• About FCP

The Five Cat PENagerie

~ Ink and Fountain Pen Reviews

The Five Cat PENagerie

Tag Archives: Shading

Noodler’s Dark Matter

30 Monday Dec 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in Ink Review, Noodler's

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

a bomb, atomic bomb, black ink, dark matter, Diamine, dip pen, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Ink Review, Fountain Pen Network, government ink, government ink recipe, Ink, Ink Review, J. Herbin, los alamos, manhattan project, Nib, Nibs, Noodler's, Noodler's Flex, noodlers ink, Pens, Shading, waterman, waterman 52, waterman 52½V

I love pretty much everything about this ink—the performance, the look, the story behind it, the price… 🙂

Noodler's Dark Matter

Noodler’s Liberty’s Elysium

28 Saturday Dec 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in Ink Review, Noodler's

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Baystate Blue, blue ink, bsb, Diamine, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Ink Review, Fountain Pen Network, Ink, Ink Review, konigsblau, liberty's elysium, midway blue, navajo turquoise, Nib, Nibs, Noodler's, Noodler's Flex, noodler's midway blue, noodler's navy, noodlers ink, Pens, rohrer & klingner konigsblau, rohrer and klingner, sailor sky high, Shading, sheen, upper ganges blue, waterman, waterman 52

Noodler's Liberty's Elysium

A… *gulp* flexible IPG nib???

09 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in A Random Writing, Noodler's, Various Pen Stuff, Writing Sample

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

brown ink, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Ink Review, Fountain Pen Network, Ink, ip, ipg, iridium, iridium point, iridium point Germany, japanese fountain pen, Noodler's, noodler's brown, noodler's walnut, noodlers ink, ohto, ohto dude, ohto fountain pen, Pens, Shading, walnut, walnut ink

Okay, maybe not flexible, but certainly it is soft—soft enough to get some beautiful variation out of it. But heck, it’s not even an I-P-G nib. In my best Kahn Souphanousinphone voice, “I SEE NO ‘G’!”

Photo Aug 09, 6 38 20 AM

It’s remarkably thinner than my other IPG nibs. There’s a lot of tipping material, which makes me think this one might actually be from Germany (I’ve seen real German “IPG” nibs with no “G” before).

Photo Aug 09, 6 42 29 AM

The pen it’s on is an interesting Ohto Dude. Definitely a pleasurable writing experience! The ink is Noodler’s Walnut.

Photo Aug 09, 6 41 21 AM

Red Ripple Waterman Collection

24 Wednesday Apr 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in A Random Writing, Ink Comparison, Various Pen Stuff, Waterman, Writing Sample

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

bchr, Black Swan, blue ink, Diamine, English Roses, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Network, fountain pen restoration, hard rubber, hard rubber waterman, Ink, Nib, Nibs, noodlers ink, Pens, red ripple, red ripple waterman, safety fountain pen, Shading, w55, w56, waterman, waterman 12, waterman 12s, waterman 52, waterman 52½V, Waterman 55, Waterman 56, waterman safety

Photo Apr 24, 10 59 28 PM

Okay, to be fair the 52½V on the left, the 55, and the 56 are all what we now call the “woodgrain” pattern, and the 12S is the early mottled pattern.

Photo Apr 24, 11 01 19 PM

Photo Apr 24, 11 23 44 PM

The Salz Bros. Peter Pan Fountain Pen

24 Wednesday Apr 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in J. Herbin, Pen Review, Various Pen Stuff, Video, Writing Sample

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

bleu myosotis, blue ink, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Ink Review, Fountain Pen Network, fountain pen restoration, Herbin, Ink, Ink Review, J. Herbin, j. herbin bleu myosotis, Nib, Nibs, Pens, peter pan, peter pan fountain pen, peter pan pen, Purple Ink, salz bothers, salz bros, Shading

Itty bitty flex nib!

Baystate Cranberry

12 Friday Apr 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in A Random Writing, Noodler's, Writing Sample

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

baystate, Baystate Blue, baystate inks, baystate series, Fine Nib, Flex Nib, Flex Pen, flexible nib, Fountain Pen, Fountain Pen Ink, Fountain Pen Ink Review, Fountain Pen Network, Ink, noodler's baystate concord grape, Noodler's Baystate cranberry, Noodler's Flex, Pens, pink, pink ink, Shading, waterman 52, waterman 52½V

A disappointment in the making…

20130412-221556.jpg

Rohrer & Klingner Blu Mare

07 Sunday Apr 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in Ink Review, Rohrer & Klingner

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

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!

