Week #28 / 9 Jul: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité - 2017 Weekly Ink Project

[lgsoltek]

We have the French National Day this week: July 14th. Use a French ink this week to celebrate with the French people.

 

As usual, don't forget to share with us your choice of ink, your writing, drawing, doodling or anything with the ink in this thread. You can take a photo, make a scan, or even better, write letters and CRV reviews (what is a CRV?) and mail them to the many ink pals here. You are welcome to check back on this thread even when we've gone past this week.

Click here to read more about this community project. Links to the two previous links can be found there too.

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Next week: One Small Step for a Man

[visvamitra]

[visvamitra]

[lgsoltek]

I wonder whether there are other French inks apart from J. Herbin and L'Artisan Pastellier...

[Chrissy]

Well this is serendipitous as I just happen to have a French ink in my new Sheaffer Legacy.

 

[juulz]

So far, I love those L'artisan Pastellier inks!

 

I only have J.Herbin, so I chose my favorite fuschia...

 

http://515-park.com/images/corazy28-2017.png

[Barkingpig]

.............................YES, PLEASE!.........................I would be eternally grateful!

[FPRebel]

Since I'm willing to upload my elementary drawing, YOU can, too :)

P.S. Completely forgot about my J.Herbins being French until reading these posts

Edited July 9, 2017 by FPRebel

[LizEF]

http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/28French.jpg

[jaykayenn]

What about Waterman?

http://jkn.media/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/waterman-purple-e1499667269715.jpg

 

Waterman Violet Tendresse

Brause dip nib

[juulz]

What about Waterman?

http://jkn.media/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/waterman-purple-e1499667269715.jpg

 

Waterman Violet Tendresse

Brause dip nib

 

Very pretty!

[LizB]

Allez les Bleus

 

 

 

 

Whenever I think of ink, I always think of Parker Quink. It was the ink that my dad had in his desk. One blue and one black. To me, the bottle brings back early memories of fountain pens, and Parker Quink will always be to me the quintessential ink bottle.

Edited July 10, 2017 by LizB

[LizEF]

Allez les Bleus

 

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Whenever I think of ink, I always think of Parker Quink. It was the ink that my dad had in his desk. One blue and one black. To me, the bottle brings back early memories of fountain pens, and Parker Quink will always be to me the quintessential ink bottle.

 

Dang. Now I may have to buy some Parker Quink Blue-Black. Please tell me it looks better in the photo than in real life.

[lgsoltek]

 

Dang. Now I may have to buy some Parker Quink Blue-Black. Please tell me it looks better in the photo than in real life.

 

I'm surprised as well. I've always thought Quick BB is a boring greyish blue black, but it looks quite lovely here. Not grey, not black, but a pretty tealish blue.

[evyxmsj]

I didn't know Quink is made in France!

 

http://i67.tinypic.com/fx8ahs.jpg

[visvamitra]

[Noihvo]

[Scribs]

 

Dang. Now I may have to buy some Parker Quink Blue-Black. Please tell me it looks better in the photo than in real life.

 

Parker Quink Blue-Black is even better in real life, despite LizB's excellent camera skills. It even has an impressive sheen when used with a dripping dip pen

Edited July 11, 2017 by Scribs

[mhguda]

In my experience it's very much a case of the luck of the draw... Some of my bottles are fantastic, but others will go on paper beautiful and then when they dry, fade quickly to a boring greenish grey-blue, waterish bleh. And there's no telling which is which until you actually put it on paper. Very frustrating.

One way I've dealt with that issue is to add a few drops of red ink to a bottle that exhibits that behavior. You don't get the tealish undertone back, but the ink does stay a nice deep dark blue. To be safe, I use Parker Quink red for that.

And, BTW, thanks for the reminder that both Quink and Waterman are produced in France. I did remember it of Waterman, but somehow had not realized that Quink, too, is French. That makes this week much easier to join! Will post soon...

[LizEF]

Thanks, Scribs & mhguda - now I'm thinking I'll have to get a sample, but I'm not sure whether to hope it's a good one or a bad one...