Week #15 / 9 Apr: Oh My Eyes! - 2017 Weekly Ink Project

[Tas]

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_week_15_r&k_helianthus.jpg

[lgsoltek]

 

 

I love both!

[Tas]

 

I love both!

 

I love Ancient Copper but wanted a "happier" derivative.

 

Do you actually write with Helianthus? It must be my eyes, I can't easily read anything with it.

[lgsoltek]

 

I love Ancient Copper but wanted a "happier" derivative.

 

Do you actually write with Helianthus? It must be my eyes, I can't easily read anything with it.

 

 

I don't write much with it (given the amount of inks I have...) but I find it quite legible, much more than say, Diamine Yellow or Pelikan Yellow Highlighter.

[Tas]

 

but I find it quite legible, much more than say, Diamine Yellow or Pelikan Yellow Highlighter.

 

True . . .

[lgsoltek]

 

True . . .

 

I need to try some Ancient Copper. I have never tried it even though i put it in my 100 list.

[Tas]

 

I need to try some Ancient Copper. I have never tried it even though i put it in my 100 list.

 

 

PM me your address and I'll send some off to you.

 

[lgsoltek]

 

 

PM me your address and I'll send some off to you.

 

 

 

Oh you're too kind!

[Newjelan]

+1

[evyxmsj]

I refused to use BSB for the 3rd time, so I played with a few inks. The second one is Private Reserve Chartreuse.

 

 

 

Ouch! Even through the scan and screen

 

Here's mine:

http://i67.tinypic.com/w6tqwz.jpg

 

Terrible bleedthrough and feathering on Tomoe. Though it is a dip nib.

[amberleadavis]

I love that it is obnoxious.

[Newjelan]

Here's mine:

http://i67.tinypic.com/w6tqwz.jpg

 

Terrible bleedthrough and feathering on Tomoe. Though it is a dip nib.

That's a great deal of feathering. If it behaves like BSB, diluting it with 20% water may fix that without loss of vibrancy.

[lgsoltek]

Ugh, that feathering is terrible.

[evyxmsj]

And now I realise I forgot the 'y' in Baystate!

[LizEF]

And now I realise I forgot the 'y' in Baystate!

 

It's OK. We were squinting too much to notice...

[lgsoltek]

http://extras.ourpatioparty.com/files/8514/9226/0994/Shakespeare_Velvet_Red-640p.jpg

...so I'm just showin' it off. Guess the pen!

So... what's the pen? I only know it's a Sheaffer.

[HalloweenHJB]

Sheaffer sold as an early version of Levenger's True Writer?

[inkstainedruth]

 

It's OK. We were squinting too much to notice...

 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[amberleadavis]

I found one that was suggested and I had forgotten I'd had a sample to try.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_2194.jpg

[amberleadavis]

http://www.sheismylawyer.com/2017_1_Ink/04-April/slides/2017-04-10_Ink_104.jpg