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Fountain pen inks are amazingly varied, and combining them with the particular properties of thefountain pen inks are amazingly varied, and combining them with

Fountain pen inks are amazingly varied, and combining them with the particular properties of thefountain pen inks are amazingly varied, and combining them with the particular properties of the fountain pens themselves prove quite the rabbit hole of a hobby. Example of this is below, but feel free to skip. Just yesterday, I reached for my custom ink replacement for Parker penman Sapphire and was glad I had it handy. I was cleaning out some boxes and rediscovered my esterbrook SJ pen with a manifold fine nib. It has been restored, but I tend to not put modern inks in vintage pens oh, so having that ink sure was handy. I remember not really liking the pen because it was such a nail to use, but with my current journal being a poetic Earth journal using handmade carbon paper that most fountain pens don't like, this one seems to do much better then any of the rest, and really the only other writing instrument in competition to write on this journal would be a pencil, and hard pencil at that. Silverpoint inkless metal pens are entirely useless, and fountain pens for the most part don't like the uneven paper surface, it's a bit like driving off road in a 4 x 4 sedan, well it can do it, it's not really liking it. It is just interesting to me how even though I prefer my pilot myu 701 and other Japanese pens, because of the variety of nibs available in fountain pens, I can still find a use for a pen that at the time I didn't think I could use.

kebman 6y ago
If you want writing excellence, the paper also matters a lot. This is especially so if you're using more specialized equipment, and in particular if you're using inks that are more prone to seeping into the paper. The ability for the paper to only hold the top layer, without "drowning" or seeping in like watercolour, is then paramount. Rough or uneven paper just won't do either. Rather carefully use an ink blotter if the ink doesn't dry fast enough.

kebman 6y ago

If you want writing excellence, the paper also matters a lot. This is especially so if you're using more specialized equipment, and in particular if you're using inks that are more prone to seeping into the paper. The ability for the paper to only hold the top layer, without "drowning" or seeping in like watercolour, is then paramount. Rough or uneven paper just won't do either. Rather carefully use an ink blotter if the ink doesn't dry fast enough.