The name of the ink is “green ceramic glaze”, after the copper glaze used in green-glazed pottery. Very aptly named with a shading dark green base and silver shimmer which represents the reflective effect of glazed pottery.
Pen is Sailor Hocoro fude, paper is Tomoe River 52gsm original
@UlrikeSkadir@jezlyn@alexa488 I tried it just to see if it would work, and it does work sort of, but I would probably not keep them upside down like this for long-term storage. I think folks (I think including @jezlyn) have designed 3-D printed storage trays that would work a lot better. Personally, I only have a few, so I’ll just keep them in a separate box with other oddly shaped small bottles.
Followup from my #SwatchWednesday post, here is the writing sample for Lie de thé. Again, the ink entry format is adapted to the old planner, the swatch is colored in over the month box, a convenient rectangle (:
Also, after a falling to the floor mishap, fishie pen rest is back (: fixed with 2-part epoxy.
@paradoxmo Not quite my speed, but I appreciate both the post, and the variations in the ink.
I am not particularly a fan of the color, mostly because a vaguely similar ink (color verse comet SL9) has not been kind to me in a variety of pens, but I do love nuance, and your swatch has it in spades.
@_ I can’t super imagine using it that often and certainly not in my normal F/EF pens. I think more inky pens like this fude or the Pilot Parallels really bring out its qualities, so I would perhaps use it for letters (for which I tend to use very wet pens like Pelikans) or a heading pen (stub or similar).
The ink was from my Secret #FPSanta so it wasn’t my own pick, but though I probably wouldn’t have bought it myself, I’m glad to have it. All the standard line Herbins are pretty interesting.
Emerald Fusion apparently has a fluorescent ink component, put it in water and this neon green ink comes out. Literally neon green. (Also, bonus nib pic)
Late #InkSwatchWednesday post as I couldn't stay awake last night 😴 After the success of their 3-month ink subscription, @cultpens have started up a new continuous version. There were a total of 9 inks in the May box, although the 4 Endless inks were only 1ml samples. I actually kinda love the premise of the Endless set, as it let's you get a decent taste of all their inks. The itty-bitty ColorVerse bottle is adoreable! It also came with another Cult × Endless ink swatch book.
@paradoxmo It's really nice! Probably my favourite of the bunch, but I haven't done the writing part of the swatches yet so I don't know for sure how the others will look while in use. I don't have Yama-Budo, so I may well buy a full bottle of this once its been used up.
Boy, am I glad Vinta wrap their ink bottles with film! My bottle of Tequila Sunrise from @cultpens leaked, but thankfully the film kept it from being a complete disaster, so only a little bit was lost.
@paradoxmo I bought it a few months ago and was super disappointed to find out I had basically purchased Pelikan Royal Blue 2.0. Now I have an almost.full bottle I don't like
@ankachaos that’s too bad. I like both formulas, the new formula is definitely on the bluer side of blue black, similar to Pilot Blue-Black. I think it’s most interesting in very wet pens, it doesn’t have the brilliance that Serenity Blue has even in finer/drier pens.
Completely unscientific comparison between two editions of the same #FountainPenInk
Pic 1,2:
Waterman Blue-Black NOS (likely early 2000s)
Retro 51 Lincoln / FPR ultraflex 14k
Pic 3,4:
Waterman Mysterious Blue (c. 2020)
Opus 88 Jazz / Regalia Crossflex
Both on Tomoe River 52gsm original
Old ink leans teal if looking closely, and the sheen looks redder. The new ink is more straight up dark blue, and the sheen looks more gold. Purportedly reformulated ~2015. #FountainPen