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So far, it's been some unidentified black ink (although very likely something like Quink Black) which got reconstituted when I started flushing out the Parker 61 I bought at the OPS last month. [i should note that I got the ink started flowing just the one time, and the pen is still writing great, even though it got unused for over a week over Thanksgiving; you gotta hand it to the engineers at Parker on those capillary fillers.... :D]

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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Sailor Do-you in a Pelikan M101 Red Tortoise

KWZ Cappuccino in a Gate City Belmont

KWZ Baltic Memories in an Edison Premiere

Sailor Bungbox Kabayaki of the Hamanako Eel in a Pelikan M200 Brown Marbled

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So far it's been Noodler's Shah Rose, some unidentified sample that's a dark blue (possibly diluted) which even Ink Nix can't get off my fingers :o, and some diluted KWZI Chicago Blue.

Looks like I'm possibly flushing at least one pen today... (it depends on what Shah's Rose looks like when diluted with distilled water -- I hadn't used it for a couple of years so I can't remember). Still trying to make up my mind about the unidentified blue: it's in that Korean made Pilot which apparently has a Con-20 converter in it (so it doesn't hold that much ink) -- BUT it's got an Asian F or EF nib so it's very stingy with ink (so writing it dry may take awhile.... :huh:

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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Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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KWZ-Grapefruit

Pelikan 4001-Dark Green

Dromgoole's-Texas Live Oak

Diamine-Burgundy Rose

Noodler's-Lexington Gray

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I was going to bring Lamy Petrol again, to see how it's settling into the M150, but at the last moment I decided to bring Dark Forest instead. Which, co-incidentally, is also in an M150. :)

It's hard work to tell which is Old Harry when everybody's got boots on.

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Spent some of my Christmas money on green inks, looking for the perfect one for my Montegrappa Extra 1930 in bamboo. In yesterday's mail: Callifolio Olivastre, Bung Box 88, Bung Box Light Soup, Kobe #19, and Monteverde Olivine. I think I'll try them with a dip pen first, just to speed up the process.

 

Right now the Montegrappa has Stipula Calamo Musk Green in it--it's a fantastic color as well, especially with the broad nib.

 

Can't help mentioning how perfect L'Artisan Pastellier Brun Ors looks in my Pelikan M620 Piazza Navona. It's like they were made for each other.

Rationalizing pen and ink purchases since 1967.

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