Thread: More fountain pens!

She doesn't need one anyway. They are all mine!

Still carrying my Waterman Expert II, but have since switch inks to J. Herbin (Lie de Thé and Empire Green) and have found that they write considerably better (for me) than the Waterman or Lamy inks. They're looser inks, so they flow easier, and I've found that they also don't dry the nib out if I leave the pen uncapped for a 5 minutes or so...

Just my little addition to today's pen-related discourse.

Mark

Inks are next for me. So many to try. I like lamy blue. It is nice. On certain papers ( A gregg rule steno book) it really draws a small line though.I am using a fine nib on my lamy alstar.

I just wanted to say thanks guys. I am already looking at a Sailor Sapporo.After 2 weeks.

FP newb here. When I want to change ink colors, how do I "wash" the old ink out of my pen nib? Or is it not really worth the bother? thanks!

Jordan

When washing ink out of the pen, fill it with room temperature water, flushing it in and out till it runs clear. You must always flush the ink out of a pen after use, unless you are using the same ink.

Well I got a lamy vista for work. I bought it in fine. It is not a vanishing point but it is cheep enough if it gets damaged I wont cry. My work tends to be hard on things. I also picked up some waterman blue-black. Nice color but I dont like it as well as the Pilot VP cartrige in blue black. Paradise Pen did not have any noodlers in blue-black. I need to order some. Also I have a new box of pilot VP cartriges in black that I would like to trade for Blue-Black. After getting into the fountain pen a little I found I did not like black. Everyone seems to use black and I like to set myself apart from the crowd. Also when marking up copys it is easier to see what is mine and what is electric.

Don

I used to like black with ballpoints but now with FP's I would rather use blue. Blue looks so much nicer.I bought some herbin bleu pervenche but that turned out to be to turquoisey so I had to mix it with some herbin rose cyclamen. Depending on how I mix these two I can get varying degrees of blue.

Originally Posted by zenshaver

I used to like black with ballpoints but now with FP's I would rather use blue. Blue looks so much nicer.I bought some herbin bleu pervenche but that turned out to be to turquoisey so I had to mix it with some herbin rose cyclamen. Depending on how I mix these two I can get varying degrees of blue.

That is the cool thing with FP is you can change colors with mood I have multi colors and multi of the same shade it is awesome

I gotta hang out in this thread more