Ink Choice

[LudVinPen]

Recently I swapped my Uni-Ball Eye Rollerballs for a Fountain pen (again). At work I use three colors (for mostly short notes):

 

Red: I chose Mont Blanc Corn Poppy Red to fill my Starwalker.

 

Lavender Purple (MB): I will use this once my Conid Pen will arrive. This will be the most used one. Really looking forward for it.....

 

I also ordered Iroshizuku Tsuki-Yo for the blue colour (to fill a MB Meisterstuck). Hopefully this is a good choice. Do you really see color shades in it?

 

Perhaps in the near future I will add Black to this. Any recommendations?

I would like to use a TWSBI Fountain Pen for this, but they are difficult to find here in Belgium. Is the 580 a good choice?

 

 

Many Thanks,

 

LD

 

[A Smug Dill]

Which characteristics are you after in a black ink? Colour intensity? Water resistance? Lightfastness? Shading? Sheen? No or minimal feathering? Show-through? Bleed-through? Wet, or dry? Pigment, or dye?

[Arkanabar]

KaB had a huge thread where he documented emptying a bottle of Tsuki-Yo. I'm given to understand it has excellent behavior, and a number of people fell in love with the ink while watching this.

[lapis]

If you're still interested in a black and haven't already looked at this, then try that out.

[displacermoose]

Tsuki-yo is lovely, and so is the thread linked above. It was the second ink I ever bought. It manages to be complex and interesting while maintaining enough seriousness that no one will have a pro with it even in the stuffiest of workplaces. I don’t waste it on work, though. I save my more pedestrian inks for that.

 

My favorite work black is kiwi-guro. Behaves beautifully, waterproof, plays nicely on awful paper, and feels like writing with liquid silk.

[Misfit]

A TWSBI 580 is a good pen. But so is the less expensive Eco. Do not over tighten the cap or piston knob, and a TWSBI will be fine. They have good guarantees also.

 

The 580 has a faceted barrel and metal parts. The metal and facets were taken out of the Eco to create a more Eco-nomical pen. Eco stands for economical according to the nibsmith website.

 

I really like Montblanc Corn Poppy Red. Levenger Raven black is supposed to have some water resistance.

[LudVinPen]

Thanks for all this tips! I'll have a lot to read...

And really enjoying the thread of KaB

 

Nice to be here !

[almoore]

If your having trouble obtaining a TWSBI try Cult Pens or the Writing Desk.

 

For black ink I would suggest either Herbin's Perle Noire or Waterman; both inexpensive and very easy to get and both very good.

 

If you prefer a dark charcoal grey then KWZ Warsaw Dreaming is lovely or for a really dark blue I use Diamine Oxford Blue.

 

I've used all of these inks and they have all been totally reliable.

 

Hope this helps

 

Al

 

Ps. Corn Poppy Red is a great choice; if you ever fancy trying green MB's Irish Green is very nice.

[Namo]

Tsuki yo is my daily ink for more than a year now. I am using it for writing several hours a day. It's an excellent ink in all regards but. It's not a blue. It's more of a blue-black or, to be more specific, a teal-black.