Use Visconti Ink In Visconti Fountain Pen?

[christian1122]

so i was looking around for my next fountain pen and it was pretty much love on first sight when i saw the orange visconti rembrandt. i did some research and read some reviews and everyone seems positive. the only bad thing is that people say that it is a litle dry and can have some hard starts.

so i was looking at the visconti ink and it said that it had more oil in it then other inks for a better flow.

i wanted to use private reserve black magic at first. would it be ok to use that or would it be dry with a lot of hard starts?

it seems lijke the visconti ink is especially made for the visconti pens but they dont have a lot of colors.

[Trebster]

No telling if your Rembrandt will be a great writer out-of-the-box until you have it in your hand. Try your new Visconti and see!

 

"Fast", "wet" or even "slippery" ink is no fix for a poorly tuned nib. A properly tuned nib is what you're after That said I just went though a fill of Visconti turquoise in a Sheaffer Tuckaway (fine) and found its properties to be perfectly acceptable to me, given the Tucky's nib is factory spec.

Edited July 23, 2015 by Morrighan

[Jerome Tarshis]

Use any fountain-pen ink you like. It's true that different inks will perform differently in any given pen, but the differences can be large or small, and do not always favor the manufacturer's own ink. I am happy to use Waterman or Sheaffer ink in any pen I own. Other FPN members will have a hundred inks or more.

 

Another thought: If you believe Visconti pens are a little dry and offer a lot of hard starts, you might consider adjusting the nib and feed, or having it done for you by a professional. Also consider buying a different brand. Pens are not supposed to write like that.

[fly_us]

Pens are different from pen to pen, not brand to brand. There will be some bad batches in the crow, and unless you try it yourself, there is no way to tell whether a pen is dry of wet, hard starter or not.

 

Just get a pen you like in the nib size you want. If you receive a not-so-great one, try to learn some on adjustment or in worst case, just return it.

[Buzz_130]

If you are familiar with and like your PR ink, then it's an ideal ink to test in your pen. You already know the characteristics of the ink and will be able to assess how it works with your new nib. If you don't like the results, then you can switch to any wetter ink (doesn't have to be Visconti).

 

Buzz

[sandy101]

I've used Diamine ink (Sapphire Blue) in my Rembrandt and it hasn't complained. No hard starts at all.

[sarahfar]

Visconti inks are top notch. Blue and Turquoise are especially great. Turquoise produces incredible sheen and shading in the right pens ....

[ink-syringe]

My kingdom for a bottle of Visconti Blue. I actually spent half the day taking a long bus ride to a place that used to sell it today only to find out they are out and can no longer get it. So no Visconti Blue in the whole country. I miss it.

 

Certain Diamine inks are really runny & wet with extra easy flow. (Diamine Midnight is especially good with dry stingy pens) so if you don't have or want to use Visconti then Diamine might also be a possibility. But with a high dollar pen that I don't yet know I always like to start out with an ink from a pen manufacturer: Sailor, Pilot, Waterman, Aurora, Montblanc (I don't like Lamy or Pelikan inks much) as pen manufacturers tend to test the inks very thoroughly since they are also the companies that have to deal with clogged, stained or hard to clean pens.

 

Big fan of Visconti Blue (possibly my favorite ink) so if you like a rich dark blue than you could start with that and may find happiness right away. If it is a little too wet back up to Montblanc or Pelikan, if it is a dry pen then Pilot Iroshizuku Asa Gao or Sailor Ultramarine or Diamine for something that flows a bit more freely though Visconti Blue is in that range too. If it is too wet or dry beyond that then you need an adjustment but actually Visconti pens have a reputation as wet pens so if anything you might want a drier ink. But each pen is different.

 

I envy you.

 

Enjoy!