Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using, *show* Us! - 2015-Ii

[eliweisz]

done in a hurry on really BAD paper

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Love your handwriting! Don't hurry, treat your new pen to some nice paper - and yourself to a shiny 75! (Have I said "Don't hurry"? Ah, yes) ;-)

[SNAK]

 

This pen is part of my little office-kit. A Kaweco Sport leather 3-pen case containing

- A Kaweco Skyline Sport (F-nib) with blue / blue-black ink (currently R&K Salix) for general writing

- A Kaweco Classic Sport (2.3 stub) with Pelikan M205 Duo yellow highlighter ink for... guess what... highlighting

- A Kaweco Skyline Sport (3.2mm) clutch pencil for drawing & not so permanent stuff

 

This covers about 90% of my office needs, all other pens I bring into the office are just a bonus.

 

 

Not the best place to post this (so please write your responses with your pen of the day and post a picture to stay with the main subject of this thread ) :

 

The problem with this little kit, is ink compatibility of the main writer and the highlighter pen. Due to restrictions from work, I need to use a blue, blue-black or black ink. Black either gets really boring really quick or is not "black enough" to qualify as black. So I use blue or blue-black. But it needs to be compatible with the highlighter ink. Currently I use R&K Salix, which meets the color restrictions and works well enough with the highlighter, but it is a little too dry for this (already modded) pen. So I'm looking for a new ink.

 

Does anyone have a suggestion? It should be blue or blue-black (not hinting towards turquoise or purple), fairly easy flowing, cheap (as it is just for office use), permanent(-ish), some shading or sheen to make it look interesting would be nice, preferably available in both cartridge and bottle, I'd like to keep it under €15 per 50ml and last but not least, for sale in the Netherlands (so no Noodlers ).

 

Some inks I already tried:

- Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue (gets erased by highlighter)

- Visconti Blue (gets erased by highlighter)

- Poky Blue (gets erased by highlighter)

- Iroshizuku Asa-gao (gets smeared by highlighter)

- Diamine Sargasso Sea (gets smeared by highlighter)

- Montblanc Twilight Blue (gets smeared by highlighter)

- Rohrer & Klingner Blau Permanent (gets smeared by highlighter)

- Diamine Royal Blue (gets smeared by highlighter)

- Noodlers Baystate Blue (works with highlighter, but not available in the Netherlands, so too impractical/expensive for daily use)

- Rohrer & Klingner Salix (works with highlighter, but too dry)

- Hero 232 Blue-black (works with highlighter, but only after long dry time)

 

Thanks!

Coop, if you are after a non-smearing, non-shifting waterproof ink that has great flow, may I recommend the De Atramentis Document series of inks? If you like blue or blue-black ink, the Document Dark Blue or Document Fog Grey will be something that you might like. Fog Grey is not really a grey but a greyish dark blue. De Atramentis' Document inks are completely waterproof after drying on paper, so a highlighter will not shift it or smear it.

 

I was searching for waterproof fountain pen inks for a while for use in my ink and watercolour sketches. My usual ultimate test is to draw with the ink, and then wash over the ink lines with light yellow watercolour. If even a little of the black ink shifts or smears it's a fail, and for me all iron gall inks I have (ESSRI, Diamine IG, R&K Scabiosa and Salix, Ackerman #10, MB old Blue-Black, Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black, Platinum Blue-Black, I think that's it) failed. Noodler's bulletproof inks (including Black) failed. But D.A. Document inks were resounding success, so were Platinum Carbon Black and Sepia, as well as Super5 Black (so I assume Super5's blue inks should be good too). I prefer the De Atramentis Document inks because they flow so well and writes a nice wet line. These carbon nano-particle inks can feel cloggy but I have not experienced that with D.A. Document inks.

 

De Atramentis inks are German, so I am not sure if it is easy or not to get them. I am not sure about the price in pounds but you can check the US price on Goulet site. Here in Australia its' about AU$26 which is equivalent to about 12 pounds sterling per 30ml bottle.

 

I hope this is useful.

[eliweisz]

Coop, if you are after a non-smearing, non-shifting waterproof ink that has great flow, may I recommend the De Atramentis Document series of inks?

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De Atramentis inks are German, so I am not sure if it is easy or not to get them. I am not sure about the price in pounds but you can check the US price on Goulet site. Here in Australia its' about AU$26 which is equivalent to about 12 pounds sterling per 30ml bottle.

 

I hope this is useful.

In the UK, De Atramentis inks are available from The Writing Desk (less than 10 pounds per bottle + quite sophisticated shipping rate starting from 3.70). Stateside, xFountainPens sell them as their house brand, re-labeled "Architekt", $12 per bottle; overseas shipping for three bottles must be about $24, making it $20/30ml, somewhere in the GvFC realm.

[WireFox]

I have put all other pens away for the time being since my TWSBI Vac 700 and TWSBI 580 AL outshine them all :-) Both fitted with 1.1mm stub nibs; the Vac 700 is inked with Iroshizuku shin-kai and the 580 AL with Edelstein Ruby. The case is my first attempt at hand stitching. Far from perfect but it certainly protects the pens

 

http://i65.tinypic.com/2415dlt.jpg

 

More of the pen case ;-)

 

http://i66.tinypic.com/a46iq8.jpg

 

and black and white because I do like a bit of atmosphere :-)

 

http://i63.tinypic.com/90rdr7.jpg

 

 

[Pterodactylus]

So my son is 6 and started a couple of weeks ago with school (first grade).

He likes school very much, and points out almost daily that school is much better than Kindergarten.

 

 

This week he came home and told us that his religious instruction teacher gave also the parents some homework.

