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Sheaffer King's Gold -- What To Use It For?


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I have a full small bottle of Sheaffer King's Gold that I got a long time ago and came with a red tipped converter with a PVC sac. I never had a use for the gold, and I didn't know if it would foul a pen. What would one use it for?

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I had some King's Gold several years ago and found it legible enough for note taking or any kind of personal writing. It would be an especially nice ink to use in summer--evocative of golden hillsides.

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Before there was lots of choice in yellow inks, people recommended Kings Gold as a mixer for ink recipes. I'm not sure KG is the best choice now. A pure yellow might be better for this purpose.

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Kings Gold is a safe ink. Mixed with the older Sheaffer red, it makes a glorious orange color. It's good for sketching. I gave a bottle to a friend, who gave me a wonderful sketch of a sparrow done with the ink.

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One would use it to send to me. ;)

 

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I had some King's Gold several years ago and found it legible enough for note taking or any kind of personal writing. It would be an especially nice ink to use in summer--evocative of golden hillsides.

 

Thanks for that idea. I haven't usually used ink in painting, mainly watercolor, but it could be worked in.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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Kings Gold is a safe ink. Mixed with the older Sheaffer red, it makes a glorious orange color. It's good for sketching. I gave a bottle to a friend, who gave me a wonderful sketch of a sparrow done with the ink.

 

Thank you for the reassurance about the safety in pens of Kings Gold. Great idea about the sketch. There are cardinals, woodpeckers and sparrows at our bird feeder, and I have sometimes sketched them. That's a great idea about the sketch, but I'd better hurry, this house is too big for us two oldsters to keep with, and we are getting ready to sell and move back to Florida.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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One would use it to send to me. ;)

 

I should lay a claim... After all, I own a Sheaffer Legacy Heritage (9033) King's Gold pen, seems like King's Gold ink would be a fit :D

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I should lay a claim... After all, I own a Sheaffer Legacy Heritage (9033) King's Gold pen, seems like King's Gold ink would be a fit :D

I own the same 🖊 pen. So there!

 

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My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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I own the same pen. So there!

 

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I defer to first caller...

 

(This vargr is not going to challenge someone whose handle combines two fighting anime characters)

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And thanks to this thread, I have ordered a gold ink in my continuing quest to find an interesting, non-purple ink for my Pelikan 140.

 

I just don't find blue or green very interesting, and gold had entirely slipped my mind as an option.

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And thanks to this thread, I have ordered a gold ink in my continuing quest to find an interesting, non-purple ink for my Pelikan 140.

 

I just don't find blue or green very interesting, and gold had entirely slipped my mind as an option.

 

 

Golds are lovely. You should look at KWZ Honey. It sits somewhere between gold and brown and is lovely in every way. Also wonderfully readable.

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Another really nice gold is De Atramentis Gold, which is dark enough to be legible on the page.

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Golds are lovely. You should look at KWZ Honey. It sits somewhere between gold and brown and is lovely in every way. Also wonderfully readable.

 

 

Another really nice gold is De Atramentis Gold, which is dark enough to be legible on the page.

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I've ordered Sailor Kobe Taisanji Yellow. Reviews suggest that it is a wet ink, so I hope it will be legible in my somewhat dry Pelikan 140.

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KWZI El Dorado is very nice too. I often use it in my Pelikan M400 White Tortoise. Wonderful complimentary color to the pen. Right now it has Edelstein Olivine in it.

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I recently finished a cartridge of King's Gold that I had unopened from the 1980s or 90s. There was nothing wrong with it as a jotting color, fine for doing sudoku or crosswords.

I did have to make it back up to volume with distilled water but otherwise a pleasant well behaved ink in my NOS Targa.

I also like Kobe Ink's Shinkaichi Gold for the same purpose.

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It’s perfect for embellishing calligraphy, and it was included in the old calligraphy kits.

 

 

My cartridge came in a calligraphy kit, and I first used it for practicing Japanese calligraphy.

 

The gold I have now is Sailor Kobe Taisanji Yellow, which has an attractive hue but needs a wet pen to produce a legible line. I bought it to use in my Pelikan 140, but that pen doesn't lay down enough ink to show Taisanji Yellow to advantage. My Lamy Safari M isn't wet enough either. I have high hopes for my Sailor Pro Gear Slim B.

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