Anyone ever not used a pen because of the color ink you put in it. I recently put Baystate Cape Cod Cranberry in a pen I regularly used and found myself not liking the color for everyday writing. The pen sat for probably 2-3 weeks without use and I really resented everytime I picked up the pen trying to use it.

I actually disliked the pen so much that I was planning on putting it up on the marketplace in a few days. Well today I had some down time at work so I decided to flush the pen really well and put in a color of ink I knew i liked and would use regularly. I find myself picking up that pen again now all the time to do any writing I need and enjoying it!

I'd have been pretty unhappy with myself if I sold it off I'm just I didn't jump the gun and send the pen on it's way without a second shot!

-penguin

I don't know if I have ever considered selling a pen because I did not like the color of a particular ink with it. I guess maybe in the early days I did consider returning a pen or two because of pen/ink combinations that caused the pen to write poorly. Then I learned to fill every newly acquired pen with Waterman Florida Blue. It is my test ink. Once a pen's function/ink flow is determined to my satisfaction then I can fill it with whatever looks and works best for that pen.

I do know that certain inks just don't work with certain pens, and I mean that aesthetically as well as functionally. So, yes I have experienced what a difference an ink color makes.

I recently tired of my Penman Emerald/Bexley Harmony Green mix which has been in my emerald Aurora Optima for a long, long time. I tried a teal mix, but the clash of greens was unappealing. I tried Aurora Black for a few days, but that seemed a pedestrian ink for such a beautiful pen. Today I did a crazy thing and filled it with a golden brown mix I made years ago from Pelikan Brown, Sheaffer King's Gold, and Omas Hong Kong Red. I have not had this ink in a pen for three or four years simply because I don't care that much for it. Oddly enough, I have enjoyed using it for editing today. It sets off nicely from the black ink on the pages to be edited. I doubt it will last the week, and who knows what will be next for the Optima?

I should say it's a weirder thing than above. I was ready to sell the pen because I never used it. I never used it though because of the ink color that was in it. I just looked over my rotation of pens and thought, hey I never use that pen, better to sell it to someone who will use it, compared to keeping it. I've done it before where inks just don't suit my liking and the pen falls out of rotation until I end up re-inking it with something I like.

I have not had that problem because of *color*, but I did have it because of the ink that was in a particular pen.

For whatever reason (I am going with sunspots) my Libelle Epic doesn't like Noodler's Black. The formerly buttery smooth nib was dry and scratchy, it skipped sometimes, and the converter was a pain in the butt. I have been using my M200 exclusively because a) I can. Hello! and the Epic just wasn't as nice to use anymore. Oh, and c) my wife stole my other two good pens.

So tonight I switched colors in the pens. With the Gruene Cactus, my Libelle is back to its old standards. The Pelikan took to the Black just fine. It's a smidgen dryer, but since it was a very wet writer to begin with, that means it's still nice and smooth.