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Post by sgtstretch on Oct 4, 2017 13:06:21 GMT
I don't remember how many of you mentioned Pilot Iroshizuku inks, but I love them. They are pricey, but oh so juicy. They are cheaper now. The bottles are no longer handmade, so now you can pick up the 50mL bottle for about $20 USD. Still the same bottle design, but mass produced instead of handmade.
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Post by distractedmom on Oct 4, 2017 18:08:04 GMT
I don't remember how many of you mentioned Pilot Iroshizuku inks, but I love them. They are pricey, but oh so juicy. They are cheaper now. The bottles are no longer handmade, so now you can pick up the 50mL bottle for about $20 USD. Still the same bottle design, but mass produced instead of handmade. Where do you buy them? (Asking for a friend.)
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Post by radellaf on Oct 4, 2017 22:25:37 GMT
Amazon lists them all at about $18 now and even if it's "eligible" 2 bottles would be over $35. That pricing is definitely new within the last few months.
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Post by erin on Oct 5, 2017 17:20:05 GMT
They are cheaper now. The bottles are no longer handmade, so now you can pick up the 50mL bottle for about $20 USD. Still the same bottle design, but mass produced instead of handmade. Where do you buy them? (Asking for a friend.) I got mine at Jetpens.com.... smaller size bottles (15 ml) for less than $10. And they do free shipping over $25. Easy peasy.
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Post by radellaf on Oct 6, 2017 6:11:54 GMT
For use, I like the bigger bottles, but the 15mL are sooo cute!
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Post by penguy on Dec 19, 2017 0:57:30 GMT
Robert Oster dark blue has a nice vintage feel Pelican Edelstein smoky quartz - a nice brown Sailor Yama. Dori- beautiful sheen Pilot. Tsuki yo- a beautiful color Stipula musk- a nice sort of olive
If you want to compare ink color, both Goulet Pens and Anderson Pens have ink comparison tools on their sites. Fountain Pen Network has an excellent ink review forum. Besides color the reviews deal with water resistance, sheen, feathering, bleedthrough, and shading.
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Post by sharmon202 on Jan 1, 2018 18:09:51 GMT
I decide to buy many inks/samples by looking at the inks my pen pals use. In person they can look very different than pictures.
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Post by kamuela on Aug 1, 2019 2:28:01 GMT
It also depends on what types of inks you prefer as far as flow and 'wetness' and if the pens you have are dry or wet writers. I like wetter inks that flow from a well tuned and polished nib with little effort across the page. Aurora, Waterman, Diamine, etc. Right now I have a "blue" binge so have about 15 various shades of blue in the above brands. There's a cool site where you can view the ink colors by brand and name. Anderson Pens Ink Tool Anderson Pens Ink Shopping Color Tool
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Post by Lupine on May 1, 2020 14:22:00 GMT
Hi! This thread is almost a year old and there are new inks coming out all the time, and new people on this discussion. I liked the favorites by color discussion up above and just bought some new inks. Would anyone else like to share their newest favorites? I don't own a lot of bottles compared to some of us, but these are my favorite full bottles not including samples . . . those are just my own rules for choosing, they don't have to be yours. I noticed there are a few colors (out of the thousands out there) that come up over and over like Apache Sunset and Oxblood. I think that's interesting.
I have no light blues but Kon Peki is ALWAYS recommended. I have lots I like, but these are the colors I decided to invest in:
Black: Sailor Jentle Do You Brown: Noodler's Kiowa Pecan (needed a semi water-resistant brown, like the gold undertones) Blue: Akkerman #5 Shocking Blue, but also keep Strait's Honest Ink Literally the only... which I highly recommend. Pink: Monteverde Gratitude/Magenta Purple: none but might buy Elderberry by DeAtrimentis from Goulet for $15USD Red: Diamine Ancient Copper (not considered a red by some) Orange: Colorverse Martian Green: Colorverse Life on Mars (BABY bottle, so cute). I own Noodler's Sequoia and love the color but it does not "behave" well, as they say, and I must use it with a F or EF nib on good paper. Shimmer: none
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Post by stompie on May 3, 2020 17:15:37 GMT
I just got some new J Herbin inks in that I have not yet tried:
Cacao Du Bresil Violette Pensee Bleu Azur
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Post by distractedmom on May 4, 2020 14:19:37 GMT
I just got some new J Herbin inks in that I have not yet tried: Cacao Du Bresil Violette Pensee Bleu Azur I like Bleu Azur, but it’s so light. I sometimes fill a pen with it and let it sit for a while so some of the liquid evaporates and it becomes more intense. Please don’t tell the pen hygiene police.
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Post by Lupine on May 4, 2020 15:26:20 GMT
I just got some new J Herbin inks in that I have not yet tried: Cacao Du Bresil Violette Pensee Bleu Azur I LOVE the name "Violette Pensée." I've noticed it before in my searches for colors. Soooo pretty! Two points: First, some random reviewer said J Herbin inks were not "saturated" enough for her taste, so I have passed them by. Is that true? And second, I have an accent acute (aigu) in my name, and so I've been on a lifelong quest to figure out how to make it appear in type. Obviously, I don't always bother. It's no big deal. But since many of us here are nerdy enough to care . . . There are many ways to do it including installing a French keyboard to toggle to. For me, the easiest way is to use the Alt function. Alt 0233 produces an e with an acute accent. Here is the site I use: usefulshortcuts.com/alt-codes/accents-alt-codes.phpMicrosoft Word has an "Insert Symbols" option, but Alt functions also work in Word. I'm sure you may all know this already, but It was so helpful to me I had to share.
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Post by radellaf on May 4, 2020 17:31:08 GMT
Note the alt codes have to be typed on the numeric keypad, not the top row numbers. For a mac, it's option-e for aigu or option-<back apostrophe, by the tilde> for grave.
Herbin inks colors not saturated enough? That's true for a lot of them but not all. Terre de Feu is one of my favorites and it's at least as dark as Pelikan or Waterman brown. Their black is black. Some of the new ones like Rouge Grenat are plenty saturated as well. So is Lierre Sauvage. Others have unsaturated dark colors, like Vert Empire, but usually with ink people mean dark OR intense color rather than actual saturated (pure) colors. A bunch of Herbin colors do look watered down, and that gives them a reputation. Which... the gray, the sky blue, the orange is OK, rusty anchor, bouquet d'antan, buttercup is invisible. The Amber is pretty good, for a very yellow orange, but it's not bright bright.
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Post by distractedmom on May 4, 2020 18:18:31 GMT
Note the alt codes have to be typed on the numeric keypad, not the top row numbers. For a mac, it's option-e for aigu or option-<back apostrophe, by the tilde> for grave. Herbin inks colors not saturated enough? That's true for a lot of them but not all. Terre de Feu is one of my favorites and it's at least as dark as Pelikan or Waterman brown. Their black is black. Some of the new ones like Rouge Grenat are plenty saturated as well. So is Lierre Sauvage. Others have unsaturated dark colors, like Vert Empire, but usually with ink people mean dark OR intense color rather than actual saturated (pure) colors. A bunch of Herbin colors do look watered down, and that gives them a reputation. Which... the gray, the sky blue, the orange is OK, rusty anchor, bouquet d'antan, buttercup is invisible. The Amber is pretty good, for a very yellow orange, but it's not bright bright. Rusty anchor is one of my faves.
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Post by richila on May 7, 2020 13:52:27 GMT
My current favorite orange is Colorverse Mars Curiosity. Actually, it is my current favorite ink; it looks so good with my pen and Bullet Journal. 🥰
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