They draw a lot in their exercise book (as they can´t write till now ), and this time she told them that they have to color a sheet with flourish and the parents should provide a picture in the middle either a foto or a drawing of the child as a baby.

 

Of course I´ve choosen the second option and made a pencil sketch last evening (please don´t treat it as a full featured portrait, it´s a quite quick sketch, but I like it)

It shows my son sleeping when he was a baby.

 

 

(Faber Castell - Castell 9000)

 

I´m curious how many parents also made a drawing and not choosen the foto option

Edited October 30, 2015 by Pterodactylus

[Professor Plume]

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This is about as reserved as a fountain pen can get -- but, oh, what a nib! I've been practicing flex writing and the pen certainly has a sweet spot. This Pilot and the 743 have gotten very mixed reviews so my expectations were a little lower. What a pleasant surprise. I can't put the pen down-- it has performed beautifully so far. Ordered from Japan and thoroughly delighted with the 742. I'm not sure I'll stay with the Ama Iro but it's a lovely sky blue.

[Coop]

Coop, if you are after a non-smearing, non-shifting waterproof ink that has great flow, may I recommend the De Atramentis Document series of inks? If you like blue or blue-black ink, the Document Dark Blue or Document Fog Grey will be something that you might like. Fog Grey is not really a grey but a greyish dark blue. De Atramentis' Document inks are completely waterproof after drying on paper, so a highlighter will not shift it or smear it.

 

I was searching for waterproof fountain pen inks for a while for use in my ink and watercolour sketches. My usual ultimate test is to draw with the ink, and then wash over the ink lines with light yellow watercolour. If even a little of the black ink shifts or smears it's a fail, and for me all iron gall inks I have (ESSRI, Diamine IG, R&K Scabiosa and Salix, Ackerman #10, MB old Blue-Black, Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black, Platinum Blue-Black, I think that's it) failed. Noodler's bulletproof inks (including Black) failed. But D.A. Document inks were resounding success, so were Platinum Carbon Black and Sepia, as well as Super5 Black (so I assume Super5's blue inks should be good too). I prefer the De Atramentis Document inks because they flow so well and writes a nice wet line. These carbon nano-particle inks can feel cloggy but I have not experienced that with D.A. Document inks.

 

De Atramentis inks are German, so I am not sure if it is easy or not to get them. I am not sure about the price in pounds but you can check the US price on Goulet site. Here in Australia its' about AU$26 which is equivalent to about 12 pounds sterling per 30ml bottle.

 

I hope this is useful.

 

 

It is very useful, thank you. These inks were recommended to me by a few people. And I'll be visiting La Couronne du Comte tomorrow to pick up my repaired TWSBI 580AL, they have a nice big selection of DeAtramentis inks. And as a regular customer they let me try inks before I buy (they are awesome like that ), so I should be able to verify if the ink works for what I plan to use it for...

[I.M.]

 

 

It is very useful, thank you. These inks were recommended to me by a few people. And I'll be visiting La Couronne du Comte tomorrow to pick up my repaired TWSBI 580AL, they have a nice big selection of DeAtramentis inks. And as a regular customer they let me try inks before I buy (they are awesome like that ), so I should be able to verify if the ink works for what I plan to use it for...

 

Somebody has a fun Saturday ahead of them

[Coop]

Somebody has a fun Saturday ahead of them

Yup. Even with a store like that less than 10 miles from your home, it just never gets old

[Eduardo]

Parker 51 Signet

 

and

 

Parker 51 Flighter

 

 

http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc383/edulpj/IMG_20151030_163916_zpsz9zn7njl.jpg

[TeaHive]

Really taking Flex Nib Friday to heart today:

 

 

 

 

[jabberwock11]

I've been playing with my Midori Traveler's Notebook lately, trying to appreciate it I suppose; but even as I tried to incorporate the Midori more into my daily writing, I found myself more often than not grabbing for some other notebook. The problem is that I just don't care much for it. Sure, it's a well made, beautiful looking notebook, but it just doesn't work for me. The size is all wrong, It's way too expensive, the inserts are not particularly interesting to me (yes, even the Tomoe River paper one), and I don't like the way that it holds onto the inserts. If I want a really solid customizable notebook I use my Martha Stewart/Staples Arc notebook and load it up with Original Crown Mill and Clairfontaine Triomphe paper (don't judge, it's black, not creepy pastel, and it's actually a really solid notebook design). If I want something highly portable I use a Rhodia No.12 pad and pad holder. I just can't get behind the Midori, and I really wanted to. It's not a bad notebook, I just don't have a place for it in my life.

 

All of this leads me to today's choice of equipment. Today I am using my Lamy Safari (with a 1.1 nib), loaded up with Chesterfield Antique Yankee, and writing on the Rhodia No.12 pad (with pad holder).

 

 

[YugiRider2]

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Edited October 31, 2015 by YugiRider2

[Cryptos]

Ta da!

 

 

[jmccarty3]

Yup. Even with a store like that less than 10 miles from your home, it just never gets old

 

I wish Dromgoole's had been around in the '70s when I was in medical school and training just a short distance away in Houston.

 

There was an old shop in downtown Houston, the Fountain Pen Hospital (no relation to the present-day NY business). It was run by a nice old gentleman. I remember going there to buy an extra nib for my Parker 75.

[amberleadavis]

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[Inky.Fingers]

Nails liberated.

[Inky.Fingers]

Yesterdays nail today.

[00Photo]

I just finished restoring this Wearever Pacemaker.

[00Photo]

Yesterdays nail today.

That's a pretty epic combo!