Gray Inks

[DreamInk]

Lexington Gray is a personal favorite of mine. It's a nice dark gray from a wet writer. It's one of those colors that's easy on the eyes when you have to read pages and pages of work. I found Montblanc Oyster Gray way too light and dry for my preferences.

[PenTieRun]

My favorite is Mont Blanc Oyster Grey. It has good flow and doesn't seem to feather or bleed through for me. I have not tried Diamine, but I did try Private Reserve Gray Flannel and it has a distinct green hue when dry. If you are using vintage pens, I would recommend either the MB or Diamine.

Well, this is pretty much what I had planned for my reply. My Gray Flannel is less green, though.

[ac12]

Maybe out of a M or wider nib where you are putting down enough ink to see it contrast with the paper.

But not out of a F or narrower nib.

I used Parker Quink black in college, and I did not like that it looked gray, when I wanted BLACK.

So I guess I'm not a gray ink person.

[brewsky]

I enjoy iroshizuku kiri same. Nice light gray ink. Have not tested it for shading as its in an ef nibbed pen.

[Medsen Fey]

Call me crazy but my favorite gray ink (so far) is Noodlers Bulletproof Black. When used with a 1.1 mm calligraphy nib on the cheap paper at the office it produces a rich charcoal grey with great shading.

Edited January 25, 2014 by Medsen Fey

[keo]

+1 for Noodler's Lexington Gray.

 

Gray is my favorite color (a fact which bewilders my family). I tried a sample of Lexington Gray about a year ago and it instantly became my favorite ink. I find it to be well-behaved, good-looking, and it amuses me that I can write with a fountain pen and have it look like pencil. The only other gray ink I've tried is Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun, which was too light for me. I got a good deal on two bottles of Lexington Gray, so I'm telling myself no more (gray) samples until those are used up. Or until Tuesday...

[SeeksAdvice]

I like Fuyu-Syogun. Nice cold grey. To me, it almost looks like silver on the page. Only downside is that it's not all that waterproof. Have not tried Lexington Grey.

[sargetalon]

Hmmm...I've never thought about grey inks previously. I may have to look into one. That Montblanc Oyster Grey looks intriguing.

[migo984]

I posted a quick pic earlier of my new Sailor Nagasawa Kobe No. 46 Nagisa Museum Bluish Grey. It's a lovely rich dark grey. Recommended.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/259692-sailor-nagasawa-kobe-ink/

 

 

I'm really getting into greys

[proton007]

Kiri-Same

[The Ghoul Caligrapher]

I like the gray inks. But im becoming dragged to the turquoise inks

[Abner C. Kemp]

I like the gray inks. But im becoming dragged to the turquoise inks

 

haha thats quite a 180*!!

[rudyhou]

i love grey inks. one of my fave colors, aside from brown.

[Centopar]

Another vote for Fuyu-Syogun - it's so well-behaved, and such a beautiful colour; it really does resemble winter storm clouds.

 

I also like Diamine Grey (which is pleasingly pencil-like in a fine nib); and Diamine Chopin from the Music Set is a beautiful blue-grey. All three are highly recommended.

[Jenks]

Don't know if it has already been mentioned, but Organics Studios Arsenic is absolutely wonderful. It is a bit of a darker grey, but I do not like the lighter greys at all.

It is a really well behaving ink but I like Organics Studios' One Year Ink even better. It's darker and dryer but just lovely. I can't believe I've started liking Grey but I just ordered a sample of Lexington Grey and will probably have to try out Montblanc Einstein now. I really need to hit the lottery, which means I should probably start to actually play the lottery!

[EKE]

I just bought a bottle of Noodler's Lexington Gray, after having sampled it from Goulet. This is a wonderful ink! I like the color so much... it's a beautiful, clear neutral gray. A nice hint of shading on good paper like my Clairefontaine. And the lubricity of it is great. Drys reasonably fast. Great stuff.

 

I like Iroshizuku Kiri-Same a lot as well.

Edited January 27, 2014 by EKE

[Bo Bo Olson]

Well, I got two Pelikan grays from the '90s...only one 5 cartridge pack each. The regular gray is nice, the silver gray better. Got it in one of my '90's Celebry springy regular flex F's.

Unfortunately....my only grays and on extreme rationing.

 

Whoops.....I have DA Cement gray, that looks like a wet morning on the flight line a the sun just starts to gray the horizon.

[The Good Captain]

I use Diamine Graphite daily, it's one of my favorite inks. I love the slightly greenish cast to shading depending on the nib. Dark but not dull, and a bit mysterious.

This is, and will be, my only grey and I think it's a wonderful colour too.

[lapis]

I like their Graphite too, just because of the graphite-greenliness. I know some people hate it because for them it's green anyway. I think I've lately gotten into greys. Have a dozen or more. Just like blue-blacks. There seems to be absolutely no end to the range of these... in comparison e.g. to "which is the purest red or blue?"...

 

Hugh

[Davros]

I use Diamine Graphite most days; it's one of my absolute favorite inks. I did break down and purchase a bottle of the effervescent Omas New Gray recently. It's very, very light, almost silver, and looks great on white paper. I think it's probably too light for most occasions/nibs, and it surrenders to water immediately, and if it were warmer, it would play nicer with ivory paper . . . but I still love it.