Which ink for my Raden Galaxy Vanishing Point

[tzinc]

Which ink for my raden galaxy vp

 

Thinking Tsuki Yo, Yama Budo, or Shin Kai

 

Other suggestions welcome...

[ajoe]

Take-sumi, of course.

[XYZZY]

I’m assuming your goal is that the ink fits one’s expectations from the pen…

 

I think Yama-budo is wonderful, but if I picked up that pen that’s not the color I would be expecting.  I do have a pen dedicated to that ink, but it’s the discontinued Pilot Custom Heritage 91 with the Yama-budo colored body. 

 

I don’t use sheening inks because their extra long dry time doesn’t work with my overhand grip, but if you can swing it I would pick a high sheen blue ink. There are many. 
 

If you want to stick with an IRO ink, then Asa-gao is, to me, the best. 

[inkstainedruth]

I chose Yama-budo because I DON'T tend to go "matchy matchy" with pen barrel and ink colors (although I do in a few instances) -- I am more likely to choose an ink that I think will look good coming out of a specific pen (given other perameters such as behavior, of course).

But Take-sumi is also a good choice.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Misfit]

Just because the pen has Galaxy in its name, I’d look at Colorverse inks with space themed names. 

[A Smug Dill]

Diamine Stargazer.

[tzinc]

love these ideas keep them coming

[dragondazd]

If it were mine, I would put colorverse mystic mountain in it.

[Mercian]

Out of your suggested inks I’d choose Shin Kai, because I really like blue-black ink.

 

But, given the beautifully subtle and ever-changing appearance of the Raden Galaxy, if it were my pen I’d be putting an iron-gall blue-black through it!

Why?
Because iron-gall inks shade & ripple on the page in a delightfully-capricious manner, and ways that I have not yet seen exactly-replicated by dye-based inks. They seem to have a depth-component to their appearance 🤷‍♂️😊

 

Personally, I would put Rohrer & Klingner Salix through that pen (if you like to have a lot of blue in your blue-black), or Pelikan 4001 Blue Black if you like the final shade to be darker.

Of course, if you want to go for a blue-black that ends up very black indeed, you could try Akkerman #10 Ijzer-galnoten blauw/zwart or even ESSRI.

 

If I have piqued your interest, I urge you to read reviews of those inks. Nothing else looks like them.

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

Gorgeous pen!  Congrats. Great choice

 

i also love blue blacks 

 

i also like IG inks. They are just so well behaved no matter how bad the paper. 
i own salix, 4001 bb and diamine registrars. All are great. Salix is my LEAST favourite of the three. Too blue/light compared to the others. 
 

No experience with any of the inks you mentioned, iro inks are just more expensive than I’m willing to spend. 

 

let us Know what you end up going with. 

[PithyProlix]

Of the ones you list, Shin-kai, but my gut tells me a cool grey would look incredible coming out of that pen. The default would be Fuyu-syogun. If you dare do shimmer then Diamine Moondust. Ones I like and use a lot are PenBBS 346 Misty Mountain and Pure Pens Llanberis Slate. 

 

Also look here: https://fountainpenlove.com/reviews/the-great-grey-fountain-pen-ink-comparison/

 

[amberleadavis]

I think you should try all three and then show us the pictures and have us vote again. 

 

[InesF]

13 hours ago, Misfit said:

Just because the pen has Galaxy in its name, I’d look at Colorverse inks with space themed names. 

+1 👍

[tzinc]

I am going to go with what I have in the house and I can always use the different colours when I re-ink so I can try lots of them. Starting with Tsuki Yo...