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Thanks for the kind offer.

I have a sheet of paper with German umlauts, and some Spanish punctuation I need....It just wouldn't take it.

Too much trouble to hunt around to cut and paste...but thanks.... oe works  ö.

Alt 0246 on the pad. This time it worked.

 

I really got to write down that ¢ number..alt 162 where I an see it easier....I have a half A'ed German keyboard, with home made markings. It is hard getting a pure US keyboard over here.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

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6 hours ago, I-am-not-really-here said:

Waterman Havane (which is the French distribution of Havana Brown aka Absolute Brown)and Pelikan 4001 Pink.

Wait -- you found Havana Brown/Absolute Brown someplace???  Do tell!  (And do they have any more?)

I really liked Absolute Brown, especially in the vintage Waterman ideal chased BHR ringtop I picked up at an estate sale last winter....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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6 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Wait -- you found Havana Brown/Absolute Brown someplace???  Do tell!  (And do they have any more?)

I really liked Absolute Brown, especially in the vintage Waterman ideal chased BHR ringtop I picked up at an estate sale last winter....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Have you tried Levenger Cocoa Brown?  I recently splurged bid & won a second NOS bottle for a reasonable price... and then of course found the bottle I thought I'd lost. I've opened the bottle and added more biocide (Liquid Germall Plus and Euxyl PE 9010) because preservatives don't last long at all past 6-12 months in aqueous solutions, even with a seal. If you're in North America, I would happily trade for ink samples you're not a fan of - there are sooo many inks I'd love to try.
 

Send me a PM if so. I have recently been gifted a few more lovely brown ink samples and a mini-iroshizuku yama-guri... and I don't use nearly enough ink to justify having a second bottle - if you're familiar with Levenger inks (and their lovely built-in bottle cone inkwells!), it'd be lovely to get the ink into the hands of another fan of brown inks. Levenger's inks were not super shaders, no discernible sheen (in the colors I've tried), but lovely rich saturated warm colors, wet enough for flex nibs (with the right feeds), beautiful whether with stub/italic or dry EF/UEF nibs -- quintessentially middle-of-road and well-behaved!

 

I sort of suspect that Levenger paid Pelikan or Waterman to make their inks for them - they've got a lot of similarities!

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7 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Wait -- you found Havana Brown/Absolute Brown someplace???  Do tell!  (And do they have any more?)

I really liked Absolute Brown, especially in the vintage Waterman ideal chased BHR ringtop I picked up at an estate sale last winter....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

In the usual place. Another option - https://www.fountainpenrecycler.com/waterman-encre-unopened-original-marron-brown-ink-50ml-single-bottle/. Though I've read that the browns are not comparable. 

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Well sheesh, when did Waterman discontinue Absolute Brown?  I tried searching for that information. 

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I think it was in the past year or so.  Trying to remember which thread it was where I first read about it no longer being made....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Bought a bottle of Robert Oster Rubine for addressing holiday cards this year at the Colorado Pen Show and the vendor was offering "buy one get the second 40% off" so...sure, lets get a bottle of Deep Purple too!

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  I bought a bottle of Sailor Shikiori Shigure because I saw @USG’s paper/ink test with it. 

Top 5 of 20 currently inked pens:

MontBlanc 144 IB, Herbin Orange Indien/ Wearingeul Frost

Sailor x Daimaru Central Rockhopper Penguin PGS mini, Sailor Wonder Blue

Parker 88 Place Vendôme IB, Diamine Golden Sands

Parker “51” Desk pen EF, Sailor Manyo Konagi

Yiren Giraffe IEF, Pilot Yama-Guri/sky blue holographic mica

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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Pilot Iroshizuku Tsutsuji. I love red/pink inks. I found the ink pretty wild on IG because it looks different to me depending on the pen/nib/paper. I never bought any because I thought it was close to Pelikan Edelstein Star Ruby. Then I found out Pilot discontinued it. So I bought a fomo bottle or two.

 

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On 10/13/2024 at 10:53 AM, antares1966 said:

 a bottle of Deep Purple too!

