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Ambrose Bierce

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While I have not been in the ink game for a long time I have fallen in love with a few of my inks. I studying for midterms todays and I kept recognizing one of my inks as being stunningly beautiful. It is Diamine Chocolate Brown. I know it is an odd choice, but the warm chocolate color paired the hint of shading you get just really does it for me. It is a pity I only went for a sample of it instead of a whole bottle. What is everyone else favorite ink and why?

I am the artist formally known as Ambrose Bierce (I recently changed my username from that). If you love me you'll check out my blog http://fpinkgeek.blogspot.com/ or follow me on Instagram and Twitter @Fp_Ink_Geek :D

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Diamine Chocolate Brown is one of my favourites as well! It's dark and warm and wonderful.

 

I like:

Sailor Apricot (awesome bright orange)

Sailor Shigure (perfect dark purple with amazing flow)

Noodler's X-Feather (my favourite black; definitely excellent on cheap paper)

Sailor Kobe Shinkaichi Gold (I love gold inks and this is #1)

Noodler's Navajo Turquoise (although I don't like blue inks all that much, turquoise is great, and this one is TOPS. Amazing shading)

 

I guess it's clear what my favourite ink brands are, haha.

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Iroshizuku Ku-jaku. I used to hate this ink when I first bought it a year ago. I just did not like any ink approaching a bluish tone. Suddenly in spring I fell in love with it completely. It's neither quite blue or green, not turquoise either. Very pretty color and very easy to recognize.

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Noodler's Aircorp Blue Black is the current all favorite.... for now. For me, it has a legit color for important document signing but enough shading that it feels a little edgy.

 

There is a variety of other colors that I enjoy quite a bit, but not enough to call a favorite.

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My current favorite is still Sailor Jentle Sky High. It's a wonderfully tempered ink with excellent shading and sheen. It's my favorite mid ranged blue and I love the smell of phenol I get when I use it.

 

Sigh... Still looking for a substitute. Maybe they'll bring it back out in a few years?

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Vintage Sheaffer permanent blue black... Beautiful, elegant, rich blue.

 

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Montblanc Carlo Collodi brown --it's a lovely burnt orange-brown ink, and there's nothing quite like it!

I also like Pilot Iroshizuku's Yu-yake (orange goldfish color) and De Atramentis Khaki but Collodi is my all-time fave.

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My favorite is Pen and Message Cigar. Weirdest bleeping ink your likely to find.

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For now Iroshizuku Kon-Peki or Asa-Gao. That may change this week. I have Diamine Regency Blue, Blue Velvet, J. Heribin Stormy Grey, and Rouge Hermatite coming in the mail. There's also a small possiblity that I'll get Bungbox Sapphire to try out as well.

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If you had asked this question a year ago, I would have said Noodler's Kung Te Cheng, no question. And it really is a unique color and super permanent (I suspect it will survive the end of the world, along with cockroaches... and will probably survive the roaches, too :lol:). But it *is* a problem child sometimes. And since then I've discovered a whole lot of other inks that are also really nice. I think right now one of my new favorites might just be KWZI #54 IG Blue Black: on some paper it doesn't oxidize so much, leaving a really lovely medium blue. It's not as waterproof as I expected for an IG ink, but it does at least have enough water resistance to make the writing still legible.

Of course my favorite IG blue-black is still Ackerman #10, which does oxidize super dark -- more so than any other IG ink I've used.

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For now I'm torn between Diamine Oxblood and Diamine Red Dragon. The thing is, I don't like red ink. Before I was a FP user, I would ONLY write in blue ink.... period. Usually nicer gel or rollerball pens. But, with FP's I can't find a blue I like as well. Funny how things work out, and how your tastes change.

I enjoy MB 146 pens, Sailor, Pilot and Platinum pens as well. I have a strong attraction to dark red and muted green ink, colors I dislike for everything but FP ink. I also enjoy practicing my handwriting and attempting to improve it. I love the feel of quality paper under a gold nib.

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Montblanc Midnight Blue, "old" formulation.

 

It's a favorite because it behaves great in almost all my pens, on all but the poorest quality paper, with the added bonus of permanence (resistant to water).

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I just received a bottle of Diamine Chocolate Brown yesterday, and filled my new Kaweco Sport with it. I was using it all day today. :-)

 

I really like this color, although I tend to use blue inks more than any other color.

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Honestly?

it changes every month or so.

 

Well, I have only bought one bottle, so I cannot speak to the possible monthly changes. But with that particular bottle, I am very pleased. Perhaps next time, not so much... ;)

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I don't know that I have a favorite, but I have favorites for each color (which of course change). I have been using Edelstein Tanzanite a lot lately. An awesome blue-black.

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Diamine Chocolate Brown is my favorite brown by far, and at present, possibly all time. It is great. Others that are favorites are Noodlers Black Swan in Australian Roses (old formula), Noodlers Burma Road Brown, Diamine Asa Blue, Private Reserve American Blue, a 50-50 mix of Private Reserve D.C. Supershow Blue and distilled water, Diamine Amazing Amethyst, and Mont Blanc Irish Green. i find it impossible to have just one favorite but blues and browns always at the top.

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Organic Studios Blue Merle

 

Easy to clean up, flows well, and is well behaved on all kinds of paper. I love the color and the shading. It's my perfect ink, which explains why it is no longer made . I bought 8 bottles of it to make sure I'd have some for a while.

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