What ink(s) are you waiting for in the mail?

[inkstainedruth]

15 hours ago, mauckcg said:

16oz bottles of Apache Sunset and Navajo Turquoise came in today.  😁

16 OUNCES?   I mean, I like Navajo Turquoise a lot -- but not THAT much.  And as for Apache Sunset... er, um, the shading is nice -- but I have yet to find an actual orange ink I like enough to want even a NORMAL size bottle of -- which the possible exception of Diamine Terracotta (which is more brown than orange) and KWZI IG Mandarin (which oxidizes to more of a brown).

I also have really bad memories of a 4 oz bottle of Kung Te Cheng landing on my bathroom floor, after only a single pen fill.....

The only two inks I bought as really large bottles are vintage Skrip Peacock and winter Quink Permanent Violet.  And both of those got decanted into 2 and 4 oz. amber Boston round bottles with eye-dropper caps for easy usage (and I then gave the empty large bottles away to someone in my local pen club).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

[mauckcg]

2 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

16 OUNCES?   I mean, I like Navajo Turquoise a lot -- but not THAT much.  And as for Apache Sunset... er, um, the shading is nice -- but I have yet to find an actual orange ink I like enough to want even a NORMAL size bottle of -- which the possible exception of Diamine Terracotta (which is more brown than orange) and KWZI IG Mandarin (which oxidizes to more of a brown).

I also have really bad memories of a 4 oz bottle of Kung Te Cheng landing on my bathroom floor, after only a single pen fill.....

The only two inks I bought as really large bottles are vintage Skrip Peacock and winter Quink Permanent Violet.  And both of those got decanted into 2 and 4 oz. amber Boston round bottles with eye-dropper caps for easy usage (and I then gave the empty large bottles away to someone in my local pen club).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

I  needed new bottles anyway, my original small bottles are almost empty, but those two colors are going away sort of.  Being renamed i think to something bland and boring.  The labels on the 16oz bottles scale up to match the size of the bottle which is great.

 

The only issue i have with Apache Sunset is the dry time.  If i'm using coated paper like Tomoe River it takes forever to actually dry and will smear hours later.

[Carrau]

On 5/12/2022 at 4:30 PM, Just J said:

I went looking for one which sight of nearly took my breath away -- Winter October. But seems that's the one everybody else has wanted too - can't find it anywhere. So of course, i wound up buying everything else in stock. Guess I showed them!  

*harumph!* 

 

Seriously tho, you can likely see them best at Van Ness Pens, under the name [for some unknown reason] 'Ancient Charm'. 

If you find any of that October, let me know! 

Got me jonesing! 

 

I’m not saying it’s the same, but when I looked at Winter October, it reminded of a PenBBS ink that used to be available at Vanness (no longer shown there), Hyacinth Macaw, Pen BBS #103.  I’m not sure where to find it but scroll down the review to the swab picture.

https://squishyink.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/penbbs-103-hyacinth-macaw-review/

[kiavonne]

A 16oz bottle of Apache Sunset, and a 16oz bottle of 54th Massachusetts.  They will join my not so full 16oz bottles of Lexington Grey, HoD, and Liberty's Elysium.  I couldn't find the Navajo.  Wish I had a 16oz bottle of Galileo, but I guess my remaining 5 3oz bottles have to suffice, for now.  /waves to all

[Misfit]

I’m waiting on a 30ml of Pelikan 4001 Blue Black. 

[IlikeInksandIcannotlie]

A 30ml bottle of Jinhao Deep Blue, because I've heard the Jinhao inks were actually surprisingly good for the price, and this one had water resistance and a nice colour to boot.

[mauckcg]

12 hours ago, kiavonne said:

A 16oz bottle of Apache Sunset, and a 16oz bottle of 54th Massachusetts.  They will join my not so full 16oz bottles of Lexington Grey, HoD, and Liberty's Elysium.  I couldn't find the Navajo.  Wish I had a 16oz bottle of Galileo, but I guess my remaining 5 3oz bottles have to suffice, for now.  /waves to all

Vanness had it in stock but it seems to be out now.

