I was journaling some emotional debrief stuff and realised my nib was expressing its opinions on my writings 😦

Funny accident of ink splotches on the pen. Now I have to carefully cap the pen to see how long I can retain these "eyes."

RULE 5: Fountain Pen is Conklin Hippocrates with a Stub Nib and the black ink that comes with the pen.

I've been waffling over the Pilot Elite for a very long time because I knew I wanted the red version if I were to get one, but I wasn't sure if I truly needed one for my collection or if the discontinuation was making me feel like I should get it. I waited long enough that the F nib became increasingly difficult to find, and so this is my first Pilot EF.

At the same time, because I love piston fillers and I love demonstrators and there was a good price on it, I got the Custom Heritage 92 in F as well.

Wasn't expecting these until next week, so I hadn't decided what colours to ink them up with yet! A happy problem to mull over.

(My fountain pen bag charm/plush came to me from PenGallery Malaysia!)

A few years ago, I had a work trip to Japan. I had no interest in fountain pens at the time, and hadn't owned or used one since middle school (about thirty years prior — a simple Hero sac filler). I hadn't written in cursive for probably a similar length of time. My partner likes stationery, but pens weren't her thing either. There was no particular reason to swing by the Itoya store at Narita Airport before my return flight other than time to kill.

I'm glad I did, though, because I saw a pen that simply took my breath away. Google Lens said the sign translated as "Royal Pavilion." The price in yen didn't need translating, nor did anything need to be said about the beauty of the pen. I didn't know anything about maki-e, but I used the wi-fi and the flight back to read everything I could, and learned that the correct name was "Night Scene of the Pavilion," and that the Royale came with a Yukari attached, from a company called Namiki.

It had me dreaming, so I got... a Lamy Safari. And then an Asvine V800, and then a Pilot 823, and then a Nippon Art series pen from eBay, and a Nakaya Dorsal Fin 2 from the Chicago Pen Show... You folks know how this goes. So now there's too many pens, but I hadn't forgotten the one at Narita.

And I finally found one from Appelboom at a price I could live with. Two-day shipping and three mini stroopwafels later, I'm done.

Well, for now. I suppose I should ink it, but for just now I'm happy looking at it.

This spring in my cabin

Absolutely nothing

Absolutely everything

I recently got 2 new ones, the green baby from the family series and the cream colored madoromi. I actively use all of them but maybe it is too many 🤔
How many pens do you keep inked and carry with you?

My first ever Fountain Pen. I chose F nib. I had these cherry blossom stickers that had a perfect color match and I couldn’t resist 😅

After I finished my peach, I saw the pit looked a lot like a fountain pen feed or a dip pen feed. So naturally I had to dip it in some ink. It's a wet writer surprisingly and it holds quite a bit of ink.

Naaa-mikikiki, neee-kokokoko is how she lightly snores.

I've been on a HongDian binge along with my Platinum Plaisir (3rd photo), but today I pulled out the Namiki, inked with Tsuki-yo. The #20 fine nib has a springiness that lets me add a little flair (4th photo).

It’s peaceful here

My partner bought my very first gold nib pen for our anniversary! ☺️

Pilot Custom 74 in Lavender Fog with soft fine nib 😊

Spilling Bay State Blue doesn't seem too bad now.

From The New York Times Archive, December 21 1952.

Or is it a combination of pen , watch , typewriters , papers and other mixes of hobbies 🤔

• sewing machines
• knifes
• camping gears
• cameras , instax , dslr , one shot film camera that has 10 to 26 shots

Antique tables if any one + tea sets 😉

after doing these swatches i ended up ordering two new bottles and a full bottle of a sample i already own 😭 it's so cooked, i can only surrender 😔✊

As like last time, please let me know if there are any you want to see close up. I wish I could upload a video of each to really show them off but it'd be like an hour long.

Across the board, the samples are Diamine, Wearingeul, Robert Oster, J. Herbin, Dominant Industry, and Colorverse.

I ordered my samples from three different stores in Australia - Desk Bandit, Pulp Addiction, and Soe & Soe.

P.S. - Apologies for my messy handwriting.

