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Post by pgcauk on May 25, 2018 12:40:20 GMT
In pens: Violets; Summer Storm, Scabiosa, Tyrian Purple Reds; Oxblood, Monaco, Antietam Yellow/Pink; Khakhi (Robert Oster) , Rouille D'Ancre Browns; Burma Road, York Brown (De Atramentis), Sepia (R&K) Greens; Beginning Of Spring (Chinese Yellow Green)(possible switch with Sahara Grey or Willow Green?), Walt Whitman Blues; Verdigris, Salix . . . . is what I will admit to! Choice of three per day (incl. different nib types), six days a week. Sunday is free choice (often defaults to yellow/Pink, or testing samples!). I am just finishing off a sample of De Atramentis' Umber, a lovely tobacco color that I would file under yellow (but also greenish brown!), which persuaded me to buy a full bottle. This should be on my doorstep today along with my first set of samples from Birmingham Pens, which I am really looking forward to! . . . Oh, not in pens at the moment but fits under the color umbrella: Greys; Fog & Cement (De Atramentis), Chu Shu
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Post by radellaf on May 25, 2018 14:39:53 GMT
Blues; Verdigris, Salix . . . . is what I will admit to! Admit to? Let me see if I can lower the bar... from memory, what's in pens, in rough left to right order: Noodler's blue, Pilot blueblack, DeA Amarant, Iro Tsuki-Yo, Pelikan Topaz, Noodler's blueblack, Noodler's forest green, JH Tierre de Feu, JH Larmes de Cassis, PR Avacado, Noodler's Ottoman Rose, Platinum Rose & blue mix, Platinum sepia, Levenger blue, Stipula musk green, Organics Potassium, Iro Shin-Kai, DeA Aubergine, DeA Ruby, Sailor epinard, JH rouge bourgogne, Diamine Teal (I think), Iro Yu-Yake, Iro Fuyu-Gaki, Iro Ku-Jaku, FC Midnight Emerald, couple of Schneider cartridge blues, Noodler's Sequoia, Binder Burgundy mix, Diamine Salamander, Diamine Sargasso Sea, Diamine Asa blue, JH Violet and Sheaffer red mix, ESSRI iron gall blueblack, Delta red (probably, from the 90s, the fill not just the ink bottle), Waterman brown, Chesterfield Capri (=Diamine Royal), Monteverde horizon blue, cartridge black, Hero blue and blueblack, Diamine Earl Grey, mixes of Noodler's blue and navajo turquoise, R&K smaradgrun, Pilot red mix, Noodler's Dark Matter, Pilot black, some orange mix (R&K fernambuk+helianthus?), another Pilot red mix with something, Sailor Doyou, Parker Quink black, FC blue cartridge, Noodler's burgundy, Noodler's nightshade, PR orange crush, Birminham pen co Westinghouse alternator crimson, Sheaffer vintage blueblack. Will be interesting to get home and see which I forgot; gotta be at least one. Now most of these aren't _favorites_. Outta those, right now, the salamander and larmes de cassis are getting the most writing. Oh, latest inking was Diamine twilight, just .2mL to see if I like the vanishing point F nib and might want to try an EF in a Decimo (I do, and will). So, feel free to admit to any level of over-ink here.
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Post by pgcauk on May 28, 2018 15:43:03 GMT
Wow redallaf, there are some lovely inks in there, but I would be overwhelmed! I like to create structures so I at least feel organized; a theme for each day of the week, three inks for each theme. I don't keep to it strictly but it helps me find things in my notebooks (I teach different classes each weekday, so the system organizes these for me!) and makes sure everything is kept flowing at least once a week! Pleased to hear there are others out there combining Fernambuk with Helianthus; gives a range of colors from peach through salmon to coral, all of them lovely and not easily found elsewhere. I was very pleased with the samples from Birmingham Pens and am now awaiting full size bottles of my new Blue Trilogy: Rachael Carson Silent Spring, Allegheny Observatory Celestial Blue and Allegheny Courthouse Justice Blue. Their Navy was pretty impressive too! Have you ever played "What if I could only have one?". I had a go last time I felt I was heading towards excess and was pretty clear at that point that I could boil it down to three: Scabiosa, Walt Whitman & Rouille D'Ancre. Unfortunately my Walt Whitman is unsuitable for fountain pen use (SITB!), which is what led me over to Birmingham Pens. I'm hoping somewhere between Rachel Carson and Fern Moss is an equivalent ambiguity!
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Post by radellaf on May 28, 2018 20:29:14 GMT
The ones I missed were a pair of Sheaffer VFMs, one with RO Spearmint and the other... I forget. A mix of cartridge blue & Sheaffer red? Or maybe I cleaned that out. There's a TWSBI with a dcwaites recipe (one of many) for a replica parker penman. And, a Sheaffer Prelude italic with FPN/Noodler's Dumas Tulipe Noire. A Cognac Kaweco sport with Seitz-Kreuznach Cognac and a clear ice one with generic cartridge blue black.
