Fountain Pen Inks That Celebrate Autumn Colors
11/10/2012Sometimes the inks in my rotation do a little ink dance in my daily journal. The steps consist of the ink name plus a doodle that shows the ink color to good advantage.
My most recent ink and pen duos were chosen at random and include a few favorites plus several inks that warranted testing in pens different from their last outings. None of those former couples were wedded but rather suffered ill-fated flings. Time to be a bit more successful at matchmaking.
To my surprise and without planning, my rotation took on the colors of autumn. I have no idea how that happened but the result is quite pleasing.
Autumn Inks
Pens in order from top to bottom:
- Pelikan M215, custom cursive italic
- Levenger True Writer, Masuyama stub
- Lamy Safari, custom fine cursive italic
- Levenger True Writer, Masuyama cursive italic
- Namiki Falcon (resin), Soft Fine
- Pilot Elite Socrates pocket pen, Fine
- Levenger True Writer, Fine
- Lamy AL-Star, Oblique Broad
- Lamy Vista, 1.1mm italic
- Lamy AL-Star, custom fine italic
Notes: Montblanc Racing Green has been discontinued and Noodler’s FPN Dumas Tulipe Noire was a limited edition release. Noodler’s #41 Brown is the original formulation – not the one currently available. The Pilot pocket pen was made in 1976 but all of the other pens are current models. The paper is Strathmore Windpower Sketch. It’s a bit toothy for fountain pens but excellent for swabs and doodles.
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“Ink dance”…I like that! Beautiful choices!
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I always enjoy your seasonal line-ups. This is a really nice one. As always, I am inspired. thank you.
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Ooh! Nice autumn-y colors! I only have two of these but I guess that’s a good start to assembling some autumn colors of my own!
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Oh, hey, sidenote–
SoHo sketchbooks by Daler-Rowney are wet pen friendly. Nice stitched binding, too.
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That’s a good tip, Alison. I will look for that brand at my local art store. 🙂
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I use the Diamine chocolate brown. But I think the nightshade is also a nice autumn color.
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Michael, I agree with you on Nightshade. It was in the AL-Star custom fine italic until I decided to give Aubergine another chance in my rotation. Next time it’s back to Nightshade while Aubergine will get a wider nib better suited to its flow. Which pen do you pair with Nightshade?
M
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I use it now in my Pelikan M1000. This is a very wet one and so there is much ink on the paper and the nightshade is very very dark. I like it.
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That’s a terrific pen. Nightshade must take forever to dry but the rich color would compensate for the wait.
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