This page keeps track of my Pens, Inks and favourite papers.
Last updated 13 January 2011
Last updated 13 January 2011
Pens:
- Lamy Al-Star Graphite
- Lamy Al-Star Coffee
- Lamy Safari Orange (Ltd edition - B nib - my "highlighter" pen)
- Lamy Safari Charcoal
- Lamy Safari Light grey (Ltd edition)
- Lamy Vista
- Pilot "Capless" (aka Namiki "Vanishing Point" in the USA)
- Pelikan Souverän M800
- TWSBI 530
- Restored c. 1952 Sheaffer Admiral Snorkel in pale blue, wth 14K gold nib (semi flex nib, fine to medium)
All nibs are Medium unless otherwise noted
Current Inks in use:
Current Inks in use:
- J. Herbin "Poussière de Lune"
- J Herbin "Vert Empire"
- J Herbin "Violette Pensée"
- Diamine "Twilight"
- Diamine "Sepia"
- Diamine "Blaze Orange"
- Diamine "Red Dragon"
- Diamine "Graphite"
- Diamine "WES Imperial Blue"
- Private Reserve "Copper Burst" - No Longer in use as does not flow as well as Diamine or Herbin inks. WIll probably be used for dip pen use now.
Papers:
Red & Black brand spiral bound A5 notebooks (with Oxford paper)
Surprisingly good with fountain pen ink! Pages are a bit thin so some show through, but not a huge amount of feathering even with my Pelikan (which is a rather wet nib). My daily notebook / journal at work so I can keep track of tasks and so on (or just write stuff down so I don't forget it!)
Staples 120gsm white A4 paper
Some feathering and slight bleed through with very wet nibs (e.g 1.5mm italic), but on the whole fountain pen friendly for day to day correspondence. Reasonably priced for a pack of 250 sheets in Staples.
Rhodia Webnotebook
EXCELLENT replacement for a Moleskine pocket notebook / journal. Only complaint is that while the Clairefontaine 90gsm paper is LOVELY to write on, the Pelikan does "spread out" a little bit and write a thicker line than usual. This means I have to write a little bigger than normal and more slowly, so I've decided NOT to use the Pelikan in this book.
