What Do You Have Inked?

[WLSpec]

M205 Black pen with a BB Mottishaw stub - Diamine Mulled Wine. A fantastically wet writer!

[aimi]

 

I am not Ruth, but I'll add my "two-cents" worth.

 

In my experience, Kon-peki is a true cerulean blue with relatively high saturation and relatively low shading.

Edelstein Topaz is a bit less saturated, has more shading, and leans toward a turquoise color.

 

 

 

I've used Kon-peki, and really like it. But not in any of the Pelikans. In my experience a lot of Iroshizuku inks are on the wet side, and probably too wet for most Pelikans. My first bird was a 1990s era M400 Brown Tortoise, and I was thinking that with it's springy and juicy wet nib it would be great for drawing with. But I found that my original plan of putting Yama-guri in it (which is one of those inks I NEVER want to be without ) was too wet for the pen. OTOH, Noodler's Walnut, which is pretty dry, worked very well in it, and so did Edelstein Smoky Quartz (which is a similar color to Yama-guri -- I really like browns that lean slightly sepia).

Kon-peki works really well in my Pilot Decimo, as do several other Iroshizuku inks (I was going to put Yama-budo back in it for this weekend, but packing on Tuesday was a little crazy and I misplaced the bottle somewhere in the house. I considered Murasaki-shikibu (a new ink for me) but already had a pen inked up with a similar enough purple that I decided to hold off, and tried the first non-Pilot ink in the Decimo instead (Birmingham Smithfield Street Bridge Truss Blue), which is a gorgeous cobalt blue. And we'll see how hard it is to flush a fairly saturated ink out of the Decimo later....

I have not done a comparison between Kon-peki and Topaz (or, for that matter, adding in Diamine Havasu Turquoise -- which is a dead ringer for Topaz, IMO -- and also De Atramentis Sky High, which I also like).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Thanks, both of you. I'll probably try to get a sample of Topaz, but if it's not as cerulean as Kon Peki I'll probably start looking again. I just love saturated blues.

[Mercian]

An all-black M805 with a bi-colour ‘F’ nib. Inked with Edelstein Olivine.

 

The combination is a haptic delight

[WLSpec]

M205 - Apache Sunset

 

M400 - Serenity Blue

[mrjustice]

M800 red stripe-M nib with Aurora Black. I seem to like black in the red striped birds.

[DrDebG]

Tonight I have inked 17 pens.

 

Let me highlight just one which seems inviting - My Manuscript 1856 in Turquoise with a stub nib, which is almost perfectly matched with Diamine Soft Mint.

[Linger]

M205 (M) inked with Edelstein Olivine (not a surprise...I do like this colour, it has a military vibe...)

M800 (M) inked with Iroshizuku Chin-Ryoku

M1005 not inked...waiting for the EF nib to replace the F nib...then to be inked with Iroshizuku Shin-Kai (or I might try Fuyu-Syogun for the first time)

[pajaro]

Parker 51 Mark III, rolled gold cap and bloody burgundy, broad nib, made in the UK. Pelikan M400 White Tortoise, EF.

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Edited April 8, 2020 by pajaro

[mana]

Primarily a Pelikan 100N (post war) with a stellar 14k CI B-nib (c. 1950). It is housed in a Pelikan desk pen holder so always ready to write. Ink is... Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black.

"The Other Ones":

- Pelikan 400NN (BB),

- Pelikan 400NN Tortoise (M),
- Kaweco V12 (superb CI B-nib),
- Parker 51 Aerometric (very nice B stub),
- Lamy 2000 (from late 1960s/early 70s) with an OF nib from a LAMY 99,
- Pelikan M200 Blue Marbled (F, steel) and finally,
- Woodshed Pen Co. handmade pen with a Jowo 1.1mm italic nib.

Inks in use are Pelikan 4001 BB, Sailor Souboku, Diamine Eau de Nil, Diamine Alexandrite (non-shimmer version) and Diamine Shimmertastic Blue Lightning.

[gmathio]

M805 Stresemann with Iroshizuku Asa Gao

M600 green striated with 4001 Royal Blue

M600 black (old style) with Edelstein Onyx

[SashK]

M200 with Sailor Manyo Haha

Edited April 11, 2020 by Sashku

[Jerome Tarshis]

A 120N Iconic Blue, and still using the 4001 royal blue ink that came with the pen.

 

As for other brands, a Parker Aero 51 with Aurora black.

[Mercian]

M805 inked with Edelstein Aquamarine.

 

Aerometric “51” inked with Noodler's Black.

[pmhudepo]

M1000 green/black, EF nib, with De Atramentis JS Bach (dark ebony brown) ink

M1005 Stresemann, EF nib, with Iroshizuku Fuyu-Syogun (grey) ink

 

Which is the same as it was many months ago. Rinse and repeat, quite literally. A few other pens has been in use as well, but the M1000/M1005 turns out to be a great daily writer.

 

[N1003U]

M205 Red, F, with 4001 Brilliant Black

M205 Taupe, F, with 4001 Brilliant Brown

 

In some ways, these are two of the finest pens I own, with two of the best-matched inks. I value these pens especially for their reliability in putting down extraordinarily consistent lines with a reliability that is exceeded by no pen I have ever used, with a very agreeable amount of feedback.

[N1003U]

M1000 green/black, EF nib, with De Atramentis JS Bach (dark ebony brown) ink

M1005 Stresemann, EF nib, with Iroshizuku Fuyu-Syogun (grey) ink

 

Which is the same as it was many months ago. Rinse and repeat, quite literally. A few other pens has been in use as well, but the M1000/M1005 turns out to be a great daily writer.

 

Lovely pens. I have an M and a B, but both are fire hoses (which is particularly annoying for this left-hander). I need to do something about the flow one of these days. The nibs are a pleasure to use, but still WAY to juicy for me, even with the lightest of touches.

[Penman222]

 

My M805 blue dunes is permanently inked with Kon-Peki. The nib is M grind to cursive italic. The pen works really well with Kon-Peki.

My M101n red tortoise is inked with Iro Kosumosu, the autum cherry color is beautiful, my favorite pink.

I got a vintage 400 with KM nib also inked with Kosumosu. It is wetter than M101n, giving more depth to the pink color.

My M605 white transparent is inked with Kiri-Sami, the gray color of Iro line.

My M600 white violet is inked with one of Iro blue-purple, I dont remember the Japanese name.

I am a big fan of Iro inks!

 

 

 

I like Iro inks as well, have my fine M200 filled with Tsukushi which is a good match.

[Linger]

I got my M1005 EF nib (as replacement for a F nib) and it is goooood. Needed some time to get use to though...it is wetter and more bouncy than other nibs I am used to and thus leaves more ink on every paper...even for a EF!

 

Anyway, started with Iroshizuku (my favorite inks) shin-kai, and switched today to aji-sai, a more Spring-upbeat-blue/purple-joyful color. Really nice.

[MHBru]

m805 ocean swirl fine j herbin bleu nuit

m800 blue stripe fine iroshizuku kon peki

m800 red stripe fine Carn D' Ache ultra violet

m205 blue demonstrator medium Franklin Christoph Midnight Emerald

Time for an update.

M800 blue stripe still had kon peki and thats been a standard

Ocean swirl Herbin bleu austral

M800 red stripe Iroshizuku fuyu gaki (loving this combination)

M205 blue demonstator kyonoto aonibi.

Ductus Herbin bleu de Minuit

Edited April 19, 2020 by MHBru

[CoolBreeze]

M805 blue stripe with Taccia Sora