The Right Pen For Kung Te-Cheng

[yazeh]

 

I didn't get KTC for 'beauty', but only want to see for myself its everything-proofness and perhaps compare its functional performance against Sailor seiboku and souboku. The blue Daiso-Hauser pens are the pens I keep in a pen loop stuck to the fridge, and with which to write grocery shopping lists. I often (plan to) do my supermarket shopping after a run, so there's a high likelihood that shopping lists will get damp or even soaked while in my pocket, and so I want to use an ink that is close to 100% waterproof — as in does not even shed or bleed any colour upon being dunked into a bucket of water and stay submerged for hours.

 

Ah, I get it! Nothing is worse when your list start melting down in the supermarket. I believe Sei and Sou are better behaved in that regard.....

[ENewton]

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I'm testing the Kaweco with a variety of inks....but I bought it originally for KTC.....

 

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Is it important for the ink you use in the Kaweco to be waterproof, given that you'll also have KTC in some other pen?

My Kaweco Sport was disappointing to me for the first several years I had it--granted that it's a relatively inexpensive pen, one can get a better nib on a pen costing very much less--but then a colleague gave me a bottle of De Atramentis Brilliant Violet with Copper. That DeA ink has a prodigious quantity of glitter, and I wouldn't want to put it in any of my pens other than the Sport (or my rebranded Jinhao x750, but that is my pen for iron gall inks).

Not only did the DeA ink work well, but it rehabilitated the nib for me. Whether it would work similarly well in your pen is impossible to guess, given that mine is a fine and yours very broad. I also wonder whether other DeA inks would work equally well, or whether Brilliant Violet with Copper has a lot of extra something to carry the load of glitter through the nib and feed.

[yazeh]

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I'm testing the Kaweco with a variety of inks....but I bought it originally for KTC.....

 

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(For some reason, the Quote feature isn't currently working for me.)

 

Is it important for the ink you use in the Kaweco to be waterproof, given that you'll also have KTC in some other pen?

 

My Kaweco Sport was disappointing to me for the first several years I had it--granted that it's a relatively inexpensive pen, one can get a better nib on a pen costing very much less--but then a colleague gave me a bottle of De Atramentis Brilliant Violet with Copper. That DeA ink has a prodigious quantity of glitter, and I wouldn't want to put it in any of my pens other than the Sport (or my rebranded Jinhao x750, but that is my pen for iron gall inks).

 

Not only did the DeA ink work well, but it rehabilitated the nib for me. Whether it would work similarly well in your pen is impossible to guess, given that mine is a fine and yours very broad. I also wonder whether other DeA inks would work equally well, or whether Brilliant Violet with Copper has a lot of extra something to carry the load of glitter through the nib and feed.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

 

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I'm testing the Kaweco with different inks to get a feel of the pen....

Ironically Kaweco Summer Purple couldn't manage the flow...

 

My only concern is if Kaweco is airtight or has ink evaporation, like many other pens mentioned. I like to have as many pens filled with my favorite inks...

[A Smug Dill]

Ah, I get it! Nothing is worse when your list start melting down in the supermarket.

 

 

Ink coming off the page to stain the fabric while the sheet is sitting in the pocket of your brightly coloured running gear is worse. Not a good look, and there is no guarantee that the stain will come out in the wash either.

[yazeh]

 

 

Ink coming off the page to stain the fabric while the sheet is sitting in the pocket of your brightly coloured running gear is worse. Not a good look, and there is no guarantee that the stain will come out in the wash either.

That must have been one moisture loving ink