Karas Kustoms Ink Fountain Pen
22 Saturday Feb 2014
Posted in Various Pen Stuff
Category Archives: Various Pen Stuff
Hard Rubber Watermans: A Family Portrait
22 Saturday Feb 2014
Posted in Various Pen Stuff, Waterman
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12, 14, 15, 452. 52 1/2, 51, 51v, 52, 52 1/2 V, 52v, 54, 54v, 55, 56, blu green, blue green ripple, blugreen, cardinal, ebonite, eyedropper pen, filigree, Fountain Pen, gold, gold filled, hard rubber, hard rubber ripple, Nibs, olive ripple, overlay, paisley, red ripple, ripple, ripple blugreen, safety pen, silver, sterling silver, vintage waterman, waterman, waterman 12, waterman 14, waterman 15, waterman 51v, waterman 52, waterman 54, Waterman 55, Waterman 56, waterman cardinal, waterman collection, waterman eyedropper, waterman fountain pen, waterman gold, waterman nibs, waterman overlay, waterman pen, waterman psf, waterman ripple, waterman safety, waterman silver, waterman woodgrain, watermans
Here’s my collection of hard rubber and overlay Watermans.
From left to right:
Red Ripple/”Woodgrain”: 56, 55, 55, 52, 52, 52½, 52V, 52½V, 52½V, 52½V, 52½V, 51V
Olive Ripple: 94
BluGreen Ripple: 52V, 52V
Cardinal: 52V, 52½V, 52½V
Overlays: 0552½V, 0552½V, 452½V, 452½V, 452½V, 442½V
Black HR: 0755 (kind of merged into the next), 55, 52, 52, 52, 52, 12, 14, 12, 12, 54V, 52V, 12V PSF, 52½V, 52½V, 0942½V
Goulet gift cards are the best!
18 Saturday Jan 2014
Posted in Various Pen Stuff, Writing Sample
Two new inks!
11 Saturday Jan 2014
Posted in A Random Writing, Various Pen Stuff
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black ink, dark blue ink, ellis island blue black, ellis island ink, eternal ink, henry hudson blue, Noodler's, noodler's henry hudson blue, noodlers ink
And both of them are great! These are two exclusives from The Fountain Pen Hospital.
The three major iron gall-based inks on the martket…
29 Sunday Dec 2013
Posted in Diamine, Ink Comparison, Montblanc, Rohrer & Klingner, Various Pen Stuff, Writing Sample
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blue black, blue black ink, blue ink, crappy paper, dark blue ink, Diamine, diamine registrars blue black, ferric, ferric ink, gall, gall ink, iron, iron gall, iron gall ink, midnight blue, mont blanc, montblanc, montblanc midnight blue, registrars ink, rohrer & klingner, rohrer and klingner salix, salix
I found this while sorting through some old reviews that needed posting. The Montblanc sample was written with a very wet writing Waterman. though since Montblanc callously murdered the iron gall formulation of Midnight Blue I guess it doesn’t matter all that much. 😦
Don’t you just love Christmas hauls?
25 Wednesday Dec 2013
Posted in Various Pen Stuff, Visconti
Sheen-Heavy Ink: A Fun Tidbit
30 Saturday Nov 2013
Posted in A Random Writing, Sailor, Various Pen Stuff
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Something I’ve been meaning to post about for a while is a strange phenomenon that occurs when sheen-prone ink is at the last but of a pen’s fill (i.e., still able to write but going to need a refill very soon).
Sheeny inks’, well, sheen appears to concentrate itself on the page when the pen is running low. I’m guessing this has to do with evaporation, as diluting sheeny ink will do the opposite.
It’s a really fun thing to have happen, if somewhat unpredictable.
Here’s a sample of Sailor Sky High in a Waterman 52½V that was running low. You can see the intense sheen on the “Wa”, and the lessened amount on the “ter…”, which is when I stopped and refilled.
Just one more thing that makes fountain pens awesome. 🙂
Pensbury Manor Black Hard Rubber Pen Potion No. 9
26 Saturday Oct 2013
Posted in A Random Writing, Pen Repair, Various Pen Stuff, Waterman
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52, ebonite restoration, faded ebonite, hard rubber pen potion, hard rubber pen potion number 9, hard rubber restoration, nine, number 9, oxidized hard rubber, pen potion, pen potion 9, pensbury, pensbury manor, potion #9, rubber restoration, waterman, waterman 52, waterman restoration, way too long name
Or PMBHRPPN9.
Or Eitherwaythatdamnistoodamnlong.
Any way, I got a small bottle and am trying it out on some parts. For this little experiment I followed the directions included with the bottle. The cap got a soapy ammonia solution/water scrub (roughly 1:1*). I then let it dry for a day and applied the dye.
I’m not considering this an official test, and I do have a working HR pen that will get the PMBHRPASDJKALSFMVMDUHWRMEPOISDFJSDNFSDFKKPN9 treatment in earnest.
*I forget the dilution ratio for the ammonia solution you can buy at stores, but the 1:1 is (store-bought ammonia solution)/(water). Sometimes it can get confusing because people aren’t sure if you mean the actual content of ammonia or a percentage of ammonia solution.
Good news on the “save the gold” front!
24 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in A Random Writing, J. Herbin, Various Pen Stuff
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1670, gold sheen, Herbin, J. Herbin, red ink, Rouge Hematite
Last night I emailed J. Herbin expressing my disappointment that the original formulation of Rouge Hematite is not made anymore, and this morning I was surprised to find a response email waiting for me. I’m very happy to say that it looks like the awesome original formula is coming back!!! 😀
Here’s the text if the email:
The manufacturer is going to bring back the original red ink. I do not have
a time table yet! Thank you for writing; I am forwarding your mail to Herbin right now.
Thank you J. Herbin for listening to us! You’ve made me a very happy boy today.
Some messes just can’t help but be beautiful…
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Uncategorized, Various Pen Stuff, Waterman
