Inks For Fine Nibs

[Pensei]

Inks I like in F or EF nibs: Ama-Iro (might be first choice), Callifolio Bleu Atlantique, MB Lavender Purple, Sailor Souten, BB Sapphire, Shin-Kai, Tsuki-yo, Murasaki-shikibu, Yama-dori, R&K Salix, Miruai, L'amant, Kon-peki, Diamine Majestic Purple, Sweet Potato Purple, MB Twilight Blue, Robert Oster School Blue, Kingdom Note Lidth's Jay (other first choice), and finally, an ink that some have criticized as too pale, but I really like, Sailor Fuji-Musume. Sorry if that's too long a list, but I would aver that each of those inks, even in the finest nib, lays down a line that is both legible, and, crucially, presents a distinctive and pleasing color character.

[LizEF]

I find western EF too narrow for shading inks....with F being as thin as that goes and M being good for shading too.

 

Diamine Misty Blue will shade from my Pilot Metropolitan Fine, and lots of inks will shade from my TWSBI Eco EF and Lamy Al-Star EF. And the ink currently in my Pilot Vanishing Point EF shades. Even the ink currently in my Pilot Penmanship EF shades.

 

While it may not be as common or as obvious as with wider nib widths, shading does happen from finer nibs.

[senzen]

J Herbin's Perle Noire works well with my EF Pilot Penmanship; Kon Peki looks nice with an EF Faber Castell Ambition. The Pilot's EF is of course much finer than the FC.

[ethernautrix]

I'm using EF and F nibs (including an EF Pilot PO nib) currently, and the inks are... Platinum Carbon Black, Noodler's Black w/OMB boost, Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo, Faber-Castell Stone Grey, and KWZI Azure #2. And KWZI Aztec Gold and KWZI Flame Red. The dark colors are dark and the pretty colors are pretty.