[pgcauk]

On 5/15/2022 at 9:12 AM, inkstainedruth said:

I have yet to find an actual orange ink I like enough to want even a NORMAL size bottle of -- which the possible exception of Diamine Terracotta (which is more brown than orange) and KWZI IG Mandarin (which oxidizes to more of a brown).

Orange in a dip pen can be a fabulous thing, but it's much harder imho to get it to work in a fountain. I mainly write in a mixture of olive/army/murky greens and muted violet/mauve/purples, but oranges and pinks make a great contrast with these as the third leg of the stool. Above are four strategies that I have found to bring orange into my writing, still as an accent color but more useful than simply limited to highlights or annotations.

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks for posting the image.  The Taccia Koiame looks interesting because of the haloing (always a plus to my mind ) but overall too many of them seem to be similar in color to Diamine Terracotta (which I have) or Diamine Ancient Copper (which had a lot of nib creep and gunk buildup on the tipping in the pen I tried it in a few years ago -- too much for me to want to spring for a full bottle).  And I don't really use dip pens, although I have in the past when taking calligraphy classes in high school and college.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[IlikeInksandIcannotlie]

On 5/17/2022 at 4:10 PM, IlikeInksandIcannotlie said:

A 30ml bottle of Jinhao Deep Blue, because I've heard the Jinhao inks were actually surprisingly good for the price, and this one had water resistance and a nice colour to boot.

Finally arrived! I haven't seen many reviews of this, so I might embark on my first ink review.

[Misfit]

33 minutes ago, IlikeInksandIcannotlie said:

Finally arrived! I haven't seen many reviews of this, so I might embark on my first ink review.

Oh, I hope you do an ink review. I haven’t reviewed anything here on FPN. 

[amberleadavis]

On 5/14/2022 at 5:45 PM, mauckcg said:

16oz bottles of Apache Sunset and Navajo Turquoise came in today.  😁

 

WOW that's a lot of ink.

[mauckcg]

3 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

 

WOW that's a lot of ink.

I will never run out!  😁🤣

[essayfaire]

13 hours ago, IlikeInksandIcannotlie said:

Finally arrived! I haven't seen many reviews of this, so I might embark on my first ink review.

I didn't even know JinHao made ink, so I certainly haven't read any reviews of it!

[AmandaW]

7 hours ago, essayfaire said:

I didn't even know JinHao made ink, so I certainly haven't read any reviews of it!

As i understand it Van Dieman's inks are mixed from Jinhao inks. And i like Van Dieman's very much!

 

[HauntedMyst]

Birmingham Pen Company is having a pretty good sale so I picked up 5 bottles.  https://www.birminghampens.com/collections/sale

Twilight - 60mL   

Salmon Hors d'Oeuvre - 60mL   

Daisy Lace - 60mL   

Parrot - 60mL 

 
Snowflake - 60mL

[essayfaire]

12 hours ago, AmandaW said:

As i understand it Van Dieman's inks are mixed from Jinhao inks. And i like Van Dieman's very much!

I only became aware of Van Dieman's in the last year or so, but I've liked the couple I've sampled.

[IlikeInksandIcannotlie]

On 5/21/2022 at 8:57 AM, AmandaW said:

As i understand it Van Dieman's inks are mixed from Jinhao inks. And i like Van Dieman's very much!

 

Huh, I didn't know that! The Jinhao bottle certainly punches way above its weight for fanciness ( it's essentially a Montblanc 30 ml bottle with a thinner cap) and the ink isn't bad either. The ink was a little disappointing colour-wise for me, but then again it's perfectly good ink.

Edit: Turns out the ink is a rather nice deep-blue with a touch of grey, in bright white light. I imagine this is how Platinum Blue Black looks out of the bottle. Sunlight/ yellowish light will make it appear a little greenish. It does have water resistance, it leaves a lighter blue behind.

[TitoThePencilPimp]

15 hours ago, AmandaW said:

As i understand it Van Dieman's inks are mixed from Jinhao inks. And i like Van Dieman's very much!

 

Wow. Did not know this. I googled, and found this to be true, or at least what I gathered to be so. 

[dragondazd]

So... My Vanness order was supposed to arrive yesterday but took a detour to PR on its way to OR. ....yeah. thanks again USPS.

 

Meanwhile my order from the big Birmingham ink sale hasn't shipped yet. Oh well. #firstworldproblems