Yeah Clairefountaine is great paper. Absolutely they are to me the best value in inks.
It's the Ink-quisition!
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I just picked up a bottle of Visconti Blue, in their redesigned bottle, hopefully it is the bright blue that I am looking for! If I like it I will refill a International Short cartridge to use in my Gravitas Copper Pocket Fountain Pen!
Tom
Tom
I was planning on De Atramentis Document Fog Grey (a greyish blue) being my "signature ink", the one I kept in my best pen. My Lamy 2000 EF arrived yesterday, I put the Fog Grey in it, but I was surprised at how wide a line the pen made. I know German nibs are wider than Japanese nibs, but this was ridiculous. It almost wrote like a broad nib.
Today I replaced the De Atramentis with Noodler's Green Marine, and now it writes like an EF. So much for De Atramentis Document being my signature ink, it feathers too much.
It's a good reminder that if you have a problem with a pen, try a different ink. The ink may be the problem, not the pen.
While I like the Visconti Blue and it will be my blue for now, I have another blue inbound, Conklin Israel, we will see how that one looks!!!
Tom
Tom
I have the Lamy 2000 EF as well and I find Lamy's in general VERY wide for their size, even for European sizes. For example, my Kaweco Brass Sport EF write much finer than my Lamy 2000 EF.
I received a bottle of Conklin Israel 75 Limited Edition ink, it is a vibrant blue. I Inked up my F-C 31 <F> and it is a nice bright blue that pops on the page. I will use it to day at work, but I believe I have found my blue.
Tom
Tom
Franklin Christoph makes some nice pens. My wife who I pulled into the rabbit hole with me a few months ago already has two of them. It does not help that we live 20 min from F-C either. She likes the model 46 ones. Both that she has are 46s and I think one if the regular fine and the other a needle point. Yes she likes to write small.
They do make some nice pens, I think I have 4 or five of them. I got into them through the Dallas Pen show, they are there every year!
Tom
Chandu
I Waxed The Badger.
With fountain pen ink I have zero interest if it's not waterproof. So I tend to go with inks labled as "document" or registrars ink . As nice as some other inks might be, I won't spend time with them if they can't withstand at least water.
I have some Ballpoint and Rollerball/Gel/Fountain tests I did with a water bath, bleach and acetone I will post at some point.
I have some Ballpoint and Rollerball/Gel/Fountain tests I did with a water bath, bleach and acetone I will post at some point.
I run De Atramentis Document Black in all my pens. Great performance, flow and absolutely bulletproof. Platinum Carbon Black is a close second. I’m not interested in any colour unless it’s a fully saturated, solid, black. Must be waterproof and smudge proof.
