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Sailor Kenshin Museum Piece

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Ditto on reviews. You have named some of my favorites, but they are each miserable to clean.

 

I love Dromgoole's Blue Steel (Noodler's) for ease of cleaning.

 

Noodler's eel red for removing stains.

 

Noodler's Purple and Blue Eel and Blue for super saturated but easy to clean.

 

I have always longed to try Blue Steel...does anyone sell samples?

My latest ebook.   And not just for Halloween!
 

My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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Sasha Royale Museum Piece

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I like the idea of having more than one fountain pen. It sounds like a very pleasing solution.

(Who am I kidding ? I like the idea of having more than 100 fountain pens.) :lticaptd:

So, which pen(s) do you prefer ? I'll wager there are pens that can be had in quantity for

your general, colorful use.

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Auf freiem Grund mit freiem Volke stehn.
Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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rhymingisfun NOS (New Old Stock)

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I seem to recall that the pen bodies of Preppies are PMMA. I just checked, and the barrel of the preppy in front of me is alcohol-safe. The collector and feed might not be, but I hadn't heard that they were not before.

 

I will note that, while you might find the color dull, Noodler's La Couleur Royale is amazingly easy to clean out, right up there with Waterman Blue and Montblanc Royal Blue (neither of which I listed before because they are neither vibrant nor saturated). La Couleur Royale is highly saturated but not vibrant at all.

 

 

I would say waterman and montblanc have the easiest inks to flush out, at least from what I have experienced.

 

 

My easiest to clean inks include OMAS sepia, Pelikan Blue/Black (NA in NA), MB Royal Blue, Waterman Florida & Mysterious Blue.

 

Regarding the Preppies and using rubbing alcohol, when I used it once on a Preppy the plastic turned dullish white inside the section, but otherwise the pen still works.

 

I had Waterman Serenity Blue, and that ink was amazing in that it cleaned out very easily and looked good on even the cheapest paper, but it didn't have any water resistance at all and I didn't like the color. I've since tried out Mysterious Blue and Harmonious Green, but none have really grabbed my attention.

 

The Corn Poppy Red looks great, I think I might check that one out. Le Couleur Royale has me intrigued, might get a sample of it.

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Regarding the Preppies and using rubbing alcohol, when I used it once on a Preppy the plastic turned dullish white inside the section, but otherwise the pen still works.

 

Ah. OK. That might mean that the gray plastic "collector" isn't alcohol safe.

I know my id is "mhosea", but you can call me Mike. It's an old Unix thing.

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I have always longed to try Blue Steel...does anyone sell samples?

i will send you a sample.

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i will send you a sample.

I wish it weren't an exclusive. Beautiful ink, and I have a few bucks at Amazon.

Physician- signing your scripts with Skrips!


I'm so tough I vacation in Detroit.

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I wish it weren't an exclusive. Beautiful ink, and I have a few bucks at Amazon.

If you ever call Dromgoole's you will be thrilled.

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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polydeucesL5@gmail.com NOS (New Old Stock)

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+1 on the Waterman's inks and the use of cartridges.

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Omas Blue is a relatively saturated ink and one of the easiest inks to clean out of a pen. But for me, the easiest-to-clean has always been Pelikan 4001 Black.

I love the smell of fountain pen ink in the morning.

 

 

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I have a lot of pens that would be stained were it not for the wonders of Noodler's eel inks. Here is the wonder of Rattler Red.

 

What is ink is amazing for ... getting out stains.

 

Hot damn. :eureka:

 

Do you flush with the red, as you would with water or solvent?

Why are there fourteen samples of dark plum ink on my desk? Because I still haven't found the right shade.

Is that a problem...??? : : : sigh : : :

 

Update: Great. Finally found one I love (Lamy Dark Lilac) but I can't get more. Ah, life in my inky world....

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Hot damn. :eureka:

 

Do you flush with the red, as you would with water or solvent?

 

No, I do a regular flush with water and then I refill with eel red and doodle until it's empty then clean as usual.

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 have always longed to try Blue Steel...does anyone sell samples?

 

If you are coming to the SF Pen Show, we will have Dromgoole's Blue Steel at the ink sampling station. Plus a few of their other exclusive inks.

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

www.SFPenShow.com

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No, I do a regular flush with water and then I refill with eel red and doodle until it's empty then clean as usual.

 

Fabulous---thanks for the tip. :)

 

Last question: Is this true with all Noodler's Eel inks, or only the Rattler Red?

Why are there fourteen samples of dark plum ink on my desk? Because I still haven't found the right shade.

Is that a problem...??? : : : sigh : : :

 

Update: Great. Finally found one I love (Lamy Dark Lilac) but I can't get more. Ah, life in my inky world....

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I know for sure it works on the red, I don't know if it works for other colors, but I think it would.

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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Waterman inks are wonderfully easy on pens.

"how do I know what I think until I write it down?"

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