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So, I noticed something odd the other day. I was writing in a notebook using my Asvine V126 with Diamine Writer’s Blood. When I came home I grabbed by V200 with Writer’s Blood to finish what I was writing, but the color / shading of the ink was very different. It was a lot darker and more saturated from the V200 vs the V126.

I compared the nibs under my loupe, but they seem to be mostly the same (ie, tines about the same width, no mis-alignment, etc.)

So, I decided to take things a step further and made the image in this message. Note both the Diamine Aurora Borealis and Writer’s Blood seem to have quite different characteristics.

(I should mention: all pens were recently cleaned, and all filled at the same time from the same bottle(s) of ink…)

Anyone have any thoughts on why this would be the case?
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Unattributed 𓂃✍︎2d ago

Pen Comparison

https://feddit.online/c/fountainpens/p/1548881/pen-comparison

Unattributed 𓂃✍︎Mar 16

Wordsworth and Black Royal Blue and Racing Green Inks

Time for a tale of two inks, this time feature Wordsworth and Black Racing Green and Royal Blue.

So, let’s start with something important: neither of these inks are accurately represented in their packaging. The Royal Blue box hints that there is more purple tones in it than the swab shows. But the shocking one is the Racing Green, it not only looks nothing like the representation on the box, but it isn’t even close to a “racing green” (aka Rally Green). The box actually does look like “Racing Green”.

And, I didn’t include them, but the labels on the bottle are just as bad.

Honestly, Racing Green is so bad, I just flushed it out of my pen, and loaded it with Aurora Borealis instead.

The Royal Blue, despite the misrepresentation, is a pretty nice blue. It’s a bit more saturated than the TWSBI Blue, and less purple than the Diamine Majestic Blue. I think it makes for a good alternative to the Oxford Blue which is my standard.

Unattributed 𓂃✍︎Mar 15

Testing Fountain Pen Inks

Question: has anyone done extensive testing on any fountain pen inks?

I don’t mean the standard Mountain of Ink style, sample card, writing sample, etc. visual comparisons. (I’d like to call this subjective measurement, but chromatographic measurements aren’t subjective if done in a controlled manner.)

I am thinking more objective testing: viscosity, density, flow rate @ a given line width, etc.

I was thinking about this type of testing tonight, and it seems to me that there are a lot of factors that would need to be controlled: temperature, air pressure / barometric pressure, nib consistency, friction (aka heat), etc. Given what I was thinking this could be an interesting experiment, if someone wanted to undertake controlling all the variables, and implementing the controls necessary for consistent results.

Cheryl Lindo Jones Mar 1

🖋️ I was listening to a recent episode of The Pen Addict podcast and both Brad and Myke were saying they don't pick the ink first, rather the pen. I thought about it and realize I'm sometimes the opposite! 😆 I think of what ink I want to use next and then think of a pen to pair with it. Not always, but a fair amount. #FountainPens #inks

Cheryl Lindo Jones Feb 19

✒️ Lovely gray (or grey) inks. While I'm trying not to buy too many inks while my library is overflowing, these are tempting to sample, at least. Pretty appropriate for the gray, rainy weather we've been having recently.

https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/four-grey-inks

#FountainPens #inks #gray

Four grey inks — A Gathering of Curiosities

I review four grey and grey-adjacent inks - Taccia Budounezu, Ka-Ku Gray of Ash Haze, Ka-Ku Black Jade, and Arcus Artisan Raven’s Shadow.

A Gathering of Curiosities

Stefan R.Feb 18

Ist Volt jetzt links oder nur die "FDP in Lila"?

Beides hört mal immer wieder.
Nun habe ich zwar den Eindruck, dass Volt tatsächlich aus beiden Lagern Zulauf hat, was nicht für jedermann intutitiv ist. Was vereint denn die?
Vielleicht, dass das "links" und "rechts" ein überholtes Denkmuster ist. Sozialiberal? Jaein, nicht ganz abwegig. Aber eigentlich ist Volt weder links noch rechts, sondern geradeaus:
Progressiv, europäisch und pragmatisch.

#Volt #inks #rechts #progressiv #europäisch