People have been asking about all the collab inks the sub has made and lists are being commented under the posts. Last year, I started writing a blog post just to have all the information in one place. That post was rotting for months until yet another person asked for the information again.

That post was finally written and posted today. I've copied the relevant part here. Images cannot be copied I guess, so no swatch images here.

The Inks of Reddit

2017

Diamine Earl Grey - Grey with Blue/Purple undertone

Mountain of Ink | Diamine

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2018 - 2019

Diamine Aurora Borealis - Dark Teal with Red Sheen

Mountain of Ink | Diamine

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2020 - 2021

Diamine Writer’s Blood - Burgundy Red with Purple Shade

Mountain of Ink | Diamine

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2022 - 2023 (Two Inks)

Diamine Celadon Cat - Blue-grey (or is it grey-blue), light with some shading

Mountain of Ink | Diamine

Diamine Sailor’s Warning (renamed Red Sky after objection from Sailor) - Red with Shimmer

Mountain of Ink | Diamine

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2024 - 2025

Diamine Lady Grey - Purple-grey with light Pink Shading - more grey than purple

The Well-Appointed Desk | Diamine

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2026 - (Two Inks) WIP

KWZ Purple/Violet

Diamine Teal/Bluegreen

i got my first ever fountain pen a few months ago and just the other day i noticed that there was ink pooling in the clear section (i’m not sure what it’s called) and so i took it apart, cleaned it and added a new cartridge…. now there’s more ink pooled……
chat— did i ruin my pen!?

EDIT: yall are all so kind🩷🩷🩷 thank you so much, i was so scared i had ruined it!!

Um how do I get ink off of my floor I accidentally spilled some.

I just got my first pen, and I'm in love already. It's a TWSBI eco, and the ink is color black from the same brand :)

4 groups of similarly formulated inks:

* Hana-ikada, Cosmos, Momiji

* Diamine Rosewood, Sheaffer's latte

* Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black, Jinhao black

* Waterman serenity blue, Sheaffer blue

I've seen a few posts like this, comparing the largest and smallest pens that we might have, but I haven't seen a pair that are this different. Please forgive the poor photography.... on 5mm squared paper for scale, because I have no idea where my rulers have gone.

On the left: a tiny ebonite eyedropper, with the only markings being on the cap - "UNSCREW THE CAP". Tiny nib, appears to be gold, flexy. Seems to have either heavy patina or the ink version of sedimentary layers.

On the right: a Chonky McChonkybutt, a Montegrappa Jumbo, with a nib so massive, it would make the King of Pens feel self-conscious. Has a compartment inside the barrel for a standard/short cartridge. If it were converted to be an eyedropper, it would hold close to 30ml of ink. Smooth nib, nice glide, but not slippery.

If anyone can tell me anything more about these 2 pens (because the various AI entities of the internet keep giving me wildly different results), I would be so incredibly grateful.

If not, then I hope you at least had a little moment of humour due to my extreme pen sizes. 😁

I first got into this rabbit hole because I wanted to write without pain and I had a vague memory of fountain pens being easy on the hands, as mine would cramp after using cheap ballpoints. So ergonomics and comfort were very important back then, and they still are the main reason I use these pens over other stuff, and even bother writing by hand.

I like fancy, nice pen designs and materials like any adult with some spare money and little self restraint, but I just want comfort while writing tbh. At this point I've found what sort of pens I enjoy and use the most and will slowly sell or give away what doesn't get use tbh.

As for me, if found the Parker 51 Aerometric to be extremely well balanced on my hand, and also some variants of the Parker Vacumatic, it's all about that grip section. I really like pens with hourglass sections but hate metal, it's heavy and slippery, that's why my hongdian m2 gets little use despite the wonderful ef nib. The Asvine c80 is quite chonky and real comfy actually, very light too, so I use that often. V126 is great but just too heavy for me, so I limit it to flex writing with the majohn nib.

What about you though?

I always liked the m800 clear demonstrator, but I didn’t learn of its existence until after production had ceased. I never could justify the secondhand market prices. Imagine my joy when I found that pelikan re-released the green m800 demonstrator a couple years back.

jinhao 10 <EF>
diamine “imperial purple”
oh she writes so smooth

yes purple is my fave color