What fountain pen ink would you resurrect?

[grayautumnday]

On 9/15/2024 at 7:01 PM, kestrel said:

Birmingham Frick Stained Glass.  I miss this one so much I spent a lot of time developing an almost identical substitute but I still miss the original.

Birmingham Damselfly.  Lovely color that is an almost perfect match for the color of one of my favorite insects (an Enallagma damselfly, of course).

Levenger Fireball.  It still shows up on eBay occasionally but only as part of a box of six bottles of different colors of Levenger ink (Pomegranate is NOT on of them).  I have stashed enough of it to last a while.

How did Fireball compare to Levenger Cardinal?

[kestrel]

20 hours ago, grayautumnday said:

How did Fireball compare to Levenger Cardinal?

Cardinal is a bright, vibrant red that approximates the color of the breast feathers of a male American cardinal immediately after it molts.  Fireball is more of an orange, the color of the now difficult to find Atomic Fireball candies.  I tried Cardinal once as a grading ink but it didn't handle really cheap student notebook paper as well as Noodler's Nikita (or Fireball).  I like Fireball for it's color and it's behavior.

[gregamckinney]

Omas Vespucci Red and Sailor Red-Brown, not in that order.

 

greg

[The_Beginner]

On 9/16/2024 at 9:59 AM, avlisyar said:

Definitely Lamy Petrol. Stocked up with cartridges but it limits me to using Lamy pens.

 

i mean hear me out puncture the cartridge and use a syringe to suck out the ink?