Ink Type For Osmiroid 65

[Nut4Nibs]

I am new to this. I recently bought an never used Osmiroid 65 made in England in 1976 w/6 nibs. In the instructions it says not to use India Ink. What type of ink is best for this pen? It is in mint condition. Thank you.

[dan in montreal]

Hello there. India ink should only be used with dip pens. It will badly clog fountain pens. You can use any ink designed for fountain pens. There are sections in the forum devoted exclusively to inks. Check them out. The brands are too numerous to mention. The most readily available in stores are usually the more traditional brands, Waterman, Parker, Pelikan, but there are many, many, many, more. Hope you enjoy your purchase! You've got a variety of nib sizes, should be fun!

[Bo Bo Olson]

Regular inks, Pelikan, Parker, Sheaffer, MB, Diamine, R&K, Herbin

Some one will have to spell Gueltte properly . He sells a great selection of inks...great packing.

Eventually you could buy samples from him to see what inks you want.

Or look on Ebay.

 

Inks come in supersaturated....vivid....high maintenance and lower maintenance two tone shading inks; which are not so saturated......no they are not wishy-washy....just lighter toned so one can get a dark and light in the same letter.

You need both.....but at first just get simple inks like Parker, Pelikan 4001.

 

I've a 65 also....and it's an old pen....so the rubber sac could be ready to go if it has not already. Average live of a rubber sac from the old days, was 30-40 years. I had one go 62 years.

You might need to have it re-saced or do it your self soon.

Besides the Osmiroid calligraphy nibs, it will take Esterbrook nibs. Your nib screws out.

Soak it in a tea cup for a couple of hours so old ink lets loose.

Edited January 23, 2015 by Bo Bo Olson

[Ernst Bitterman]

I've put entirely too much thought into the question of inks on this page, and it's not more than an expansion on the answers above, really.

[Helen350]

I use my regular Chesterfield inks with my Osmiroid 65.

[Nut4Nibs]

Thank you everyone. ☺

[joly1]

Hello there. India ink should only be used with dip pens. It will badly clog fountain pens. You can use any ink designed for fountain pens. There are sections in the forum devoted exclusively to inks. Check them out. The brands are too numerous to mention. The most readily available in stores are usually the more traditional brands, Waterman, Parker, Pelikan, but there are many, many, many, more. Hope you enjoy your purchase! You've got a variety of nib sizes, should be fun!

there are some exceptions to this rule,Rapidograph, Graphos, Markant, Speedball autofill, Ackerman pump pen, Osmiroid indian ink sketch pen, are all fountain pens, and all of them work perfectly with indian ink, if you use them each day and recap after use they will not clogg in one night ,if your drawing or writing session is over ,then yes a thorough clean up will be necessary.