The only organization is they're lying on the desk and similar pen models (78s, Pelikans, Preras, TWSBIs) are clumped together. Most aren't written with for months but all are checked every month or three and water added if needed (or ink replaced, or cleaned and put away). I have had some pen hygiene problems but fixed most of them with no damage. Most of the pens I can remove the feed if I have to. The Sheaffers I can't, and Pelikans do have that bit inside the collar.
I write more than a line or two maybe 3 days out of the week so there's not much structure to hang anything on. I carry a few favored pens to work (now that I'm working again) but usually end up using a .7mm Pentel Kerry for engineering work or whatever pen is in my shirt pocket if I can use ink. LIke, on a post-it that says "this thing here has a bad ___, replace".
I can't say I miss college classes, but I do miss having so much opportunity to write. These days I have to make the opportunities, 90% with letter writing or journal entries. As that's done when I want to and feel inspired to, it doesn't amount to many words compared to when writing was required. But, when I do write, in addition to whatever's the "pen of the week" I have a whole desk full of other colors for an accent or just to mix it up. That's why I once posted a FPN thread about feeling guilty about writing a whole letter in black ink. But, sometimes, y'know, you're enjoying the pen you have in hand and don't want to switch it up. That Sailor Doyou in the M200 is going to be damn hard to distinguish from black, but at least I can _say_ it's brown.
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Post by stormymorning on Jun 15, 2018 15:37:12 GMT
New current favorites: Diamine Wild Strawberry & Monteverde Yosemite Green. Both nice and saturated!
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Post by although on Oct 22, 2018 2:47:37 GMT
I normally swear by the darker inks, but today I loaded up an old Sheaffer with Iro shizuku ama-iro... It's a sort of shocking sky blue.
I think I'm beginning to warm up to these lighter colors...
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Post by Bob on Oct 24, 2018 21:55:45 GMT
Noodler's Dark Matter - 'the icing on the cake' on G. Lalo cream note cards Montblanc Lucky Orange - the owner of a used MB 146 broad nib that I bought wrote his writing sample with L.O. As my dog Lucky had just gone to heaven, I bought some. Noodler's Baystate Blue - love the brilliance of this blue ink. Noodler's Eel Cactus - bright color, use it for " Morning Pages' Bon journée!
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Post by hoyabella on Oct 28, 2018 10:12:09 GMT
I am a novice (I have been one for decades 😀) and don't buy fancy inks, I first want to use up all the cartridges I have; one reason is that with much amazement, I saw that ink can evaporate through the cartridge - at least it did from mine! On the other hand, I don't usually wash a pen before changing ink because I like all the shades between two similar colours, such as dark green and royal blue. Am I the only one?
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Post by stompie on Oct 29, 2018 13:34:34 GMT
I have a range of inks but there is no structure or plan to how I use them - some of you sound ADHD with your plans and methods. I just choose an ink on the day a pen might need filling and then perhaps I may just dip my fountain pen in it and not actually fill it so the next day I could be using other colours again. In Dip pens I think my favourite is Walnut ink. I am thinking of trying out the black walnut ink, if I can get my hands on some. I might have to buy the crystals and mix it up myself.
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dogmama
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Post by dogmama on Jan 25, 2019 10:54:32 GMT
Currently I am using the Birmingham ink samples that I ordered from Birmingham Pen Company ( formerly x-founatin pens ). They are a small company in Pittsburgh, PA and have recently come out with a line of inks. So far I have tried 1. Andrew Carnegie Steel Blue 2. Point Park Fountain Turquoise 3. Fort Pitt Blockhouse Sepia These three have a subdued, kind of dusky look which I like very much. All three seem to be well behaved. I blame radellaf for my recent order from Birmingham. I'm using Allegheny River Twilight and George Westinghouse Alternator Crimson. The Allegheny River Twilight is also dusky. The colors seem quite similar, but they're not. Does that even make sense? Oh you have to try their pensylvania railroad blue it is beautiful . at least I think so I love Birmingham inks
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dogmama
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Post by dogmama on Jan 25, 2019 10:59:35 GMT
I think it makes perfect sense once you've tried the inks. The Steel Blue and the Turquoise are surprisingly similar except the turquoise has a little more green. I have a feeling that a few others I ordered will also be very similar. I'm good with that because I do like that dusky look. I think I'll have to get the Fred Rogers Cardigan Red. I'm not a big fan of red inks but have a soft spot for Mr. Rogers. This way I'll have an ink to go with the Mr. Rogers stamps that are to be released this year . I may have purchased a sample of that one...my mom is from Latrobe, PA, which is where Mr. Rogers is from. Mr. Rogers is buried in the same cemetery as my grandparents. oh wow that is just out of this world . My cousin lives in squirrel hill it is called right ? now we met fred Rodgers while doing my cousins thesis on childhood development while she was going to the university and he was ever so nice and did not act like we bothered him at all . I also had the opportunity to meet Margaret Hamilton( the witch in the wizard of oz) because the day mr Rodgers was filming his show with her we got on the set . I will never forget that and oh how much that meant to me . I was blown away when I met her and I told her boy you scared me as the witch and she laughed so hard . LOL .
