12 Friday Apr 2013
Posted in A Random Writing, Noodler's, Writing Sample
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A disappointment in the making…
07 Sunday Apr 2013
Posted in Ink Review, Rohrer & Klingner
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Baystate Blue, blu mare, blue ink, blue mare, Diamine, dip pen, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Ink Review, Fountain Pen Network, Ink Review, Nib, Nibs, Noodler's, Noodler's Flex, noodler's flex pen, noodlers ink, Pens, r&k, r&k blu mare, rohrer & klingner, rohrer and klinger, rohrer and klinger blu mare, Shading, waterman, waterman 52
This is one brilliantly bright and charismatic ink. Highly recommended!
30 Saturday Mar 2013
Posted in Ink Review, Parker
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blue ink, 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, noodlers ink, parker, parker blue, parker ink, parker quink, parker quink blue, parker washable blue, waterman 52
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.
19 Tuesday Mar 2013
Posted in Various Pen Stuff, Waterman
10 Sunday Mar 2013
Posted in Noodler's, Various Pen Stuff
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ebonite, ebonite konrad, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, Fountain Pen, gold, hard rubber, konrad, mabie tod, mabie todd, noodler, Noodler's, noodler's konrad, swan, swan pen
The Noodler’s Ebonite Konrad, perhaps the biggest pen I own, and the smallest I have, a Mabie Todd Swan.
06 Wednesday Mar 2013
Posted in A Random Writing, Sailor, Various Pen Stuff, Video, Waterman, Writing Sample
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blue ink, dark blue ink, flex, Flex Nib, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, fountain pen sample, franken pen, frankenpen, italic nib, left oblique, left oblique nib, oblique, oblique nib, pigmented ink, rhodia, sailor ink, sailor sea-boku, sailor sei-boku, sei-boku, stub nib, waterman, waterman 52, waterman fountain pen, Waterman nib, writing sample, writing with a fountain pen
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.
03 Sunday Mar 2013
Posted in A Random Writing, Various Pen Stuff, Video, Waterman, Writing Sample
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blue ink, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, flexible waterman, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Network, Ink, Ink Review, mysterious blue, Nib, Nibs, Pens, rhodia, rhodia paper, Shading, super flex, superflex, w54, w54v, waterman, waterman 52, waterman 52½V, waterman 54, waterman 54v, waterman blue black, waterman blue ink, waterman flex, waterman ink, waterman mysterious blue
Here’s a vest model Waterman 54V with a superflex #4 nib.
01 Friday Mar 2013
Posted in A Random Writing, Iroshizuku, Various Pen Stuff, Video, Waterman, Writing Sample
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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.
21 Thursday Feb 2013
Posted in Ink Review, Noodler's
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burning, color changing ink, 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, gold ink, Ink, Ink Review, Nib, Nibs, Noodler's, Noodler's Flex, noodler's flex pen, noodler's rom is burning, noodler's rome, noodlers ink, Pens, rome, rome is burning, Sepia, sepia ink, Shading, yellow ink
This is an older review, and my opinion of this ink now is mostly negative, though I will admit that I haven’t traded the bottle and do still use it, but only with fine nibs. It’s an interesting concept and message, but the end result and usability of the ink is very limited.
Oddly enough it’s better behaved on copy paper:
Here’s a drip test:
And a full soak test:
I can’t tell you exactly how long it soaked, but it was probably 10-30 minutes. Washing away the yellow component of the ink really doesn’t take long to do.
08 Friday Feb 2013
Posted in A Random Writing, Rohrer & Klingner, Writing Sample
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2.4 mm, 2.4mm, blue ink, dip pen, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Network, Ink, iron gall, iron gall ink, Noodler's, Noodler's Flex, noodler's flex pen, pilot parallel, pilot parallel 2.4, pilot parallel 2.4mm, r&k, R&k salix, rohrer and klingner, rohrer and klingner salix, salix
I’ve been trying to get semi-proficient with several italic scripts, as so far I’ve only been comfortable with flexed writing. So why not mix the two?
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