Ink Nicknames

[dragonq]

On the weekend, I was given some ink samples by a friend. One of the inks was really obnoxious, both in colour and in the way it stained everything it came in contact with. As I was experimenting with it, and looking with disgust into the vial, I realised that I had mentally renamed the ink.

 

I was calling it "Colonoscopy Brown".

 

I'm not going to insult the manufacturer by identifying the ink in question (the last bit ended up down the drain, where it belonged), but it got me thinking about the names of other inks in my collection, and how the often elaborate and fanciful names do not always match the contents of the bottle. I very soon found that I was giving a lot of the other inks in my box more accurate nicknames, including:

 

Fatal Haemhorrage (blood red)

 

Seasickness (a green with a lot of yellow in it)

 

Liberace's Hair (purplish grey)

 

No doubt many people reading this have much more ink than I do—does anyone else feel that they could come up with more accurate and descriptive names for the colours in their collection?

[Honeybadgers]

But the problem is that colonoscopies shouldn't be brown! If they were, someone was eating when they shouldn't have been!

[bass1193]

But the problem is that colonoscopies shouldn't be brown! If they were, someone was eating when they shouldn't have been!

Haha this is gold

[ParkerDuofold]

Hi Dragonq, et al,

 

I've never engaged in such frivolities myself... but I do recall Noodler's Rome Burning attracted some rather unpleasant scatological nicknames.

 

Be well... enjoy life.

 

 

- Anthony

[lapis]

Thanks for this post. For a very first post, that's a good question. I'm workin' onnit....

[senzen]

Only for Rouge Hematite, aka superclogger, Ina Ho aka puzzle and Lie de Thé aka can't make up my mind.

[lgsoltek]

Ricky-cha

[Astronymus]

But the problem is that colonoscopies shouldn't be brown! If they were, someone was eating when they shouldn't have been!

Indeed. As someone who witnessed his colonoscopy at full consciousness I can confirm such an ink would be more in the rosy spectrum.

 

 

Concerning the topic I can tell that my wife hates J.Herbin LIE DE THÉ and calls it "poo".

Edited November 27, 2018 by Astron

[Arkanabar]

I referred to Iro Yama-Guri as "dead sticks and frozen mud" until I saw a hint of gold peeking out at me.

 

I still prefer Diamine Chocolate, which is absolutely aptly named.

 

Amber and I are hoping to convince Nathan Tardif to rename his original Noodler's Purple into Purple People Eater, which we believe would help it get the popularity it deserves. In truth, I think his shift towards whimsical and topical names has unjustly distracted people from his original basic-color-name inks, which in general are all very attractive.

[inkstainedruth]

I mostly don't have nicknames for my inks (as opposed to the pens -- at least half of which developed monikers). But Noodler's Kung Te Cheng gets called "the problem child". A lot....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Morphling27]

I referred to Iro Yama-Guri as "dead sticks and frozen mud" until I saw a hint of gold peeking out at me.

 

I still prefer Diamine Chocolate, which is absolutely aptly named.

 

Amber and I are hoping to convince Nathan Tardif to rename his original Noodler's Purple into Purple People Eater, which we believe would help it get the popularity it deserves. In truth, I think his shift towards whimsical and topical names has unjustly distracted people from his original basic-color-name inks, which in general are all very attractive.

 

Can you also convince Noodler's to ditch the 'regular' black that smudges and just use HoD as the normal bulletproof black?

 

The other blacks he makes can stay too, X-Feather has its place, as I'm sure others.

[Arkanabar]

I very much doubt it. Regular black is made for common paper, where (I am given to understand) it is better behaved.

 

Dilution also improves its behavior. The dye load is so high that I believe you can get away with 2:1. If you search the Inky Recipes forum for threads on diluting Noodler's Black, you ought to be able to find examples of anywhere from 10:1 to 1:10 dilution with water.

[stenolearner]

Diamine Registrar's for me is "Diamine Blued Steel". (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluing_(steel))

Platinum Blue-Black is "Platinum Dark Blue"

Edited December 3, 2018 by stenolearner

[dragonq]

I mostly don't have nicknames for my inks (as opposed to the pens -- at least half of which developed monikers). But Noodler's Kung Te Cheng gets called "the problem child". A lot....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

My pens all have names.

[ParkerDuofold]

My pens all have names.

Hi DQ, et al,

 

So do mine...

 

...2000, Studio, Duofold, Century, Custom Heritage,... ...

 

 

- Anthony

[dragonq]

Hi DQ, et al,

 

So do mine...

 

...2000, Studio, Duofold, Century, Custom Heritage,... ...

 

 

- Anthony

No, I mean noms de plumes .

[ethernautrix]

 

Can you also convince Noodler's to ditch the 'regular' black that smudges and just use HoD as the normal bulletproof black?

 

The other blacks he makes can stay too, X-Feather has its place, as I'm sure others.

 

 

Noooooooo! Noodler's Black is my favorite ink. It's the best performing black ink. I tried HOD about ten years ago -- it feathered, and I never looked back.

 

Once the ink dries, it doesn't smudge. I use blotter sheets (actually blotting paper or notepad paper) between my notebooks' pages to deal with potential smudging.

[ParkerDuofold]

No, I mean noms de plumes .

Hi DQ,

 

I know what you meant, I was just being a smart***.

 

 

- Anthony

[inkstainedruth]

@ dragonq -- Some of my pens have names, some don't: the names can be prosaic (one of the Noodler's Konrads is, well, Konrad); or based on the color; or based on the "personality" of how the pen writes or how I feel about it.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[DrDebG]

J. Herbin Terre de Feu = Baby Poop

 

Pilot Iroshizuku Kosmosu = Little Girl's Dress

 

Lamy Petrol = The Mistake

 

oh, I have a few more but I will save them for another time.

Edited December 8, 2018 by DrPenfection