Pen/Ink/Paper Trios

[inkstainedruth]

3 hours ago, USG said:

2022 Private Reserve American Blue

 

Is that from the reboot line of PR inks?  (Now trying to remember how long it's been since I've used any of my bottles or samples of PR...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Penguincollector]

Oh no, @USG- that sucks! I have several of those inks and really like them in Pilots. Is it in any of your pens currently?

[USG]

On 11/20/2024 at 4:10 PM, inkstainedruth said:

At least they don't EAT like Tribbles -- except possibly for one's wallet/discretionary budget....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

 

On 11/20/2024 at 4:16 PM, inkstainedruth said:

Is that from the reboot line of PR inks?  (Now trying to remember how long it's been since I've used any of my bottles or samples of PR...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

I have the original release and it's still OK.  This is from 2022.

 

On 11/20/2024 at 4:35 PM, Penguincollector said:

Oh no, @USG- that sucks! I have several of those inks and really like them in Pilots. Is it in any of your pens currently?

 

I have it in a Lamy 2K<OM> and a Pelikan M800<M>.  I haven't done anything about it yet....

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I was writing in an Apica B5 "W" notebook and it reminded me why I started making my own "thin" notebooks.  The paper Feathers.

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[USG]

Tomoe Rive-s

It took a few days to finish this page....  Newest pen, Asivine P20 is at the bottom

 

[USG]

Oh btw, I made a 2nd Tomoe River-S notebook...

 

[USG]

On 11/19/2024 at 2:05 PM, Penguincollector said:

 

  You got me started on them, with the outline ink search. I have loved them so far. They’re my favorite Amazon impulse purchase. 

 

I don't remember in which thread you recommended Colorverse Fountain Pen Day ink but a bunch of INK samples arrived today and that ink was among them.

 

The way I test the inks is to use a "Dry" nib and a "Wet" nib for each ink.  That lets me see the ink in two saturations.

 

The Dry Long Blade nib looked like this:

 

OK very nice color....

 

But the Wet Pilot nib gave me this: 

IT'S AN OUTLINE INK  !

[USG]

Jinhao X159 <F>

Been using Tomoe River-S paper

I just started using Sailor #973.  It looks like it has some silver sheen.

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[Bo Bo Olson]

Can you see the sheen looking straight down, with out the flash?

I've some 'sheen' inks that I have to tilt.

[USG]

50 minutes ago, Bo Bo Olson said:

Can you see the sheen looking straight down, with out the flash?

I've some 'sheen' inks that I have to tilt.

 

It picks up a silvery tone when tilted, but it's not a sheener like Jack Frost, you decide....

 

This is what it looks like to the cellphone camera when held directly above the writing:

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This is what it looks like to the camera as I increase the angle:

[Penguincollector]

  I found a random piece of paper I found before bed last night that I think might be the receipt from my Yamamoto order. It’s great for pens. Here it is with a few different pens and inks that I tried on it:

 

 

Nonami EF Safari clone/Lamy Turmaline, Cross Wanderlust M/DeAtramentis Columbia Blue-Bronze-Copper, Nonami IBB/MB Mystery Black (W.Germany) with silver mica. 

[USG]

14 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

  I found a random piece of paper I found before bed last night that I think might be the receipt from my Yamamoto order. It’s great for pens. Here it is with a few different pens and inks that I tried on it:

 

 

Nonami EF Safari clone/Lamy Turmaline, Cross Wanderlust M/DeAtramentis Columbia Blue-Bronze-Copper, Nonami IBB/MB Mystery Black (W.Germany) with silver mica. 

Nice.  I have a sample of Columbia Blue copper.

[Mechanical]

I've had my King Jim Laseno notebook with me the past few weeks.  Here's an example of R&K Salix on King Jim paper using my blue Lamy Safari in Fine.  I think I got that pen back in the late Eighties... dependable!

 

[Penguincollector]

Nice! I love that paper, by the way. I’m almost done adding filling a test page. It’s all flex/italic/stub nibs.

