Iroshizuku Syo-ro

19 Wednesday Feb 2014

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in Ink Review, Iroshizuku

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On the surface Syo-ro is very simlar to Ku-jaku, but Syo-ro is closer to a deep-yet-bright forest green. Though I prefer Ku-jake, I LOVE both.

*drooools”

🙂

Akkerman Shocking Blue

14 Friday Feb 2014

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There are rumors that Diamine makes all of Akkerman’s inks, and debate within those rumors as to whether they are simply re-branded or slightly altered version of Diamine inks. Either way, this ink is very nice.

But it’s also VERY similar to Diamine Majestic Blue…

Diamine China Blue

03 Monday Feb 2014

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LOVE this ink. It was the third bottle I ever bought. It softens on the page after a few days, as delicate as the name would suggest.

Two new inks!

11 Saturday Jan 2014

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in A Random Writing, Various Pen Stuff

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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 by Five Cat Penagerie in Diamine, Ink Comparison, Montblanc, Rohrer & Klingner, Various Pen Stuff, Writing Sample

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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. 😦

Ambassador “52”

06 Wednesday Mar 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in A Random Writing, Sailor, Various Pen Stuff, Video, Waterman, Writing Sample

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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.

In Praise of Sailor Sei-Boku

07 Monday Jan 2013

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There are but a few fountain pen inks I’ve tried that exhibit such a well-behaved disposition on cheapo copy paper, and Sei-Boku is one of my favorites.

Not only does it go on the page without feathering and have zero issues with bleedthrough, but it also exhibits two characteristics when written with flexible nibs that are hard to come by on copy paper: heavy shading and heavy sheen.

*drool*