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  I was picking up over the counter medication the other day, and made my way to the register via the stationery aisle. I found a package of A5 paper that reminded me of the legal pads that I used to write on in school- bright white, doesn’t seem to feather to my admittedly terrible eyes, and shows off ink properties. Until recently, I had plenty of old class notes and Waterman Florida Blue sheened red still, and Pelikan/Cross Blue Black shaded on my beloved old Office Depot letter sized pads. I’m glad to find something similar- check it out:


Here’s a natural light photo: you can see the base ink colors really well. No feathering that I can see; please point it out if you see any.

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Under my gooseneck lamp, I think it’s fluorescent light. Paper looks warmer, but sheen shows up well in Sheen Machine 2 and Dominant Blue.

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The shading is is lovely:

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Here’s a closer look at sheeners:

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  The different types of shimmer I use all showed nicely:

 

A wet Kyanite du Nepal in my new FrankenSonnet (long story).

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Lamy Bronze with Wearingeul Brain Glitter Potion:

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Sheaffer Deluxe Blue cartridge with holographic sky blue mica added:

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    I don’t use the back of pages, but I took a picture for those who want to know:

 

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Here’s the back of a page where I used a flex nib:

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Top 5 (in no particular order) of 20 currently inked pens:

Sheaffer 100 Satin Blue M, Pelikan Moonstone/holographic mica

Parker T1, Dominant Industry Dominant Blue

Pilot Custom 743 <FA>, Oblation Sitka Spruce

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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4 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

You got some great results there, thank you for posting :)  We want to know about the FrankenSonnet..and Dominant blue in the T1!


  The FrankenSonnet is a metal pen that a friend from my pen club put together. It’s heavy, torched like a Fireblue Liliput, and has a steel Sonnet fine nib that writes like a medium (I might need to try another ink).

 

 Dominant Blue in the T1 is beautiful. I love that nib. It feels like a soft gold nib. I got really lucky with my purchase. 

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 20 currently inked pens:

Sheaffer 100 Satin Blue M, Pelikan Moonstone/holographic mica

Parker T1, Dominant Industry Dominant Blue

Pilot Custom 743 <FA>, Oblation Sitka Spruce

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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4 hours ago, knarflj said:

Good to know, thanks, @Penguincollector!


You bet!

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 20 currently inked pens:

Sheaffer 100 Satin Blue M, Pelikan Moonstone/holographic mica

Parker T1, Dominant Industry Dominant Blue

Pilot Custom 743 <FA>, Oblation Sitka Spruce

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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