Are Your Checks FP Friendly?

[Blade Runner]

Mine are OK, but have a kind of hard finish that's not great for fps. My brand is Deluxe Corp.

Are your personal checks fp friendly? Do you know the brand that makes them?

Edited December 21, 2009 by jeen

[sumgaikid]

I don't write checks,but my paychecks and bank deposit slips are FP friendly;I always fill out

the slips and sign the paychecks with a fountain pen.

 

 

 

John

[Philip1209]

I tend to use Noodler's Black with my checks and deposit slips, so the ink is not normally finicky. My checks in general seem to work fine with fountain pen. I don't know the brand, but they were provided by Charles Schwab Bank. As a side note, savings bonds don't work too well with fountain pen ink. I signed a couple dozen yesterday with Cross blue-black and it was feathering a bit and took a while to dry.

[offbase]

Nope. My personal checks (Deluxe) bleed through even with an xf nib.

[Ghost Plane]

Mine work fine using a B nibbed Carene and Waterman ink. The check registers, however, bleed thru all over the place.

[krandallkraus]

Funny you should ask. My checks from Checks in the Mail are very FP friendly, but don't like my rollerball at all. Go figure.

[bgray]

My checks are fine with fountain pen ink.

 

However, I really don't use them on checks.

 

Although it's highly unlikely, remember that unless you are using a permanent ink, most fountain pen inks could be washed out and altered on a check.

Edited December 22, 2009 by bgray

[Margana]

Recently switched to a Sharpie Pen for checks due to poor paper performance.

[Pictrix]

I haven't noticed much problem with the Deluxe carbon checks, using green or yellow safety paper. I can't say I've used every color of ink on them though. No bleeding or feathering that I've noticed, but... I have to keep a piece of blotting paper in the checkbook

 

The registers... vary.

[csmorris]

Had not tried before. Using a Sheaffer M italic and PR Grey Flannel, works fine (on everything except the foil hologram ). Ink looks green as it goes on then dries a very antique looking grey-black. Not sure the make of cheque but it is a security cheque, made in Canada for a Canadian bank. No feathering but horrific bleed thru.

 

As others have mentioned, likely best to use a bulletproof type ink if using FPs on cheques.

[ZeissIkon]

I only write two or three checks a year (even my car registration can be done online with a debit card, now), but my checks and deposit slips seem perfectly happy with Noodler's Black. As suggested above, I wouldn't use any ink on a check that wasn't bulletproof -- but Noodler's Black is a nice default for check writing and is bulletproof.

[jbb]

My Harland Clarke checks http://harlandclarke.com/solutions/payment/orderchecks stand up to both fountain and dip pen (which tend to write very wet). It puts a happy spin on the chore bill paying.

[pmsalty]

My checks are great and I always use my Cross Apogee filled with Legal Lapis when I write a check!

PMS

[voop]

No idea, it's been a decade since I last used a cheque - CCs all the way....

[aDr]

My checks take FP ink well with no feathering or bleeding but it takes an eternity to dry; had to switch to a ballpoint pen, it made me sad

Edited December 22, 2009 by aDr

[Kelvandor]

And not to wander this thread too much, but I had to ask...

 

 

For those who do use FP's to write checks; do you use the type of checks that are carbonless-copy for the stub/receipt, or the type that have a separate stub?

 

If any folks are using the carbonless-copy type, I could use some suggestions about a pen/nib that will take the pressure without tweeking.

 

 

 

-Kel

[jbb]

And not to wander this thread too much, but I had to ask...

 

 

For those who do use FP's to write checks; do you use the type of checks that are carbonless-copy for the stub/receipt, or the type that have a separate stub?

 

If any folks are using the carbonless-copy type, I could use some suggestions about a pen/nib that will take the pressure without tweeking.

 

-Kel

Esterbrook has "Manifold" nibs which were intended for writing through carbons.

http://www.snyderfamily.com/current/estienibs.htm

• 1461 Rigid Medium Nib - manifold or carbon copies
  
• 2461 Rigid fine - manifold
  
• 9460 carbon copies - manifold
  
• 9461 Rigid Fine - manifold
  
• 9650 Medium manifold - for carbon copies
  

 

I have not used these myself as my checks are top stub.

[tonybelding]

My checks are Clarke American, and they're excellent with fountain pen ink. My only quibble is that it doesn't dry too quickly on them, so I have to watch that before I hand a check to somebody. A really wet pen makes it worse, of course.

 

The checks aren't carbonless, I have to record each one in the ledger by hand. Which is OK, the ink on the check can be drying while I do that.

[jgrasty]

No issues here. Use Noodler's Black if you have crappy checks.

[gross]

Although it's highly unlikely, remember that unless you are using a permanent ink, most fountain pen inks could be washed out and altered on a check.

Just a note. While the above statement is true concerning many fountain pen inks, it is also true of most other kinds of ink as well. I was treated to a demonstration aimed at getting people not to mail envelopes containing checks from their residential mailboxes due to the ease with which an individual could alter the check. The advice was to mail such envelopes inside a post office, in a tamper proof postal drop box, or in a locked residential box. The demonstration made a real impression on me. What I came away with was the knowledge that there is no truly safe ink on a check. So, no matter what ink you use, be very careful who gets hold of your check.

 

There were samples of altered checks that had been cashed on display. Some were obviously discolored enough to give at least a very strong indication that they had been tampered with, but were cashed anyway by some obviously unobservant or uninterested person.