Favourite Inks For Flex Pens...

[shaylenwilliams]

@shaylenwilliams

 

thanks - I was looking for a pen that my PR Arabian Rose would look good in

I hadn`t thought of using the flex

 

 

and another +1 for Iron Gall

 

Not a problem. I find that it's a pretty underrated ink.

[spiv]

@ shaylen - I bought a bottle at the D.C. show 'cause it looked good at the inktable

not so good once i inked up my L2K - not good at all - the L2K is a wet broad nib

but a flex... that might redeem it!

 

(or maybe I should just shake the bottle next time)

[Mango]

Iroshizuku Tsuki-Yo & R&K Verdigris.

[Laura N]

I just use my regular inks. Perhaps I've been missing something.

 

But I don't use the flex pens as regular writers, so I do like using an ink I won't worry about leaving a few days in the pen unused. Waterman, for example.

[inkspot]

I just use my regular inks. Perhaps I've been missing something.

 

Nope, you're not missing anything There's nothing particularly special about any of these inks, really. Some inks show impressive shading or otherwise have lubricating and flow properties that make them ideal for flex pens (or any other number of pens, really). I'm just wondering what inks people like to use in their flex pens and why.

[ever onward]

Vert Empire is great. PR Arabian Rose, BSIAR... I'm trying Bouquet d'Antan in my Symphony next.

 

Interesting. I found that Vert Empire, one of my top favorite inks, railroads in my (AWESOME!!!! new) Mabie Todd Swan Minor wet noodle. Also Herbin's Larmes de Cassis, another in my top 10, railroaded in my Binderized, full-flex Pelikan nib (in an M205). I assumed then that the very quality I love about Herbin inks--that loose juiciness--made them poor choices for wide-flexing pens.

 

Is the pen/are the pens you like with Vert Empire lesser flexors (if I may coin a phrase)? Or are they full-flex/wet noodles? If the latter, do you have any sense of why that VE worked so well in your pen(s)? I'd sure love to be able to use it in my ....magna flexors.

 

best,

eo

[ever onward]

Actually, most any Herbin ink is great for flex.

 

So interesting. Maybe I just need to restrict Herbin inks to my lesser flexors. That's cool. I'll happily do that.

 

-eo

[Yoda4561]

Noodler's Bad Blue Heron, and BSAR.

[Laura N]

I just use my regular inks. Perhaps I've been missing something.

 

Nope, you're not missing anything There's nothing particularly special about any of these inks, really. Some inks show impressive shading or otherwise have lubricating and flow properties that make them ideal for flex pens (or any other number of pens, really). I'm just wondering what inks people like to use in their flex pens and why.

 

So now I'm going to have to try even more inks! That's a good thing.

[shaylenwilliams]

Vert Empire is great. PR Arabian Rose, BSIAR... I'm trying Bouquet d'Antan in my Symphony next.

 

Interesting. I found that Vert Empire, one of my top favorite inks, railroads in my (AWESOME!!!! new) Mabie Todd Swan Minor wet noodle. Also Herbin's Larmes de Cassis, another in my top 10, railroaded in my Binderized, full-flex Pelikan nib (in an M205). I assumed then that the very quality I love about Herbin inks--that loose juiciness--made them poor choices for wide-flexing pens.

 

Is the pen/are the pens you like with Vert Empire lesser flexors (if I may coin a phrase)? Or are they full-flex/wet noodles? If the latter, do you have any sense of why that VE worked so well in your pen(s)? I'd sure love to be able to use it in my ....magna flexors.

 

best,

eo

 

They work very well in my Eversharp Symphony- which I would say is semi-flex, leaning just a hair toward full flex, but by no means is it a wet noodle.

[spiv]

@shaylenwilliams

thanks - I was looking for a pen that my PR Arabian Rose would look good in

I hadn`t thought of using the flex

Not a problem. I find that it's a pretty underrated ink.

 

@ shaylen - It worked! PR Arabian Rose looks fantastic out of my noodler's flex.

In fact I was able to roughly (very roughly) approximate the sweet cursive hand that GClef does - so as not to waste the good shading ink i switched to BSB for practice (and contrast)

WOW

BSB looks pretty good out of a noodler's flex

 

and thanks to GClef for setting a bar ... just ... within ... reach (well close anyway)

Edited October 26, 2011 by spiv

[shaylenwilliams]

@shaylenwilliams

thanks - I was looking for a pen that my PR Arabian Rose would look good in

I hadn`t thought of using the flex

Not a problem. I find that it's a pretty underrated ink.

 

@ shaylen - It worked! PR Arabian Rose looks fantastic out of my noodler's flex.

 

 

[DavidHandmade]

J. Herbin 1670 does wonderful things in my FP with Broad/CI/Flexy nib and another FP with a Swan #4 / CI.

Dumas Tulipe Noire provides very nice shading in my Flex-nib Pens, as well.

[reval]

I love R&K Scabiosa in a pen with a flexible nib.

[dannzeman]

Waterman Florida Blue and Levenger Pinkly (has to be used on really good paper!).

[hughdrbf]

Waterman South Sea Blue

Noodler's Golden Brown

Noodler's Turquoise American Eel

Diamine Sepia

Diamine Raw Siena

Diamine Light Green

Diamine Turquoise

Diamine Aqua Blue

Diamine Royal Blue

Private Reserve Spearmint

 

Thanks Mauricio, I always admire the ink colors you use for writing samples. I thought often of asking which inks you use and here's the answer.

 

Hugh

[vannesspen]

Waterman South Sea Blue

Noodler's Golden Brown

Noodler's Turquoise American Eel

Diamine Sepia

Diamine Raw Siena

Diamine Light Green

Diamine Turquoise

Diamine Aqua Blue

Diamine Royal Blue

Private Reserve Spearmint

 

good choices- Of course with your talents I would imagine you can do wonders with most any inks

Edited November 22, 2011 by watch_art

[WOBentley]

Nothing new here, just the usual suspects:

BSIAR, Apache Sunset, 1670, and one newish one: MB Carlo Collodi LE ink

[Joshua J.]

Noodler's Black. I can make lines as wide as I want with no feathering, on any paper.

[spiv]

The latest winners are Noodler's Cactus Fruit, Lamy Blue Black (bottle) and Waterman Havana Brown.

Just loaded up with PR American Blue... so far so good.