Your Most Recent Impulsive Ink Purchase? (Replacement Bottles Don't Count.. Only 1St Timers!)

[USG]

On 12/26/2024 at 12:44 PM, JonSzanto said:

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Thank you. That green was a bit of a surprise, as the swatch on display was just a nice deep green. However, I put it in the Aurora Optima, which has a wide italic and is fairly wet. It also have a perfectly usable reverse italic side to the nib, and what is wild is that regular writing puts more ink, leading to a dark, almost black, line that turns to metallic red sheen, and the reverse is drier and leaves a deep, medium green line. It can really appear that you are using 2 different inks in one line if you flip it for special effects. It was also packaged quite interestingly. No end of creativity in the stationery world in Japan.

 

Thanks for the Tip 👍😀.....  It's a great shading ink. 😀👍

Writes Green, glows pink

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[USG]

@JonSzanto  Lady Emerald  😀👍

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[CasmiUK]

I have a bottle of Noodler's Walnut and a bottle of Diamine Sherwood Green arriving on Friday.

[inkstainedruth]

Noodler's Walnut (or at least my bottle of it) is a very dry ink -- I originally had it in a cheapie Platinum Plaisir and it was awful (it was one of the old style where they coated the nib to match the barrel color) and I didn't realize at the time what a dry writer it was.  Then, when I got my first Pelikan (a 1990s era M400 on eBay) I had originally planned to use it for drawing, and initially put Iroshizuku Yama-Guri in that pen (which was WAY too wet an ink for that pen.  So I tried Noodler's Walnut in it, and that ink works VERY well in a wet pen like that Pelikan is -- it literally saved me from pitching the bottle outright.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[CasmiUK]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Penguincollector]

I blame @JonSzanto and @USG for the bottle of Teranishi Lady Emerald currently on its way. 

[inkstainedruth]

For me, it's one new ink and one I was running low on, filling out an order to hit the threshold for free shipping (most of the purchases were converters for various pens).  

The "new to me" ink is Noodler's La Reine Mauve.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[USG]

12 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

I blame @JonSzanto and @USG for the bottle of Teranishi Lady Emerald currently on its way. 

 

I'm innocent !  😜  Blame Szanto !! 🤪

 

Meanwhile Antique Black was a dud.  No extreme shading. ☹️

[CasmiUK]

A bottle of Iron Ore ink from Birmingham Pen Company.

[Claes]

Odd that they call it "Iron Ore" when it's made from dye-stuffs :-)))))

 

[CasmiUK]

4 minutes ago, Claes said:

Odd that they call it "Iron Ore" when it's made from dye-stuffs :-)))))

 

 

😂 I'd hate to try cleaning that pen, if it was made of actual Iron Ore!

 

I figure it follows the naming convention of Girl Scout Cookies (which are not made from real Girl Scouts.....)

[Penguincollector]

8 hours ago, USG said:

I'm innocent !  😜  Blame Szanto !! 🤪

  But it was your ink testing that brought the shading to the forefront.

[USG]

15 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

  But it was your ink testing that brought the shading to the forefront.

 

Mea Culpa  😰  Woe is Me  🥴

 

Can I distract you with Teranishi Lady Emerald on two different papers?

• Tomoe River-FP (Sake Paper Paper notebook)
• Cosmo Snow (my notebook)

Question:  Does anyone know the difference between Tomoe River-FP and Tomoe River-S?

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[Penguincollector]

  Oh wow, I can’t wait to try it on Cosmo Snow- that’s spectacular! 

[bassmannate]

Well, this is probably my first impulse buy of ink ever. Normally, I research what I might want, compare reviews of similar inks, etc. Then, I get samples of said ink and similar inks so I can try them out. Finally, after I've tried the sample in a couple of pens to make sure I like it and it works, it will go on a wish list to buy eventually. Not this past weekend.

 

It all started I think it was Saturday when we were waiting for the snow storm to descend on St. Louis. I had started watching Brian Goulet's inks of 2024 video on YouTube for grins and my wife, who has really been getting into fountain pens and inks the last few years, was watching over my shoulder. She saw Wearingeul Hades and Colorverse Blue Dragon. Then, the kids, who both have pens now, started watching. They started looking to see what they might like. Before I knew it, we had a list of $80 worth of stuff from Goulet and they give you free shipping at $99. 

 

Ended up ordering Diamine Pumpkin (which was already on my list to eventually get) and Lamy Blackberry. Almost got Dark Lilac but figured the Blackberry is a special edition so should get it first. One kid got herself the cherry blossom Safari special edition from this past summer. The youngest purchased Sailor Shikiori Sakura-mori. They both have expensive taste in ink like their mother who has mostly special edition Edelstein inks and a couple of Iroshizuku inks. 

[inkstainedruth]

On 1/6/2025 at 9:29 AM, CasmiUK said:

 

😂 I'd hate to try cleaning that pen, if it was made of actual Iron Ore!

 

I figure it follows the naming convention of Girl Scout Cookies (which are not made from real Girl Scouts.....)

I remember that joke from one of the "Addams Family" movies (though I forget which one now...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Estycollector]

My most recent was an impulse purchase of another bottle of Waterman Serenity Blue in 2020. 

[Ron Z]

I love reading through trifocals.  It's so entertaining at times.  I just read the subject line as, "Your most recent repulsive ink purchase."  Thinking about it, that could make for a fun thread.  (toddles off into the sunset)

[Bo Bo Olson]

43 minutes ago, Ron Z said:

"Your most recent repulsive ink purchase." 

It would save some folks a lot of money.

 

Not repulsive, but I did manage to give a bottle of Pelikan 4001, duller than hell, non shading, new dark green away; before it hit the bathroom sink. ...    It was a close call.

The bottle would have been saved.

 

............

There were so many dark green Diamine inks that are as cheap as 4001. I know some folks don't like a lively green-green ink, like R&K Verdura or MB Irish Green. But why didn't they buy Dimaine instead of complaining enough to get a good ink discontinued?

 

[CasmiUK]

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

I remember that joke from one of the "Addams Family" movies (though I forget which one now...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

That was the first one. They then meet that same Girl Scout at summer camp in the second one. Love those movies!