If You Can Do Red You Might As Well Do Red !

[OcalaFlGuy]

Turns out I need a red ink pen at work.

 

I wrote with a felt tip tonight and almost started flopping around on the floor.

 

It seems like a good excuse for one of my favorite pairings.

 

 

It was near a year ago that last load of Quink Red dried up inside it, a 15 minute flush and Wham Bam!

Back in total action.

 

Good Pen!

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

Edited December 9, 2014 by OcalaFlGuy

[PS104]

The pen&ink gods are certainly looking out after you

Imagine needing to write with red ink at work

Ms Blue-black is probably doing a double-take

[Moshe ben David]

Beautiful!

 

I also 'always' have a pen loaded with red ink in my edc. It is a red with gold trim Pilot VP; loaded with Sheaffer Skrip red. Don't know about you, but I use it for editing and annotating with comments.

[Sandy1]

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Ms Blue-black is probably doing a double-take

 

Hi,

 

Indeed, Ms Blue-Black did a double take.

 

Such a fine pairing of pen+ink cannot go unremarked.

 

I too use Quink Red as one of my 'error / anomaly' inks. (It also sees a lot of use in my financials.)

 

Alas, I do not have an exquisite Red 45, so my Red Estie J comes out to play. It keeps me in good humour during such thankless tasks. And like the 45, nibs can be swapped-out on the fly.

 

Bye,

S1

Edited December 9, 2014 by Sandy1

[HalloweenHJB]

Red --in all its variations-- is my favorite color. Nice combination of pen and ink!

 

I've been playing this weekend with a new TWSBI red pen and SuSeMai Red Cashmere ink. Very intense:

 

[Ernst Bitterman]

My need to use red at work, to the amount of roughly three linear inches of output a day, is what sees a Esterbrook dip well on my desk. I found the fouling in FPs too vexing.

 

...and now I've got a mysterious thing on my desk, making people less likely to talk to me, so it's a double win!

[bsenn]

My need to use red at work, to the amount of roughly three linear inches of output a day, is what sees a Esterbrook dip well on my desk. I found the fouling in FPs too vexing.

 

...and now I've got a mysterious thing on my desk, making people less likely to talk to me, so it's a double win!

I use a 51 desk pen at work. Its sort of between my monitor and a shelf, so its not super noticeable. It certainly has not kept the other inmates, I mean coworkers, from approaching. Maybe something as otherworldly as an Esterbrook desk set would do it.

 

For redlining drawings and docoments I use a Rotring Rivette, black with red accents. Understated in a techy sort of way.

 

Brian

[OcalaFlGuy]

At work at Full Battle Stations.

 

 

My Itoya gel finally bit the bullet and a brand new Visconti Blue refill won't write.

 

Bzzzt. Tilt Fail. Visconti.

 

Black Itoya gel. I. Wanted. Blue. Dammit.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[FarmBoy]

Was your title edited?

[LisaN]

Shoot. In my line, almost all of the pen work is in red.

 

There's a folder with 25 final exams in my go box and 15 more happening this very moment.

[sirgilbert357]

My need to use red at work, to the amount of roughly three linear inches of output a day, is what sees a Esterbrook dip well on my desk. I found the fouling in FPs too vexing.

 

...and now I've got a mysterious thing on my desk, making people less likely to talk to me, so it's a double win!

 

LMAO!!! That's awesome!

[jar]

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[HalloweenHJB]

 

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All that red is making me swoon. Love the layout of the photos --especially the gorgeous red cup of espresso (?). YUM.

Edited December 10, 2014 by HalloweenHJB

[elevennx]

Red --in all its variations-- is my favorite color. Nice combination of pen and ink!

 

I've been playing this weekend with a new TWSBI red pen and SuSeMai Red Cashmere ink. Very intense:

 

What a great shot! You really are not helping to bolster my resistance to that pen.

 

What's the paper you're using there?

[HalloweenHJB]

If we're doing RED with our favorite beverages, I'll add my own collage.

 

These are the pens I have loaded up with various red inks: (left to right) The fragment of the Neruda poem was written with a Duocraft Music Nib with J. Herbin 1670 Rouge Hématite.

 

Then we have a Mabie Todd Swan with Diamine Strawberry; Waterman Red Ripple with Diamine Poppy Red; Waterman #3 Steel Quartz with Akkerman China Town Red; Laban "Rose Gold" with J. Herbin "Les Subtiles" Rose scented ink; Pelikan M600 with de Atramentis Orchids ink; TWSBI Diamond 580 with SuSeMai Red Cashmere; Xezo Freelancer 500 with de Atramentis Bordeaux; and a Montblanc 144 Bordeaux with Diamine Red Dragon.

 

Oh, and the wine is a divine Argentine Malbec, La Posta (2012).

 

Edited December 10, 2014 by HalloweenHJB

[HalloweenHJB]

What a great shot! You really are not helping to bolster my resistance to that pen.

 

What's the paper you're using there?

 

It's Canson Tracing Paper. Almost ANY ink, in almost any pen, will look stunning. The only drawback, is that the paper is totally translucent, and very crinkly. So you'd have to back that paper with a sheet of opaque white paper if you wanted to use it for any purpose other than doodling.

 

Unless someone has a better idea in that respect... ???

[OcalaFlGuy]

Was your title edited?

 

Yes. Thankfully.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[OcalaFlGuy]

I've never been a big red ink user. Now and then and that's enough.

 

Until I started using this 45 Arrow at work where I actually Need a red ink.

 

As probably a 95% DCSSB user, I'm also not a big match ink to pen person.

 

Except for this one.

 

What a nice pair. (Quink Red)

 

I have had a blast putting the Masuyama rounded CI to play at work, even on crappy paper.

 

I've always felt spending more for having a 45 ground (with a 14k nib) than the pen cost, up to around $60, was a helluva deal.

 

This nib/pen/ink combo makes that an understatement.

 

Though I don't really want to turn this into an ink thread, the Quink kind of fades to a dried blood red. I NEED a just a bright red that STAYS bright after drying.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl-<waving dented metal cup> red ink samples, red ink samples for the poor

Edited December 19, 2014 by OcalaFlGuy

[Cryptos]

I have a Pilot 78G (fine) loaded with Diamine Red Dragon. That seems to hold its brightness so far. And I haven't had any of the clogging issues that people say is more common with red inks in general, and that pen often gets unused for a week or two and still starts right up. So, Red Dragon might be worth a try.

[OcalaFlGuy]

Thanks.

 

I forgot a really neat part.

 

I leave my pens out in my cubicle and had a couple twenty somethings comment on What's that RED pen?

 

I told them it was a fountain pen, showed it to them and ask if they wanted to try it. ($30 Masuyama grind on that 14k nib mind you)

 

I told them, Keep the Gold part up and you don't have to press down.

 

They had a go and the curtain of the temple remained unrent. They thought it was neat but they didn't know how much it costs either. I'm not seeing any converts there but still..

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl