New Girl, Desperately Seeking Pink Ink

[ipinkgirl]

Noodler's Baystate Cape Cod Cranberry is one of those punch you in the eyes pink. My wife has this loaded in a Kaweco Sport Ice converted to an eyedropper as her "purse" pen.

Noodler's Baystate Cape Cod Cranberry was the first bottle of ink I ever purchased. It lives in my Pilot Prera fine point and I love it there.

[saskia_madding]

Iroshizuku Kosumosu is amazing! Check out the Sailor Kobe pink inks from cool-japan on ebay. Some of them are quite gorgeous.

 

And welcome to FPN.

[PAKMAN]

Hello and Welcome to FPN!! Glad to have you as a member!!

 

 

Can't help with the Pink ink but welcome never the less!!

[Clancy]

Greetings and a warm welcome to FPN. It's great to have you here with us.

[mohan]

ipinkgirl, Welcome to fpn.

Amberleadavis, Your ink sample charts are marvellous.

[swanjun]

I love pink ink, too! Some of my favorites:

 

* Kobe #30 Ouji Cherry, #12 Okamoto Pink. (These inks, made by Sailor, can be had on eBay from seller cool-japan.) There's also a limited edition one called Renoir Pink that I own but haven't tried yet as well as #41 Suma Rikyu Rose, which I don't yet own.

 

* Sailor Peche

 

* Private Reserve Arabian Rose

 

* Iroshizuku Kosumosu

 

I'm also really fond of Sheaffer Pink, but that only comes in cartridges. If you like pinks with a bit of a peachy cast, there's also Diamine Coral and Peach Haze.

Edited August 16, 2013 by swanjun

[terminal]

Iroshizuku Kosumosu is amazing! Check out the Sailor Kobe pink inks from cool-japan on ebay. Some of them are quite gorgeous.

 

And welcome to FPN.

 

Another vote for Iroshizuku's Kosumosu if you're worried about stains or bad behavior in your pen. If you prefer highly saturated inks, I like Private Reserve's Arabian Rose.

 

Iroshizuku kosumosu

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/212269-pilot-iroshizuku-kosumosu-cosmos-flower/

+1 I agree. Kosumosu is what my daughter likes too.

[notVirtuThe3rd]

Hi! Welcome to FPN.
I'm really glad you've joined us.

 

Keep in touch,
Kota Adachi

 

From Japan

[inkstainedruth]

+ 1 on PR Rose Rage (which is very similar in color -- and *lot* less expensive) than Kosumosu.

+ 1 on De Atramentis Rose, which actually is a scented ink -- while the scent doesn't stay on the paper it is very lovely to write with. Nice and wet, and really what I would call *rose* color, and the ink smells like my heirloom roses -- *not* artificial rose scent (which is just gacky).

I also really like Noodler's Shah Rose, which is a pretty color as well.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[queenofpens]

I haven't seen anybody mention Iroshizuku Tsutsuji (Azalea) - I like it because it is a dark enough shocking pink to show up well on almost any paper, and is attention-getting enough to be a good proofreading ink.

 

And it is almost an identical match to all of the pink Lamy Safari pens (regardless of which of the 3 cap styles in the different years that pink has been the limited edition pen). See the review from 2010 which was shortly after I got the 2009 Lamy pink and took the reviewer's advice to put this ink in it.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/148826-iroshizuku-tsutsuji-azalea-deep-pink/

 

It also looks nice in other pink pens that I have.

 

Almost forgot to say welcome and enjoy the fun!

Edited August 16, 2013 by queenofpens

[Sasha Royale]

Welcome !

 

I have always thought of pink as a pale red that has a low safuration. I did not expect to see

so many varieties. Thanks for your inquiry.

 

Have you considered a "demonstrator" fountain pen. The clear transparent pen body would

let you look at the pink ink with light shining though it. A broad nib would lay down a large

volumn of ink. (Something I like when using lighter colors.)

 

Will you send us a sample of what you finally choose, please.

[aj3537]

To find your perfect shade of pink, visit the Swab shop at Gouletpens.com.

 

http://www.gouletpens.com/Swab_Shop_Pink_s/824.htm

 

I purchased a great many inks based on this site. And they sell 2ml samples so you can try out an ink before committing to buying a bottle.

Edited August 16, 2013 by aj3537

[Penne Stilografiche]

Welcome to the Fountain Pen Network!!!

[Wahl]

[amberleadavis]

ipinkgirl, Welcome to fpn.

Amberleadavis, Your ink sample charts are marvellous.

 

 

Thank you, I can't take all the credit. Many others send these to me for our great fade experiments.

[dragondazd]

I really like Organics Studio Emily Dickinson Posie Pink. It makes me smile! And goes nicely with my pink Leuchtthurm.

 

And I don't like pink.

[inkstainedruth]

I really like Organics Studio Emily Dickinson Posie Pink. It makes me smile! And goes nicely with my pink Leuchtthurm.

 

And I don't like pink.

I've got a sample of that coming in the mail from isellpens (okay, I've got a LOT of other samples coming too, but not *all* pink . The shipment is theoretically arriving tomorrow -- just checked the tracking info and the package has left the Phoenix sort facility.

Is it really as bright as the swabs imply?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[vickiehof]

http://www.gouletpens.com/Swab_Shop_Pink_s/824.htm

 

Here's a link to a page of pinks. I have Noodler's Shah's Rose which is dark enough to be readable.

Edited September 11, 2013 by vickiehof

[applejade]

I'm not sure how pink you like it =) But there are two that I really like that haven't already been suggested (directly, anyway).

 

1. The Pilot Petit 1 Pink - here's a writing sample. There's no name, it just comes with the pen and you can get extra cartridges.

 

2. Montegrappa Bordeaux. I just ordered this one, but I haven't tried it yet. I liked it because it looks like a dusty rose, pink but very elegant.

[terminal]

My wife fell in love the with Pilot Petit 'clear blue' color, and we made a project out of ordering a bunch of ink samples from Goulet and comparing them. It's frustrating Pilot doesn't sell those inks in the bottle. Well, anyway, the reason I bring it up is because we ended up thinking one of the closest was the Platinum mix-free aqua, to the point where we wondered if they were actually using the same ink. I notice Platinum also makes a mix-free pink, Platinum Mix-Free Cyclamen Pink, has anyone tried it?