#SwatchWednesday
Sailor x BlueBlack Cherry Coke
This ink is from my green #FPSanta! I'd say it lives up to the name. Red with a black undertone, green sheen if *very* inky. I've used it for a while in this pen (Sailor 21K F) and the flow is excellent.
My red #FPSanta revealed themselves early on, and we had a nice conversation about what exactly one gets someone who already has everything! Sorry to make it so difficult!
Got these:
1. Super interesting Waterman Phileas from the early 2000s, with a very nice nib (I already scribbled a bit with it)
2. Kaweco Special
3. Pen roll!
They mentioned in the note that they were passing on these pens picked up along the way from pen friends. I’m 100% in favor of this!
For the last few years of #FPSanta I’ve asked the green tier Santas for “no pens”, and it’s always great to see what they come up with. My Santa heard “country exclusive inks” and went hard:
1. Sailor x BlueBlack Cherry Coke (apparently there was quite a hunt for this)
2. 3 Oysters 겨울하늘색 Gyeoul Haneul from I.COLOR.U series
3. Dominant Industry Periwinkle Twinkle
Thank you and happy Christmas!
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Testing Pelikan M150 with vintage F italic nib from M&K Pelikan 120. I won this nib unit in an auction but I don’t have a working 120 that takes these nib units (I’ve unfortunately got one with a broken piston rod), so I transplanted the nib into a feed and collar from a modern first-party Pelikan nib unit.
This pen and nib combo is about to go to one of my #FPSanta giftees (:
Ink is Pelikan Edelstein Topaz
A couple days from having access to all my inks again… just in time to make tons of samples for #SecretSanta (:
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Happy gifting!
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