Pilot has launched their Iroshizuku range of fountain pen inks for some time now, and it is a very popular range among fountain pen enthusiasts and collectors of inks. Following the success of thei…
Pilot Fermo Capless in dark green with med. nib, inked with Waterman Serenity Blue, writing in a Nanami Seven Seas Writer with a black Herz leather cover. My ultimate writing set up.
This is a fountain pen I've had for quite a while in my "get it working someday box". It's an ordinary aerometric Parker 51 which was quite badly clogged with something. Flushing with water and a normal pen cleaner hadn't cleared it, and as I had a couple of other functional 51s, and it's not really my favorite model of pen anyway, I had just never gotten around to this one.
But a few days ago, I though of it again, and before risking disassembly, decided to try a really thorough soak with Rapido-Eze. That did it. It's been working well for four days now, using Namiki Blue ink. I smoothed the nib slightly while I was at it, and it writes quite nicely, although it's still not my favorite model, or even my favorite Parker.
Shown here with a Parker mechanical pencil, twist action, 0.9 mm, and one of my Fisher Space Pens. Just noticed that I have the flag upside down in the photo. In the Navy, that would be a sign of distress, but here it just indicates absentmindedness.