[USG]

3 hours ago, Mechanical said:

I've had my King Jim Laseno notebook with me the past few weeks.  Here's an example of R&K Salix on King Jim paper using my blue Lamy Safari in Fine.  I think I got that pen back in the late Eighties... dependable!

 

 

2 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

Nice! I love that paper, by the way. I’m almost done adding filling a test page. It’s all flex/italic/stub nibs.

 

Of course CluelesMe never heard of King Jim Paper. 🤪

 

Nice shading MCL.  That ink has such an engaging color. 😀👍

 

2 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

I’m almost done adding filling a test page. It’s all flex/italic/stub nibs.

 

What paper are you using for your test page?

[Penguincollector]

3 hours ago, USG said:

 

 

Of course CluelesMe never heard of King Jim Paper. 🤪

 

Nice shading MCL.  That ink has such an engaging color. 😀👍

 

 

What paper are you using for your test page?

  The King Jim. I was also clueless until @Mechanical sent me some. 

[Mechanical]

King Jim is mostly a stationery company that sells organizers, filing systems, and such.  I don't really know who makes their paper, but we started getting their Laseno Notebooks... maybe just this year?

 

https://kingjim.us/blogs/news/japanese-stationery-laseno-notebook?_pos=1&_sid=ed1d8162d&_ss=r

 

[Penguincollector]

On 12/28/2024 at 10:50 PM, USG said:

Nice.  I have a sample of Columbia Blue copper.

 *I just saw this, so excuse my late reply.*

 

   This ink is fabulous. The base color is beautiful, and I would love to find it plain. I know that many DeAtramentis colors are very similar, so I really just need to contact them and see if they have something close.

[Mercian]

17 hours ago, USG said:

That ink has such an engaging color. 😀👍

 

I advise you to read through some reviews of Salix.

I ♥ the stuff, but you need to know that it is an iron-gall ink, so it doesn't remain that shade of blue for long, but instead 'cures' to a blue-grey colour.

Its 'USP' is that it is the i-g ink that remains bluest on the page after fully 'curing'.

 

Here ↓ ...

...is the review that first piqued my interest in Salix, but there are several good reviews of it on FPN.

 

Slàinte,
M.

[USG]

12 hours ago, Mercian said:

 

I advise you to read through some reviews of Salix.

I ♥ the stuff, but you need to know that it is an iron-gall ink, so it doesn't remain that shade of blue for long, but instead 'cures' to a blue-grey colour.

Its 'USP' is that it is the i-g ink that remains bluest on the page after fully 'curing'.

 

Here ↓ ...

...is the review that first piqued my interest in Salix, but there are several good reviews of it on FPN.

 

Slàinte,
M.

 

Thank you for the Sandy1 restorations. 👍😀  Good Job. 

I'm not well versed on IG inks.  What else can you add about Salix?

The only ones I have are these:

 

[Mercian]

12 hours ago, USG said:

What else can you add about Salix?

 

In terms of its properties, I would say that it has decent water-resistance, but its low iron-content means that it isn't very light-fast.

 

It won't fade inside a notebook or anything, but it's not an ink that I would use e.g. to write labels on noticeboards, or underneath small exhibits in a museum.
'Heavy' iron-gall inks (such as ESSRI, or Diamine Registrars' Ink) would be better for that use-case, and pigment-based inks (such as Sailor Kiwa Guro or Platinum Carbon Black) would be better still.

 

My experience of Salix is that it looks darker when dispensed from 'wetter' pens - but is never as dark as e.g. 4001 Blue-Black from the same pen.
I have also found that (like most iron-gall inks) it always retains its capacity to produce fine lines and resist feathering, except on the very-'pulpiest' kinds of inexpensive paper.

 

I find the shading that it gives to be really lovely, and concur whole-heartedly with what Sandy1 said about it.

I use it in my aerometric Parker "51"s, which don't like inks that have more i-g in them, but work (in damp and low-lying England at least) beautifully with Salix.