Good Ink For Grading Papers?

[SchoolBelle]

I got into fountain pens this year and am wondering what would be a nice, bright red ink for marking papers in my classes: high school history and Spanish.

[DrDebG]

Stipula Calamo Florentine Red - one of my favorite reds

Pilot Iroshizuku Momiji - bright red with a very slight lean towards orange

KWZ Raspberry is also a great color.

Edited June 5, 2019 by DrPenfection

[gyasko]

I use a lot of Herbin Rose Cyclamen, which is a magenta color. I also use Iroshizuku Tsutsuji & Momiji. I also like Herbin Rouge Opera.

[TennesseeTrash]

I annotate in sheaffer skrip red. It's got classic red looks at a good price.

[mke]

Sailor Irori and Octopus Fluids Brilliantred - the latter available as 250ml bottle.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/345831-new-inks-from-octopus-fluids/

Edited June 5, 2019 by mke

[City74]

The only red I use is MB corn poppy red

[silverlifter]

Robert Oster Fire Engine Red. Great colour, even better name!

[loganrah]

Diamine Red Dragon is the closest thing I've found to the bright pure red that springs to mind when thinking of marking.

[Arkanabar]

My markup colors are Noodler's Rattler Red Eel (an excellent red) and Sheaffer (Slovenian) Turquoise. Both have plenty of pop.

[senzen]

Diamine Poppy Red is just about the perfect, spot on red for me.

[jmccarty3]

My markup colors are Noodler's Rattler Red Eel (an excellent red) and Sheaffer (Slovenian) Turquoise. Both have plenty of pop.

 

+1 to Noodler's Rattler Red. I use it at work. Pure red, well-behaved, and waterproof.

[kestrel]

Noodler's Nikita is a bright red and behaves well on most cheap notebook paper. I went through an entire 4.5 oz bottle in a little over three and one half years. I also used Slovenian Skrip Red with great results and sometimes, when I needed a change, Ottoman Rose (feathers a bit more than the other two). I used Rattler Red for one class where I caught students trying to remove some of my marks. For student drafts I used Lierre Sauvage.

[Maccabeus]

There is only one appropriate red for grading student papers: Diamine Oxblood.

 

I've been using it since I started teaching and will only stop when the day comes that no more students gasp and ask if I used actual blood

[TSherbs]

 

+1 to Noodler's Rattler Red. I use it at work. Pure red, well-behaved, and waterproof.

This is the red I use on student papers.

[empliau]

I use Yama-budo - more fuchsia than red, but I like the slight variation from red=wrong.

[Calamus plasticus]

After a lot of wandering in the realms of expensive ink, I ended up using old good Waterman red: no fancy name or bottles, just nice red ink. I like it because it works fine on the horrible copy paper my students tend to use and is ok with fine nibs I prefer for grading.

[bob_hayden]

I always used Sheaffer USA Red but a colleague liked Sheaffer USA Brown because he felt it was gentler with student egos. Any bright/contrasting color your students are not likely to use themselves should do. However, I am not sure students read what we write anyway;-(

[mke]

> I always used Sheaffer USA Red but a colleague liked Sheaffer USA Brown because he felt it was gentler with student egos.

Nice, I like that - my Latin teacher used a dark green.

[katerchen]

I am partial to Pilot Red. Very nice bright red, well behaved and a 0.35L bottle costs about $20.

 

Edit: $23, actually

 

https://www.amazon.com/Ink-350ml-INK350R-japan-import/dp/B001P2XUB8

Edited June 8, 2019 by katerchen

[mamajones]

So many great ideas here. But "bob_hayden" is right: the students probably don't read the comments very closely. In fact, I suspect that you are spending more time thinking about ink than most of them spend thinking about their homework!

 

As for me, one of the only colors I don't use to mark papers is bright red. (I've used very dark and brown reds.) Instead, I use mostly bright oranges, greens, purples, pinks, whatever is in my pen or in my mind at the moment.

 

Partly it's just for fun: reading and commenting on papers is often a slog. But it's also because some of my students who are training for secondary education told me that studies have shown that marking with red ink can have a negative impact. I've looked at some of these studies, and the evidence seems to be mixed; nevertheless, I figure it can't hurt to avoid the bright reds.

 

In the end, I'd suggest that you try lots of colors until you find the colors or inks that make grading easier for you. If you've just started exploring, order a bunch of ink samples and have fun!

 

And if you haven't already, check out the "red" color thread for all the reds you can stand!

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/279273-inky-t-o-d-color-swatches-red-please-post-your-pictures-and-tell-us-your-thoughts/

Edited June 8, 2019 by mamajones