 

I've found that to be a stealth black (in a fine nib). ❤️

 

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Platinum Carbon Ink. Pigmented rather than dye-based. I'm wondering how it will compare to Noodler's Heart of Darkness.  I'm going to use it in an inexpensive pen in case it stains. 😬😬

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7 minutes ago, davisgt said:

Platinum Carbon Ink. Pigmented rather than dye-based. I'm wondering how it will compare to Noodler's Heart of Darkness.  I'm going to use it in an inexpensive pen in case it stains. 😬😬

@davisgt, this has been my favorite ink for Japanese EF nibs.  It's well lubricated and is quite black. And in my case, it has been easy to use and clean out.  Good luck!

Currently most used pen: Lamy 2000, Makrolon <F> -- filled with Lamy Pink Cliff ink

 

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@davisgt That will be an interesting comparison (Heart of Darkness is sort of my go-to black ink, since it dries faster than the regular Noodler's Black and is pretty waterproof/lightfast).  I have a bottle of Platinum Carbon Black but haven't gotten around to trying it yet.

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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There was a great review of 10 black inks, including the three that have been mentioned, on a Goulet Pens video.  Here is the link: 

 

Using right now:

Jinhao 9019 "EF" nib running Birmingham Railroad Spike

Schon DSGN Pocket Six "F" nib running Pelikan 4001 Blue

Moonman A! "EF" nib running Ferris Wheel Press Wonderous Winterberry

Stipula Suprema Foglio d'Oro "M" nib running Van Dieman's Royal Starfish

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I bought 4 bottles of Ferris Wheel Press because they were offering “buy one get one”, but turns out I had a $50 off coupon which was a better deal.

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4 hours ago, Mechanical said:

@davisgt, this has been my favorite ink for Japanese EF nibs.  It's well lubricated and is quite black. And in my case, it has been easy to use and clean out.  Good luck!

Oooh. I could use it in my new Platinum President with an EF nib. Black pen. Black ink. That sounds lovely.  

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20 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

@davisgt That will be an interesting comparison (Heart of Darkness is sort of my go-to black ink, since it dries faster than the regular Noodler's Black and is pretty waterproof/lightfast).  I have a bottle of Platinum Carbon Black but haven't gotten around to trying it yet.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

You should Ruth, it's a fabulous black ink.  I keep a 149 on my desk at work inked in black for documents that require a signature that has Platinum Carbon Black in it most of the time - about every third time I fill it though I find myself reaching for Iroshizuku Take-Sumi (my second favourite 'black' ink) to give it a bit of a rinse - really not sure if that has any benefit at all but alleviates my fear somehow that the inside of my pen doesn't resemble an old pirate's tar-infused lungs..

 

BPC 'Gunpowder', MB 'Mystery Black' and Diamine 'Onyx Black' are others that I use and like.

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No! More! Ink! said I.

 

Okay...now I bought Taccia Ao, Kawco Midnight, and JH Toits de Paris.

 

I probably thought it was No!  More ink.

My latest ebook.   And not just for Halloween!
 

My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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At the Dallas Pen show, bought a bottle of NOS vintage Quink Washable Blue.

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1 hour ago, The Mustard said:

 

You should Ruth, it's a fabulous black ink.  I keep a 149 on my desk at work inked in black for documents that require a signature that has Platinum Carbon Black in it most of the time - about every third time I fill it though I find myself reaching for Iroshizuku Take-Sumi (my second favourite 'black' ink) to give it a bit of a rinse - really not sure if that has any benefit at all but alleviates my fear somehow that the inside of my pen doesn't resemble an old pirate's tar-infused lungs..

 

BPC 'Gunpowder', MB 'Mystery Black' and Diamine 'Onyx Black' are others that I use and like.

Well, I'm not much for black inks just in general (even back growing up, except in the occasional calligraphy class -- I much preferred blue ink over black in ballpoints.

I like HoD for its permanence and water resistance.  I like Take-sumi for its je ne sais quoi  qualities (looking almost tactile and three dimensional on the page).  And I used to really like modern Quink Black -- especially in my first semi-vintage pen, a Parker 45 with a 14K medium nib -- put that ink in that pen and it was like dancing on ice across the page.  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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