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Private Reserve Invincible Black
Before my brief hiatus, I had started a run of black ink reviews, and Invincible Black is the next in that run.The wife and I picked up a couple of little pots of this ink at the DC pen show. They were...
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Noodler's El Lawrence
El Lawrence is the last of the dark colors for now. It's not quite a black, but it could be mistaken for one in the right light. It's actually a dark green/black that looks like motor oil. I'm pretty...
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Chesterfield Teal
This is the only one of these Chesterfield inks that I've tried. They are supposed to be  re-bottled Diamine inks, but this is not as good as any of the Diamine inks that I've used. They're shipped...
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Organics Studios Nickel
I have a bunch of these Organics Studios ink samples, and I haven't used most of them. Some of them have chemistry problems that caused them to clump up (I'm looking at you, every red in the...
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Scribal Workshop Levithan
The next couple of these inks are from a company called Scribal Workshop. It's located in my old home state of Texas and, according to their website, they do lots of cool stuff illuminated manuscripts...
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Ink Nouveau & TWSBI 700 news
Brian Goulet, over on Ink Nouveau posted a video explaining how to remove and replace the nibs on TWSBI's Vac 700. Interestingly, he does it exactly as I do. It's not hard, but it's nice to see how one...
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Scribal Workshop's Siren
This is the other ink that I tried from the Scribal Workshop line, and it's a bit better. It has the same flow issue that I had with Leviathan, and I actually had the same problem with an ink called...
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De Atramentis R.L. Stevenson
This ink, named for a pretty darn good author, is the last of the group of inks that I just didn't care much for. Next time, it's back to inks that are far more awesome. It's not that RL Stevenson is a...
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The Quattro 8x8 Notepad
When I posted this blog on the /r/fountainpens subreddit I got a request for paper reviews. I'm no paper expert, but I did intend to write a review of this odd little pad that I found at a local art...
View ArticleHappy Christmas!
I hope you're all having a great holiday. I'm in Knoxville with my wife and in-laws this Christmas, so I'm low on pictures for the ol' blog right now.I only got one fountain pen for Christmas this...
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Diamine Ancient Copper
This is one of my favorite inks. It came in a Goulet Ink Drop, and I have used the entire sample. It's been in my Rotring 600Â continuously, and that's odd for me. I delayed so long in writing the...
View ArticleA year in review.
Howdy, folks! This little blog has been around for almost a year, now. My first post about pens was way back in February of this year. Like all blogs, it started out slowly. I was getting single digit...
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New nibs for the TWSBI Mini and Vac 700.
TWSBI has been rolling out new nibs, lately. I think that all of us have been enjoying our new VAC 700 nibs, and their improved performance over the older Bock nibs. Well, there are a few more nibs...
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Ink in the mail!
So many inks in the mail today! With the threat of another semester's teaching looming over me and the trials of buying a house, I'd completely forgotten that it was Ink Drop time. This month's inks...
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The January Ink Drop from the Goulet Pen Company
It's a really good ink drop this month. I'm always a little surprised when I don't have any of the inks in the Ink Drop. Well, this month I got a couple of inks that I'd been wanting to try out for a...
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Noodler's Antietam
Antietam is a red/brown ink that shades a bit on almost every paper that I've tried it on. The swatch to the left here shows the variation you can achieve if you put down more or less ink. Of course,...
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De Atramentis Steel Blue
Steel Blue is a fairly unique ink. It looks like some other inks, but none of them are really the same. It's a little like Waterman's Mysterious Blue, but it isn't nearly as green-tinged. It looks like...
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De Atramentis Gandhi
I totally forgot that I had this review in the can. I was just sitting at my desk lamenting that it's been so dreary, which has kept me from taking new pictures and things. Then I realized I had this...
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Noodler's 54th Massachusetts
Now this is an ink that I love. 54th Mass is a dark blue-black ink, and it's the best that I've found so far. I have seen it work perfectly well on even really cheap papers and it has been awesome in...
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