Noodler's Tsvetayeva

[Mercian]

2 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Those two cases actually sound more like nicknames, rather than contractions of the original given name.  Friends of mine named their first kid "Elizabeth" but for her entire life her nickname has been "Bunny"....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

They do indeed sound like nicknames.

I have only met three women who were known as ‘Flick’, but each of them was actually named ‘Rebecca’.

I have met/heard of four women who were known as ‘Bunty’, and each of them was actually named ‘Sarah’.

 

The only ‘Flick’ I have heard of who was not a ‘Rebecca’ was ‘Flick Colby’, whose given name is ‘Felicity’. That makes sense as a contraction, but what is going-on with the ‘Flick’-for-Rebecca thing?

Or the ‘Bunty’-for-Sarah thing?

 

If anyone has met a ‘Flick’ who isn’t named ‘Rebecca’, or a ‘Bunty’ who isn’t named ‘Sarah’, I would love to read about it. It would reassure me these are merely nicknames, and my perception has been skewed by what were indeed only coincidences.

[jmccarty3]

The Russian mood, and even their humor, can be rather dark and cynical. One of my favorite sayings:

 

"We hoped for the best, but things turned out as usual."

[dftr]

is this the ink you wrote in your profile pic?

[txomsy]

Thanks for a very interesting, illustrative and useful review. That looks like a most appealing color, but I already have too much red to finish and don't use it as much. It goes into the wish list though.

[yazeh]

21 hours ago, dftr said:

is this the ink you wrote in your profile pic?

No. That is Noodler's Red Black. Another beautiful shading ink, that doesn't dry...

 

[yazeh]

22 hours ago, jmccarty3 said:

The Russian mood, and even their humor, can be rather dark and cynical. One of my favorite sayings:

 

"We hoped for the best, but things turned out as usual."

It is dark isn't it? 

15 hours ago, txomsy said:

Thanks for a very interesting, illustrative and useful review. That looks like a most appealing color, but I already have too much red to finish and don't use it as much. It goes into the wish list though.

Most welcome 🙏

[dragondazd]

This is cool!

[amberleadavis]

Oh, I love this review, but mine looks nothing like that. Mine is a hot pink.

[yazeh]

6 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

Oh, I love this review, but mine looks nothing like that. Mine is a hot pink.

Thank you. I guess, Nathan changed the formula again. Does yours dry fast?

[amberleadavis]

I bought mine ooh gee almost 10 years ago. And it's sort of a fussy ink. I'll pull it out and try it again at some point soon.

[yazeh]

3 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

I bought mine ooh gee almost 10 years ago. And it's sort of a fussy ink. I'll pull it out and try it again at some point soon.

Thanks! 

[yazeh]

@PithyProlixI added a few drops of water in the ink barrel to see if any discernible change in dry times. 

I didn't see any difference. To be honest I found it worse. 

I cannot recommend this ink, if you use, wide nibs/ wet pens and Japanese papers such as Midori/Tomoe River 68gr. 

If you use fine nibs and Rhodia or thick absorbent paper you're fine. It worked fine on Field Notes. There's a bit of feathering but that's about it. 

 

With thin I paper, I don't know.  

 

I'm sure there are other waterproof red inks, which are more acceptable than this. 

I can say, for sure Esenin, while not as rich of a colour, is much better behaved.... 

 

[PithyProlix]

13 minutes ago, yazeh said:

@PithyProlixI added a few drops of water in the ink barrel to see if any discernible change in dry times. 

I didn't see any difference. To be honest I found it worse. 

I cannot recommend this ink, if you use, wide nibs/ wet pens and Japanese papers such as Midori/Tomoe River 68gr. 

If you use fine nibs and Rhodia or thick absorbent paper you're fine. It worked fine on Field Notes. There's a bit of feathering but that's about it. 

 

With thin I paper, I don't know.  

 

I'm sure there are other waterproof red inks, which are more acceptable than this. 

I can say, for sure Esenin, while not as rich of a colour, is much better behaved.... 

 

 

Thanks for giving it a try and the update - much appreciated. 

[yazeh]

3 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

 

Thanks for giving it a try and the update - much appreciated. 

Always a pleasure