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1937w
Is there a master list, of sorts, indicating specific inks that tend to write wet or dry? Much of my writing consists of very extensive marginalia on paper that acts as a sponge. My Sailor F nib looks like a felt tip pen on many of the fast dry, copier/printer papers.
Thanks for any replies.
encephalartos
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Is there a master list, of sorts, indicating specific inks that tend to write wet or dry? Much of my writing consists of very extensive marginalia on paper that acts as a sponge. My Sailor F nib looks like a felt tip pen on many of the fast dry, copier/printer papers.
Thanks for any replies.


Mont Blanc inks seem to be dry-writing for me. Also, remember that Sailor pens have really
excellent flow, due to the way the converter is shaped with no narrowing at the end.
RobertJWarren
"No not that I have ever seem anywhere.........it seems that the paper is the issue.......I often edit color xerox powerpoint presentations and have had to resort to using red Sharpie's cuz fountain pens and inks cant handle the color paper/texture/ink from a laser color copier
Tricia
I know PR's Tanzanite has the reputation for being wet, but on the whole, it's such a complex mix of pen - nib - ink - paper that the matrix would be unmanageable, imo. You can start with anecdotal information like what you find in this forum, but I think you'll end up needing to make your own assessment based on the pens you own and the paper you use.

Have you tried the Fountain Pen Database that jonro created? That has an ink section and might help you get started.

Good luck. biggrin.gif


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