A Dozen Distractions From The Pen World And Beyond
06/04/2020An odd mix of things that provided much-appreciated distraction this past week…
- UK Fountain Pens: 10 pen experiences to try before you die
- LED Project Nexen R&D facility, Seoul, South Korea (mesmerizing)
- Gourmet Pens: Oddly Satisfying Writing
- Anderson Pens: Aurora Ink In Colors (55ml bottles and 3ml samples)
- UK Fountain Pens: Franklin-Christoph Model 20 with Masuyama Needlepoint
- Survey to Help Choose Next House Color
- 67 Beverly Park Court
- Anderson Pens: Endless Works journals are made with Tomoe River Paper
- From The Pen Cup: EDCC: My Everyday Covid-19 Carry
- Paris Breakfasts: Paris Outside
- The Well-Appointed Desk: Top Ten Pens (Non-Fountain Pens)
- Cigar Aficionado: A Fine Line: The Joys of Fountain Pens
Five years on, I still love this duo.
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I love writing with a good, rich brown ink! I currently have my planner pen inked up with Herbin’s Lie de The.
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That’s such a nice ink. It was my first brown and remains a favorite. I don’t think it’s ever met a pen it didn’t like.
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It’s a great one! I have other brown inks I like too (the Pilot sepia ink they put in their cartridges is another favorite) but one thing I like about the Lie de The is that it isn’t super attention-seeking like some inks. It’s able to be background when that’s what’s needed.
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It can produce shading and cleans easily which are both admirable characteristics. My Platinum #3776 music nib is especially fond of it. Diamine Dark Brown (that isn’t really dark) was my second brown ink and also remains a favorite. For general use, I prefer low saturation for wide nibs and more intense saturation for fine nibs. Do you have such a preference?
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My preferences are really for the showy inks. (Sheening, shading, glittery….) I haven’t noticed a personal preference as much for saturation intensity, though I like my showy inks in wider nibs.
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