25 Friday Jan 2013
Posted in Various Pen Stuff, Waterman
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Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Network, fountain pen repair, fountain pen restoration, Nib, Nibs, pen repair, Pens, waterman, waterman 52, waterman 52½V, waterman 652, waterman wet noodle, wet noodle
A nice Waterman 652 for you.
13 Sunday Jan 2013
Posted in Akkerman, Ink Review
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akkerman, Akkerman ink, Akkerman Laan van Nieuw Oost Indigo, Akkerman Oost Indigo, Baystate Blue, blue ink, China Blue, Diamine, dip pen, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Ink Review, Fountain Pen Network, Noodler's Flex, noodlers ink, Pens, Presidential Blue, Shading
This is an ink with one crazy long name, but luckily it’s good enough to justify it. There’s some serious discussion about whether or not Akkerman inks are simply re-bottled Diamine inks. I haven’t seen anything to convince be either way, but I will say that this ink is VERY similar to its supposed analog, Diamine Prussian Blue (which, coincidentally, I also love).
07 Monday Jan 2013
Posted in A Random Writing, Sailor, Writing Sample
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blue, blue ink, dark blue, dark blue ink, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Network, Ink, ink with sheen, inks with a sheen, Nib, Nibs, Noodler's Flex, noodler's flex pen, Shading, sheen, waterman 52, waterman 52½V
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*
07 Monday Jan 2013
Posted in A Random Writing, Diamine, Various Pen Stuff, Waterman, Writing Sample
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dark blue, dark blue ink, deep blue, deep blue ink, Diamine, diamine blue, diamine ink, diamine sargasso sea, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Network, Ink, Nib, Nibs, Noodler's Flex, noodler's flex pen, Pens, sargasso sea, waterman 52, waterman 52½V
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01 Tuesday Jan 2013
Posted in Ink Comparison, Ink Review, Private Reserve
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Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Ink Review, Fountain Pen Network, Ink, Ink Review, Kung Te-Cheng, NAV, Nib, Nibs, Noodler's, Noodler's Flex, noodler's flex pen, noodlers ink, North African Violet, Pasternak, Pens, private reserve, private reserve ink, Purple Ink, Purple Martin, Shading, waterman, waterman 52, waterman 52½V
Here’s a vibrant purple ink from Private Reserve. It’s a very “loud” color, but didn’t particularly strike me as special, though I know it has a pretty strong following.
31 Monday Dec 2012
Posted in A Random Writing, Various Pen Stuff, Writing Sample
28 Friday Dec 2012
Posted in A Random Writing, Writing Sample
24 Monday Dec 2012
Posted in Ink Review, J. Herbin
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Ancient Copper, Antietam, Australian Roses, Black Swan, dip pen, English Roses, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Ink Review, Fountain Pen Network, Ink, Ink Review, J. Herbin, Nib, Nibs, Noodler's, Noodler's Flex, noodler's flex pen, Pasternak, Pens, Red-Black, Rouge Hematite, Shading, Wild Strawberry
My love of this ink cannot be summed up in one post. It’s one of the most stunning inks when on the page—even non-fountain pen users agree.
20 Thursday Dec 2012
Posted in Video, Writing Sample
19 Wednesday Dec 2012
Posted in Ink Review, Sailor
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Ahab, Baystate Blue, black ink, blue ink, China Blue, Diamine, Diamine Sepia, dip pen, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Ink Review, Fountain Pen Network, Ink, Ink Review, Nib, Nibs, Noodler's, Noodler's Flex, noodler's flex pen, Presidential Blue, sailor, sailor ink, sailor nano, sailor nano ink, sailor sei-boku, sailor seiboku, saolor, Shading
This has become one of my favorite dark blue inks. Sei-Boku, along with its dark black sibling, Kiwa-Guro, is a fountain pen-safe pigmented ink. The vast majority of fountain pen inks derive their beautiful hues from dyes rather than pigments, as pigments tend to clog the small channels of fountain pen feeds. And while I’m unsure of if this ink gets its color from only pigment or a mix of pigment and dyes (I’m guess the latter), I can attest that this ink ran through the test pens perfectly fine and without any trouble. And while the manufacturer recommends flushing your pen between fills of this ink, that’s a pretty good ink hygiene habit to get into anyways.
On the page this ink also has a very prominent red/pink sheen, which I’ve found is a common color of sheen for blue inks.
And the one big plus for me with this ink? Here’s what it looks like on cheapo copy paper:
Look at that shading! The best part? It retains its fantastic sheen on copy paper as well! There is only one other ink I can think of that don’t feather and shade heavily and retain sheen: J. Herbin Rouge Hematite 1670. But as for blue inks that share this great behavior? In my experience, only Noodler’s Bad Blue Heron and Rohrer and Klingner’s Salix (an iron gall ink).
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