't hesitate to use it!

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Dear Konrad... 47 different colors is quite impressive!!!! I am definitely will have a hard time collecting all your colors... :bawl:

 

 

(Oh yeah... I know you Amberlea, you are thinking "I need a third cabinet".. :lol:)

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Dear Konrad... 47 different colors is quite impressive!!!! I am definitely will have a hard time collecting all your colors... :bawl:

 

 

(Oh yeah... I know you Amberlea, you are thinking "I need a third cabinet".. :lol:)

 

 

Oh, I hadn't thought that far ahead yet...I was thinking I needed to find a source for the gimborn bottles. Then Konrad could ship in pouches and we could decant to FPN gimborn bottles.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oh, I hadn't thought that far ahead yet...I was thinking I needed to find a source for the gimborn bottles. Then Konrad could ship in pouches and we could decant to FPN gimborn bottles.

That would be AMAZING! I would buy so many of those bottles....

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I want all the samples! Gief ink! My eyes are rolling and there are bubbles of red ink near my mouth, seriously can't wait to try these colors in person!

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I'm long overdue for posting photos from Pen Salon Steinhaus (ack, it was at the end of May! And we're organizing another one for mid-August!), but I am determined to post some photos of Konrad and his inks! These aren't great photos (I was really busy that day) (and the sun was in my eyes, har har har), and I wish the one of Konrad wasn't blurry (the last photo, if all goes as expected with the uploads (it's past 3 am here)), and so on and so forth, so let's go:

 

Konrad at Pen Salon Steinhaus soon after arrival:

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Some of his KWZ Inks:

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Some inks on the page (sampling, scribbling):

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The bottles AND the notepad with all the scribbled samples:

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Iron-gall turquoise - written with a wet dip pen. I have a sample of this ink in my Edison Morgan Triumph, an eye-dropper with a very wet F-ish nib, and it's a gorgeous dark not-teal but not-blue and not-green, too. Looks more on the blue side in this photo:

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Here's the czerwony (cher-vony) (or red) that dries a dark brown if used in a wet nib. In a not so wet nib, at least in my Pelikan Toledo (F), the fresh color wasn't as vibrant and it didn't dry dark brown, but I had tried it in the above-mentioned Edison, and it was cool to watch the color change from this fresh red to the rich dark brown.

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Another photo of the ink while it was wet (again, dip pen with a wide nib). Wish I'd taken a more organized series of shots of these colors.

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If you try to read the Polish words on the right, yes, I know, piękne is not spelled piętne. Duh.

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And the I'm-sorry-it's-blurry photo of Konrad. What a nice guy!

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Looks like you had a blast. :)

The place looks nice too.

I am looking forward to seeing these ferrogallic inks in a fountain pen with average flow and a fine nib!

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Lisa, I am so proud of you for not holding him hostage for an inky ransom!

 

Konrad...we need ink!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lisa, I am so proud of you for not holding him hostage for an inky ransom!

 

Konrad...we need ink!

 

Laughing, cos... you have no idea how big (small) this apartment is. If I held him hostage, where could I put him?

 

Maybe Konrad will come to our SECOND Pen Salon Steinhaus in August!

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