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Parker Quink Washable Blue

30 Saturday Mar 2013

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Not every ink needs to last through a nuclear winter.

Parker Washable Blue is a soft, gorgeous blue. Saturation is on the low-side, but it works for the ink. I definitely recommend trying this.

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Iroshizuku Yu-Yake

21 Thursday Mar 2013

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Ripple, it’s a good thing…

19 Tuesday Mar 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in Various Pen Stuff, Waterman

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Water Resistance Test

16 Saturday Mar 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in Diamine, Ink Comparison, Iroshizuku, J. Herbin, Noodler's, Rohrer & Klingner, Sailor, Waterman

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1670, Antietam, apricot, blue black, blue ink, Blue Nose Bear, China Blue, Diamine, epinard, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Network, Herbin, ink comparison, ink test, J. Herbin, j. herbin ink, ku-jake, Ku-jaku, mysterious blue, noodler's inks, orange ink, Pasternak, prussian blue, Purple Ink, r&k, red ink, rohrer & klingner, rohrer and klingner, rome is burning, Rouge Hematite, rouge hematite 1670, sailor, sailor ink, salix, sargasso sea, Vert Reseda, water resistance, water resistance test, waterman blue black, waterman ink, waterman mysterious blue, Wild Strawberry

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Ah, the extremes of the hobby…

10 Sunday Mar 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in Noodler's, Various Pen Stuff

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The Noodler’s Ebonite Konrad, perhaps the biggest pen I own, and the smallest I have, a Mabie Todd Swan.

Ambassador “52”

06 Wednesday Mar 2013

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Here’s one of my favorite Frankenpens of all time.

The Ambassador body, which I’ve not been able to find any info on, came in a box of parts pens. I thought it looked neat. The steel nib wasn’t salvageable, but the rest was in great condition, and a spare Waterman #2 left oblique nib fit perfectly. I did have to substantially deepen and expand the feed’s channels, but after the ebonite dust cleared I had myself a wonderful little pen that I dubbed the Ambassador 52. I consider it to be like a “sleeper” car; it looks cheap until you get in on that long Rhodia highway to stretch its legs tines.

The ink is Sailor Sei-Boku, one of my favorite blues.

Waterman 54V

03 Sunday Mar 2013

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Here’s a vest model Waterman 54V with a superflex #4 nib.

Waterman 12

01 Friday Mar 2013

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blue ink, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Network, fountain pen restoration, Ink, Iroshizuku, Iroshizuku Ku-jaku, Ku-jaku, peacock ink, Pens, pilot Iroshizuku Ku-jaku, Random writing, rhodia, turquoise ink, waterman, waterman 52, waterman 52½V, wet noodle, wet noodle fountain pen, wet noodle pen, wet noodle waterman

My firehose wet noodle obsession.

The ink is Iroshizuku Ku-jaku, and the paper is Rhodia.

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