Which Pen And Nib For Apache Sunset

[dinuraj]

Hi,

 

I bought a bottle of Apache sunset an year back. But, I found it very watery and light on pens. I tried it on wet broad nibs and springs nibs. But, couldn't get it to make a darker reddish mark on paper.

 

What is that I am missing? I see beautiful write-ups with Apache sunset on FPN with their color ranging from yellow to red.

 

Thanks,

Dinuraj

[Dont_Flexme]

I have found paper tends to be a big key with this ink. What paper have you been using?

[minddance]

To get the red, you need alot alot of ink on paper.

[dinuraj]

I have found paper tends to be a big key with this ink. What paper have you been using?

I tried it on a muji notebook and on rhodia notepad. Rhodia was better. But, not upto the expectations

[Dont_Flexme]

Rodia will work- add to the pen must lay down a lot of ink (I will use a 1.5 stub) but even then you may not get the red.I

 

In the end I've been less than impress by Apache Sunset. I tend to use habanero instead. No dark red, but I know what to expect.

[minddance]

This ink is certainly NOT for drier Japanese fine nibs.

 

And even in a tuned-wet Pelikan, it doesn't really write legibly enough for me.

 

You need to pour ink onto paper. And let it stay in place, and not distribute/scrape it away.

[Runnin_Ute]

I really like Apache Sunset, but red is a color I have rarely seen in it. Orange yes, yellow yes, red not so much (if ever) I often use it in my TWSBI 580 B which has been stubbed.

[evyxmsj]

I've had most success with a Noodler's Ahab on Oxford brand paper. Here's one I did earlier.

 

http://i67.tinypic.com/14bki2a.jpg

[dinuraj]

I've had most success with a Noodler's Ahab on Oxford brand paper. Here's one I did earlier.

 

http://i67.tinypic.com/14bki2a.jpg

 

That is a good suggestion. Let me try it with Ahab. Thanks

 

 

I really like Apache Sunset, but red is a color I have rarely seen in it. Orange yes, yellow yes, red not so much (if ever) I often use it in my TWSBI 580 B which has been stubbed.

 

I tried it on a 540 stub. It was still illegible. Let me try it in a wetter pen and on better coated paper.

 

This ink is certainly NOT for drier Japanese fine nibs.

 

And even in a tuned-wet Pelikan, it doesn't really write legibly enough for me.

 

You need to pour ink onto paper. And let it stay in place, and not distribute/scrape it away.

 

I couldn't find that nib/pen yet.

[Noihvo]

[Runnin_Ute]

Yeah the factory stub in my Eco ia very dry compared to th B in my 580 I had worked on. Wet pens seem to work best.

[amberleadavis]

YES wet nibs.