Rohrer & Klingner Blu Mare 1

Waterman 54V

03 Sunday Mar 2013

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

≈ 3 Comments

Tags

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.

Noodler’s Rome Is Burning

21 Thursday Feb 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in Ink Review, Noodler's

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

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.

Rome Is Burning (Medium)

Oddly enough it’s better behaved on copy paper:

Rome Is Burning Extras (Copy)

Here’s a drip test:

Rome Is Burning Extras (Color Change)

And a full soak test:

RomeBurningSmallSampleBefore

RomeBurningSmallSampleAfter

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.

Diamine Beau Blue

05 Tuesday Feb 2013

Posted by Five Cat Penagerie in Diamine, Ink Comparison, Ink Review

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

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, J. Herbin, Nib, Nibs, Rouge Hematite, Sepia, Shading

Here’s my review of Diamine Beau Blue, an ink which I’d not given a fair chance and had already made up my mind to hate. But fortunately those feelings changed when I saw that icy blue goodness being laid down on Rhodia. And also, as you might notice, I’ve made up a completely superfluous term to go along with my reviews to describe a VERY desirable (for me) trait of inks that I call…

Grotto…

Diamine Beau Blue (Medium)

And onto the new term: Grotto.

I first noticed this trait in Herbin inks. In fact, if you look at some of my previous reviews I make several references to the “‘Herbin’ look”. It’s the beautiful darker-on-the-edges look that many J. Herbin inks can achieve when they dry on quality paper, and is especially prominent in nibs that are wet, bold, or flexy. I’d never had a name for it, but when reviewing this ink I found this particular quality so striking that I felt I had to name it.

To me it is a very “wet” look, like coffee that’s dried on non-absorbent paper. But I couldn’t call it “wetness” because people would think it just never dries (and what I call a “wet” look may very well trigger something completely different when someone else see’s it). So I ran with the word “wet” without actually using it, and after some thinking I decided I shall call this ink characteristic—at least within the context of future reviews—”grotto”. Grottos are mysterious, often beautiful places that might be harboring secrets. Their walls are often wet, and the water that might come from a natural spring and form a pool in them is clear and cool, straight from nature.

So now that I’ve gotten all the poetic junk out of the way, that’s “grotto”. This ink has great grotto. Not that I expect anyone else to pick up the word (though I’ll be perfectly happy if they do); it’s just a word to describe something I’ve been trying to describe for a long time.

And here are some other inks that have great grotto.

DiamineBeauBlueGrotto

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Archives

  • September 2015
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012

Blogroll

  • Discuss
  • Five Cat Penagerie Youtube Channel
  • Get Inspired
  • Get Polling
  • Get Support
  • Learn WordPress.com
  • Theme Showcase
  • WordPress Planet
  • WordPress.com News

Categories

  • A Random Writing
  • Akkerman
  • Diamine
  • Ink Comparison
  • Ink Review
  • Iroshizuku
  • J. Herbin
  • Montblanc
  • Noodler's
  • Parker
  • Pen Repair
  • Pen Review
  • Private Reserve
  • Rohrer & Klingner
  • Sailor
  • Uncategorized
  • Various Pen Stuff
  • Video
  • Visconti
  • Waterman
  • Writing Sample

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Blog at WordPress.com.

bureaumishka

BLAKE'S BROADCAST

Fountain Pens, Paper, and Ink

inlovewithjournals

musings on the hand-written life

TheRealDocSpaz

Life According to Doc Spaz

a Room with a View

Vintage Soviet USSR Fountain Pens and Pencils

Enjoy the Soviet Era Fountain Pens Design and Quallity

Newton Pens

Custom Fountain Pens

Fountain of Pens

Everything Related to Fountain Pens

Penfountain's Blog

Fountain pen, inks, nibs, paper and general stuff

Fountain Pen Restoration

Goodwriterspens's Blog

Fountain Pen Obsession

April's Atelier

Creative Projects and Happy Things

A Nice Young Lady Reads Smut

Exposing the most undervalued literature for the rippling package of pleasure it is.

Personal Geographic

Travels in a borderless world

An Inkophile's Blog

Fountain pens, ink, paper, watercolor and more

The Dizzy Pen

Fountain Pens, Inks, and More!

JustDaveyB

Mostly just about fountain pens, their nibs and inks.

From the Pen Cup

Who am I kidding...pen cups. As in plural.

lady dandelion

using pens, paper and photography

inginkpen

Thoughts on fountain pens and ink

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • The Five Cat PENagerie
    • Join 274 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Five Cat PENagerie
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...