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Thank you. What is fade test and how does one donate to it?

 

Well, I'm so glad you asked.

 

Each year I convince members of FPN to send me some of their samples. I then take those samples, scan them, cut them in half and put one half up in the window of doom in my Union Pacific Caboose. Then some time later, I take them down, match them back up and rescan them. I post all the results.

 

Here is the link to the most recent test.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Well, I was wrong. That Herbin 1670 is nowhere as dark as I would like. I think that the first time I tried it there must have been some black left in the pen. But it is still a nice color and I'm not about to pour it down the sink. Instead I'll use it for letters to my mother-in-law. (yes, I really do write her)

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Well, I was wrong. That Herbin 1670 is nowhere as dark as I would like. I think that the first time I tried it there must have been some black left in the pen. But it is still a nice color and I'm not about to pour it down the sink. Instead I'll use it for letters to my mother-in-law. (yes, I really do write her)

 

I really like the Herbin, but it does require pen cleaning.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/INK/attachments/2013-03-17_Davis_013_small.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inklings/slides/2013-Ink_694.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nobody brought up Tiananmen Red (Noodler's). I thought that was a dark red, blood like..... Strange how I never considered Herbin 1670 to be dark red. More like Xmas red.

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+1 on Diamine Oxblood and Noodler's Red-Black!

Fav. Pens: MB 146, Pilot Falcon, TWSBI VAC 700.

Fav. Inks:  Pilot Iroshizuku Yama Budo & Yama Guri; Diamine Syrah, Oxblood & Eclipse; J. Herbin Rouge Hematite & Vert Reseda; Noodler's Black, Red Black & Zhivago.

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Another +1 for Montblanc Hitchcock! And very useful comparison, paulmcmanus!

 

Hey, welcome to FPN!

 

:W2FPN:

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_091.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I am thinking of mixing my own red/black with Sheaffer Skrip red + black.

But that is a somewhat long term project, for when I am bored and have nothing else to do.

San Francisco Pen Show - August 28-30, 2020 - Redwood City, California

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