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Inspired by LizEF's review of Sailor's Tokiwa-matsu, I loaded up my very first fountain pen, a medium-nibbed Aurora Ipsilon Deluxe, with it. Excellent shading. Still thinking of filling another pen with a brown ink, but not sure how much writing I'll be doing, so I may hold off on that.

 

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Today will be mostly Rohrer & Klingner Solferino, I think. It is one of my spring inks, but I hadn't yet finished the fill in my Sailor Pro Gear Slim F when summer began. I have used the pen for at least a short time every day since then, but with that fine nib, a fill lasts me for quite a long time.

 

I will also make some use of Kobe Taisanji Yellow and Suma Purple.

 

 

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A commissioned "Inky bottles" :), this time (in order of appearance left to right) using . . .

 

Sailor Brown Algae - Noodler's Kiowa Pecan - My PPS - Waterman Mysterious Blue - Iroshizuku Ina Ho

Mont Blanc Midnight Blue IG - Ink of Witch - Ancient Copper - Mont Blanc Permanent Black (smudges on this paper) - Sailor Doyou

Leipziger Schwarz - China Blue - GvFC Cobalt Blue - Quink Solv-X Black -- Sailor Blue Black

 

Akkerman #10 - Confederation brown (thanks Cyber6) - Earl Grey - Monaco Red - Bad Blue Heron (thanks amberleadavis)

Deep Dark Brown - Zhivago - Sou Boku - Troublemaker Abalone - Kyonooto Aonibi (thanks Lgsoltek)

Phew!

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_inky_bottles.jpg

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A commissioned "Inky bottles" :), this time (in order of appearance left to right) using . . .

 

Sailor Brown Algae - Noodler's Kiowa Pecan - My PPS - Waterman Mysterious Blue - Iroshizuku Ina Ho

 

Mont Blanc Midnight Blue IG - Ink of Witch - Ancient Copper - Mont Blanc Permanent Black (smudges on this paper) - Sailor Doyou

 

Leipziger Schwarz - China Blue - GvFC Cobalt Blue - Quink Solv-X Black -- Sailor Blue Black

 

Akkerman #10 - Confederation brown (thanks Cyber6) - Earl Grey - Monaco Red - Bad Blue Heron (thanks amberleadavis)

 

Deep Dark Brown - Zhivago - Sou Boku - Troublemaker Abalone - Kyonooto Aonibi (thanks Lgsoltek)

 

Phew!

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_inky_bottles.jpg

Oh what a fun drawing! That would make a great poster.

Today it's been Diamine Classic Red, in the Pelikano, F(?) nib; and (somewhat) diluted Robert Oster Carbon Fire, in the Vibrant Pink al-Star, 1.1 mm stub nib.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Oh what a fun drawing! That would make a great poster.

Today it's been Diamine Classic Red, in the Pelikano, F(?) nib; and (somewhat) diluted Robert Oster Carbon Fire, in the Vibrant Pink al-Star, 1.1 mm stub nib.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Thank you.

 

That's brilliant Tas. Would make great poster/postcard/washi tape etc. Love it.

Thank you so much. Happy to accept offers :rolleyes: or ideas from anyone who knows how to "play" B) in that arena . . . :)

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A commissioned "Inky bottles" :), this time (in order of appearance left to right) using . . .

 

 

The drawing is beautiful.

 

But, now you got me really curious, as to what you mean by "commissioned"!

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The drawing is beautiful.

 

But, now you got me really curious, as to what you mean by "commissioned"!

Thank you.

 

"commissioned" = paid me to make one. Someone saw how I used to test inks on my Instagram page and asked for their own. It's happened a couple of times. Very pleased :).

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A commissioned "Inky bottles" :), this time (in order of appearance left to right) using . . .

 

Sailor Brown Algae - Noodler's Kiowa Pecan - My PPS - Waterman Mysterious Blue - Iroshizuku Ina Ho

 

Mont Blanc Midnight Blue IG - Ink of Witch - Ancient Copper - Mont Blanc Permanent Black (smudges on this paper) - Sailor Doyou

 

Leipziger Schwarz - China Blue - GvFC Cobalt Blue - Quink Solv-X Black -- Sailor Blue Black

 

Akkerman #10 - Confederation brown (thanks Cyber6) - Earl Grey - Monaco Red - Bad Blue Heron (thanks amberleadavis)

 

Deep Dark Brown - Zhivago - Sou Boku - Troublemaker Abalone - Kyonooto Aonibi (thanks Lgsoltek)

 

Phew!

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_inky_bottles.jpg

 

I love the Sailor "Brown Algae" bottle on that set. Great color separation.

“I admit it, I'm surprised that fountain pens are a hobby. ... it's a bit like stumbling into a fork convention - when you've used a fork all your life.” 

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Currently using

 

Iroshizuku Take-Sumi in an Extra Fine Pilot Decimo,

GvFC Deep Sea Green in a Pelikan M101N with a flexy cursive italic nib :wub:

GvFC Violet Blue in a Sailor Pro Gear Slim with 14K EF nib

GvFC Cobalt Blue in an FPR Himalaya ebonite with a Pelikan CN EEF nib

GvFC Olive Green in a Fine Pilot Vanishing Point

Diamine Coral in a Platinum Preppy 0.2mm, which writes too broadly for that designation

and Diamine Shimmertastic Enchanted Ocean in a Conklin Duragraph with a medium stub nib for accents and titles.

“I admit it, I'm surprised that fountain pens are a hobby. ... it's a bit like stumbling into a fork convention - when you've used a fork all your life.” 

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Sheaffer Black. Tas did a wonderful drawing, and I agree it will make a nice postcard!

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Well, I've inked a third pen. For the past few days I have been using Rohrer & Klingner Aubergine (in my Parker 51 Plum) and Sailor Kobe Suma Purple (in my Sailor 1911S Wicked Witch of the West), but this week I expect to receive a book I will want to annotate, and for that application, I will need a drier ink.

 

So I've inked up a Pilot Metropolitan M with Robert Oster Purple Rock.

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Well, I've inked a third pen. For the past few days I have been using Rohrer & Klingner Aubergine (in my Parker 51 Plum) and Sailor Kobe Suma Purple (in my Sailor 1911S Wicked Witch of the West), but this week I expect to receive a book I will want to annotate, and for that application, I will need a drier ink.

 

So I've inked up a Pilot Metropolitan M with Robert Oster Purple Rock.

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Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue Waterman Blue-Black

 

Pilot Blue-Black Diamond Blue-Black

 

Parker Quink Green in Art Deco bottle

 

Seitz-Kreuznack Navy Blau

 

Fred

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Sailor Bungbox 4B in the Pelikan M205 Blue Marbled. After filling the pen I noticed I'd used this same ink just a couple fills ago in this pen. Going to have to diversify! :lol:

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Pilot Blue (cartridge) in my Decimo

 

 

Parker Blue in my Wing Sung 699

 

 

Pelikan Blue-Black in my Kaweco ALSport

 

 

My achtung mix (4:1 ratio of MB Burgundy and Noodler's Luxury Blue) in my Wing Sung 601

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Aurora Black in my Edison Beaumont pneumatic filler (Neon) on the really cheap paper bills come on these days. It's what I had quickly available.

 

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Rotting technical pen black ink in a 0.3mm Isograph 🥰 Oh my this stuff doesnt budge at all with water. The lines are so crisp. Im a convert.

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