Wettest Ink for M600 Fine Point

[GNL]

Hello FPNers, 

 

It’s been a long time since I posted here, as I fell out of love with my many fountain pens for a while due to inky fingers.  But I’ve recently returned to the fold and ordered a new pen, a Pelikan M600 in blue, fine point.  I would have probably bought medium point, but fine was all the retailer had left in time for my upcoming birthday, so I went for it.  I’ve been reading quite a bit since and discovered that Pelikan’s fine is wider than most, so perhaps it was serendipitous.  

 

In any case, to get the most out of my fine-point Pelikan, I’d like to know what brands of bottled ink are the wettest, so that my fine-point pen will write as juicy and broad as possible.  Thanks in advance for your feedback.

 

Gary

[ajoe]

Whenever I have a pen that needs help with ink flow, I always reach for Aurora Black and the chances are very good those problems will vanish. And I have never ran into a pen that had a problem with Aurora black.

 

HTH

[GNL]

Thanks, Ajoe!  I've got a bottle of Aurora Black in my drawer.  Perhaps that's the ink I'll start with.

 

Do you think Aurora Blue performs just the same?

[ajoe]

4 minutes ago, GNL said:

Thanks, Ajoe!

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Do you think Aurora Blue performs just the same?

I do not recall. I have used Aurora blue and blue/black in the past, but as to how they compare in flow, I don't remember and don't currently have any to compare for you.

 

Good luck. Glad you have a bottle of black on hand.

[tacitus]

As far as I can tell from my personal experiences, Pilot Tsukiyo and Sailor blue black are wetter than Pelikan 4001 blue black.

[lionelc]

i will add my vote for pilot tsukiyo - one of the wetter iroshizuku inks.  if you are more keen for european inks - cant go past aurora black or j herbin perle noire.

[djm1121]

6 hours ago, lionelc said:

i will add my vote for pilot tsukiyo - one of the wetter iroshizuku inks.  if you are more keen for european inks - cant go past aurora black or j herbin perle noire. I would not use these inks I mentioned in a quick note taking session as they take a bit to dry, if you have a blotter on hand that could change things.

Aurora Black and Jacques Herbin Bleu de minuit, both inks I currently use and are well lubricated. Turns my Scribo into a firehose...

[TitoThePencilPimp]

Usually a Pilot or Sailor ink does the trick.

[Karmachanic]

3 hours ago, djm1121 said:

both inks I currently use and are well lubricated. Turns my Scribo into a firehose...

 

Lubrication and wetness are different characteristics.  It's possible to have a wet ink that's not particularly lubricated.  Both can be increased with particular additives relevant to each need.

 

For example glycerine to increase lubrication, and Liquitex will increase flow/wetness

[Bo Bo Olson]

Aurora Blue is not real wet. Only tried it once, not very dark.

Japanese is the way to go................and you need a poor paper to give you a wider line.

Waterman inks use to be considered wet before Noodlers. There are Noodler users who think Waterman is a dry ink!

 

Gold plated nib goes with gold plated trim. Steel goes with the 'rhodium' plated trim.

In I really don't care if my nib trim matches the rest of my pen I've often used a mono-tone 14 K gold '50's stubbed semi-flex nib.

My gold trimmed white gold or rhodium coated  605 BB nib has been stubbed down to 1.0/B

 

Personally I would expect a modern fat and blobby Pelikan F to be wet enough, it would be a F and 1/2 compared to vintage and semi-vintage.

 

My standard sized W.Germany 600 OBB is 1/2 a width narrower than my 2005 OBB.

My 605 B was so fat and blobby it was really at the fat end of tolerance, so wrote at a BB.

Perhaps you have a skinny side of tolerance F.

 

So what you need is a 200's M; (in it fits a 600 and or 400)....which is a nice springy regular flex.....will write fatter than for you too skinny F.

..I just don't know with the 200's modern nibs; which are now (with in the last 4-5 years) double ball like the rest of the  Pelikan line**, if M would be fat enough for you.  Should be.

 

*** 5 of 8  of my 200's are older so tear drop tipped.

A tip.............look around for an older middle 2017** to '85 200 tear dropped tipped nib. They write with a cleaner line than the modern fat and blobby Pelikan nibs.

**if you buy a LE 200, it's easier to date the nib.

 

Gary (country) if we knew where you were we could perhaps recommend a cheap place to get those 200's nibs.

Some city nearby could be rare and have a B&M...brick and mortar walk in store. Where you could dip and test.

Do always take your normal paper with you. I once didn't and what wrote wide on cheap paper didn't write wide on good paper.

 

AH!!!... Buy cheap printer paper 80g or less for a wider line..............good paper 90g or higher for a narrower line.

 

Cultpens in England certainly was at least 1/3 cheaper than buying the same nib in Germany.

They are cheap enough you could buy two, both a F and a M.....in the regular flex F, could have more tine spread than your semi-nail F, if you have heavy hands. Giving you a wider F than the semi-nail one you have.

 

I've grown to like M quite a bit.

 

Out of my last five 200's and a 215. four have been M. One EF for editing and a B, in I had enough M's, in my 200's.

But perhaps you should get M&B......instead of F........they will be wetter and darker.

 

If you get a a B also; just write 1/4th larger and everything works fine. IMO a B gives one pizazz.