Jump to content

Week #2 / 8 Jan: Throw Of The Dice - 2017 Weekly Ink Project


lgsoltek

Recommended Posts

 

I'd expect a grey ink from something called "anthracite". Blacks are kind of boring... to me...

 

Nope. To me "anthracite" means "hard coal" (as opposed to soft coal, which is bituminous coal). So I expected black (and shiny black at that). It's just that Albrecht Dürer *used* to be relabeled Silver Grey, which is a gorgeous color (I have a bottle of Tchaikowsky, which is also relabeled Silver Grey). Reminds me of silverpoint drawings. And I loved the idea of a silver grey ink being named after one of the most amazing draftsmen and printmaker ever (I think of him doing silverpoint drawings, even if I'm not sure he did).

Yeah, most black inks are boring t me as well. Even back in my BP days I always preferred blue ink to black. And AD is a little drier and less lubricated than a lot of the De Atramentis inks I've tried, which doesn't help.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 94
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • lgsoltek

    25

  • amberleadavis

    13

  • inkstainedruth

    5

  • LizB

    4

http://i.imgur.com/S3FCKvn.jpg

I'd use Noodler's original Purple as my Essential Purple, too.

 

Hey, it was still Saturday somewhere in the US when I posted this, right?

 

I may come back to the CRVs for Lent and Advent after those penitential seasons are done, and contribute then. Hey, Amber didn't do one ink each day, she did 366 inks.

Edited by Arkanabar
Link to comment
Share on other sites

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv27/AndyYNWA/Misc/BE58EDEA-4667-473D-915D-F0407B73CE99_zpsirejmtzf.jpg

YNWA - JFT97

 

Instagram: inkyandy

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hey, Amber didn't do one ink each day, she did 366 inks.

YES, and it would have been impossible (for me) to do ink up a new pen and write five pages every day.

 

I agree with Arkanabar, do these when you can and add them to the pages. OH and share the CRVs.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

http://www.sheismylawyer.com/2017_1_Ink/01-January/slides/2017-01-15_Ink_02.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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 

Thank you, it is quite pretty :)

Giving credit to Mr Mehandiratta here. It was his review of Krishna Dark Rose that pushed me over the edge into ordering bottles of Krishna inks.

 

 

Ditto. I find it stunning even in a nib as fine as the Vintage capless I currently have it inked in :D

 

thank you for the kind mention Sakshi..

vaibhav mehandiratta

architect & fountain pen connoisseur

 

blog | instagram | twitter

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Mix it with North African Violet for an amazing color. Midway is fade and water resistant.

I took your advice, and I really like the results:

 

32426691605_14bc69aa6a_z.jpgFPN QOTW #3 by Dawn, on Flickr

 

The first lines are equal parts of both inks mixed together then toward the middle/end, I dipped the pen in NAV only, then back to the mix for the attribute. I like this shade of blue better than Midway by itself. Thanks for the tip!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I am so glad you tried it. It's one of my favorites.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

http://i66.tinypic.com/117u2xg.jpg

 

I use business cards for comparing swatches, and I asked my wife to pick one at random.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33494
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26624
    5. jar
      jar
      26101
  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o
  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More
  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...