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Post by ritak on Jan 25, 2019 16:40:33 GMT
I may have purchased a sample of that one...my mom is from Latrobe, PA, which is where Mr. Rogers is from. Mr. Rogers is buried in the same cemetery as my grandparents. oh wow that is just out of this world . My cousin lives in squirrel hill it is called right ? now we met fred Rodgers while doing my cousins thesis on childhood development while she was going to the university and he was ever so nice and did not act like we bothered him at all . I also had the opportunity to meet Margaret Hamilton( the witch in the wizard of oz) because the day mr Rodgers was filming his show with her we got on the set . I will never forget that and oh how much that meant to me . I was blown away when I met her and I told her boy you scared me as the witch and she laughed so hard . LOL . dogmama, it's great to hear that Fred Rogers was as nice in real life as he was on his show. I would have been surprised to hear otherwise. I remember my daughter watching that episode with Margaret Hamilton. What a special memory for you. I did get that Fred Rogers Cardigan Red ink from Birmingham Pens to go along with my Fred Rogers stamps . The world needs more people like Mr. Rogers.
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Post by distractedmom on Jan 25, 2019 18:26:11 GMT
Wow redallaf, there are some lovely inks in there, but I would be overwhelmed! I like to create structures so I at least feel organized; a theme for each day of the week, three inks for each theme. I don't keep to it strictly but it helps me find things in my notebooks (I teach different classes each weekday, so the system organizes these for me!) and makes sure everything is kept flowing at least once a week! I LOVE this! I used to teach high school biology before I had kids and I loved to use different colors of ink to help me organize my thoughts. Back then, it was mostly a Bic 4-color pen. What I could do now...
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Post by distractedmom on Jan 25, 2019 18:31:08 GMT
oh wow that is just out of this world . My cousin lives in squirrel hill it is called right ? now we met fred Rodgers while doing my cousins thesis on childhood development while she was going to the university and he was ever so nice and did not act like we bothered him at all . I also had the opportunity to meet Margaret Hamilton( the witch in the wizard of oz) because the day mr Rodgers was filming his show with her we got on the set . I will never forget that and oh how much that meant to me . I was blown away when I met her and I told her boy you scared me as the witch and she laughed so hard . LOL . dogmama, it's great to hear that Fred Rogers was as nice in real life as he was on his show. I would have been surprised to hear otherwise. I remember my daughter watching that episode with Margaret Hamilton. What a special memory for you. I did get that Fred Rogers Cardigan Red ink from Birmingham Pens to go along with my Fred Rogers stamps . The world needs more people like Mr. Rogers. My husband just got done reading the Mr. Rogers biography and really enjoyed it. Fred Rogers was so different from how we seem to be now. Kindness was his passion. dogmama I think it's wonderful that you got to meet him. And yes, it's Squirrel Hill
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Post by kps on Apr 15, 2019 12:55:48 GMT
Hi, I am new to the forum and found it by searching the web for a review of Birmingham Pittsburgh Bankers Ice Rink ink. I am a fan of blue inks that have a teal component to them (Iroshizuku Tsuki Yo, Diamine Asa Blue, De Atramentis Steel Blue are favorites), and I have just discovered Pittsburgh Bankers Ice Rink. I like this ink a lot, and I find it has decent shading in my FC Pocket 20 with EF flex nib. There is no sheen to speak of, but the shading is nice. Was wondering if anyone else has tried and liked this ink. I probably have fifteen blue inks inks in my collection. Another new favorite is Diamine Pelham Blue. Old favorites are Tsuki-Yo, DA Steel Blue, and Asa Blue (mentioned above), Robert Oster Great Southern Ocean, Noodler’s Bad Blue Heron, Q-Eternity, and Ottomans Azure, KWZ Baltic Memories, Diamine Blue Black, B’ham Point Park Fountain Turquoise, Parker Blue-Black, Kyo on Oto Aonibi, and Waterman’s Mysterious Blue (aka blue-black).
I do like colors other than blue, but I tend to have fewer examples in other colors: Diamine Red Dragon and Oxblood, Herbin Rouge Grenat, Monteverde Napa Burgundy for reds, Diamine Grey and Iroshizuku Kiri-Same for grays, I am still testing browns, mostly in samples, and I have enjoyed Robert Oster Cafe Crema, and Krishna Oak. I do love Diamine Ancient Copper. My husband loves all things orange, so he has the orange inks covered. The green ones too. Sorry for the long post! Glad to find you folks.
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