Ink question for Conway Stewart users.

[Kas]

Hi all, 

Firstly, if this is in the wrong thread I apologise and will move it to the correct one if told to where.

 

Right I am about to be the posesser of a Winston classic. Lucky me. 

 

So my question is to all Conway Stewart owners, what ink do you use and why?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Kev 

 

[Mark from Yorkshire]

@Kas not a Conway Stuart user but my inks of choice are shin-Kai a nice dark blue, Diamine presidential blue because it is kind to pens and Onyx Black also Diamine because it is a nice dark black ink. Experimental Parker Quink blue-black generally friendly to all my pens. Fun Diamine Dragon Blood because I like shiny ink.

 

try asking the mods nicely to move to inky thoughts

 

best regards

 

mark

[Doug C]

I use any and all of my inks in my Conway Stewarts.

[PAKMAN]

Moved to Inky Thoughts for more exposure.

 

I would think all of the Diamine Inks would work well. If it is a sac style pen then I would stay away from the Noodlers inks personally.

[Penguincollector]

Pilot Iroshizuku inks have been said to eat latex sacs- I read this on Richard Binder’s site:

 

“Most Japanese inks are alkaline. Alkaline inks are hostile to latex. I have experimental evidence that at least some of the Pilot Iroshizuku colors will destroy latex sacs. For this reason, I recommend that you avoid using Japanese inks in sac-filling pens as well as in pens that are made of organic resins and use the barrel for the ink reservoir (as described in the preceding paragraph).”

 

Binder on inks

 

I have very few sac pens, but in the few I do have I use Parker and Waterman ink. Diamine and J.Herbin if they are simple dye inks that are not too saturated or have any shimmer or other effects. I would use Sheaffer if I had it bottled.

[yazeh]

I use Iron gall inks (mostly Essri), in my vintage Conway Stuart. It's a very wet pen, and I figured that's what they used then, that's what I'll use. I've never had a problem

[Kas]

Thanks peeps,

 

any other suggestions (I know your tempted, but don’t😏)  gratefully accepted.

[InesF]

I would also had recommended Iroshizuku inks, but thanks to @Penguincollector I now learned that the Winston Classic is a sac filler. Indeed, latex and alkaline solutions do not go well with each other on the long term, although the harm may not start within some weeks.

 

My Conway Stewart Mirage (converter) does very well with Iroshizuku, much better than with other inks. At least my C.S. prefers a bit wetter inks (those with lower surface tension).

 

Diamine inks may never be wrong - on the other hand, they are mostly either quite flat and/or intense with heavy sheen (or shimmer). Pelikan Edelstein inks are mostly neutral to acidic, have nice medium intense colours with high shading potential. But so do the standard Waterman inks and almost all from Rohrer & Klingner.