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4 minutes ago, Misfit said:

I’m back upstairs now. The warning has expired. Looks like the KC area is now outside of the severe weather threat. The storm was moving at 40 miles per hour. 

 

Glad all's well. We don't get many tornado warnings here but I wind up in the basement once a year or so.

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Some people have lost power. The news showed a twisted trampoline frame, a downed tree, and there is some flash flooding. But that’s not where I am. 
 

Meanwhile I’m trying to find a color code to see a matching ink. 

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  I’m glad that you’re ok and that your immediate area is as we, @Misfit.

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 30 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

Parker Duofold Lady needlepoint, MB Cool Grey

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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3 hours ago, boilermaker1975 said:

 

@Penguincollector I have and I love Ultra Green.


   Isn’t it wonderful? It’s probably my favorite standard Diamine green. Merry and Bright is the shimmer ink I like from them. 

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 30 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

Parker Duofold Lady needlepoint, MB Cool Grey

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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  I have been using a Monteverde Impressa Omniflex inked with Birmingham Pen Co. Neutron Star Twinkle.

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 30 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

Parker Duofold Lady needlepoint, MB Cool Grey

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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2 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:


   Isn’t it wonderful? It’s probably my favorite standard Diamine green. Merry and Bright is the shimmer ink I like from them. 

I have 30ml bottle of Ultra Green. I read a review where the author said it was like writing with liquid emeralds. 

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Just now, Misfit said:

I have 30ml bottle of Ultra Green. I read a review where the author said it was like writing with liquid emeralds. 


 That explains why I love it so. Emeralds are my favorite. 

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 30 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

Parker Duofold Lady needlepoint, MB Cool Grey

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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Just now, Penguincollector said:


 That explains why I love it so. Emeralds are my favorite. 

Next time a pen needs ink, Ultra Green it will be!

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1 minute ago, Misfit said:

Next time a pen needs ink, Ultra Green it will be!


 That might be what I should try in my Carène- it is a medium italic now, and I bet it would look really good! 

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 30 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

Parker Duofold Lady needlepoint, MB Cool Grey

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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17 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:


 That might be what I should try in my Carène- it is a medium italic now, and I bet it would look really good! 

Let us know if you do this! I’m thinking of a pen I could put Ultra Green in for tomorrow. It’s all about whether I use it with the fude or bent nib, or a Nemosine 1.1mm stub nib. 

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3 hours ago, Misfit said:

Let us know if you do this! I’m thinking of a pen I could put Ultra Green in for tomorrow. It’s all about whether I use it with the fude or bent nib, or a Nemosine 1.1mm stub nib. 


  I will probably do this tomorrow. Oh, the Nemosine nibs are back in stock. 

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 30 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

Parker Duofold Lady needlepoint, MB Cool Grey

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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On 4/16/2026 at 11:12 AM, Perrocartucho said:

My choose for today is a discontinued Pilot stub FP

Pluminix stub <M>

I find gorgeous this pocket Pilot FT, together with the Pilot Petit1, both simple and well manufactured

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The Plumix was a great pen and I bought quite a few of them. The italic nib works very well and I am disappointed that they stopped making them.

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3 hours ago, Penguincollector said:


  I will probably do this tomorrow. Oh, the Nemosine nibs are back in stock. 

Thank you for this update. 

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8 minutes ago, Stompie said:

The Plumix was a great pen and I bought quite a few of them. The italic nib works very well and I am disappointed that they stopped making them.

I feel the same about the Plumix and Pluminix. 

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@AmandaW That is the impression I have, that it is more black than green.

 

Good point that it is totally different in a finer, or dryer, nib. I'll give that a try one of these days!

My top pens

1. Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age

2. Onoto Faraday

3. Onoto Magna Ebonite

4-9. My Pelikans ( three 800s, two 805s, one 809)

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@Misfit, here it is, in all of its Ultra Green ink glory:

 

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Top 5 (in no particular order) of 30 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

Parker Duofold Lady needlepoint, MB Cool Grey

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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Today I'm back to my ca. 1980 Ban-Ei urushi eyedropper with Dominant Industry Romania Red.

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Today it's been the 51 Signet, still with vintage Quink Permanent Royal Blue for today's journal entry, and (probably, when I get the energy up to do today's NaPoWriMo prompt, as well).

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."

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