![]() ![]() I'll have to try some fading tests, just for fun, too. On papers with lower absorbance (and longer drying times - lefties take note!) much more washes off, but whatever gets into the paper stays put. On paper with good penetration (HP inkjet paper), it's quite resistant, just spreads a bit when soaked with a small amount washing away. Water resistance is variable for the blue ink (which looks a lot like Pelikan Royal Blue, but more saturated). Well, it works fine in my old Wearever, but I emptied it back out to check to make sure it wasn't doing anything strange with the visulated section (it wouldn't clear with the pen upright). I'm off to look that up, shall report back when I get data! ![]() I may fill a beater pen next week and use it at work, as the powers that be have suddenly decided that we should be using blue in on everything to tell originals from copies.Īnd I just noticed there is an ASTM standard noted on the bottom. It acts like my home cooked cellulose reactive dye inks on paper - it spreads some when wetted, and will bleed through horribly, but it's permanent. It does wash completely off the plastic, but as I said, it wasn't dry yet, either. The blue ink is a very nice blue, only just too slightly purple to really suit me, although nothing like Tanzanite or La Coluer Royale or what ever the name of Noodler's "royal blue" is (I can't spell). It has a faint paint-like odor, which is NOT a good sign (it doesn't smell like fountain pen ink!). It's pretty much impervious to water once put on paper, but I'll have to check to see if the ink on the plastic is actually water soluble! I went a got some of this stuff tonight at the local Hobby Lobby.Īfter two hours, the ink I deposited on the side of a plastic funnel has yet to dry, and it feels oily. I have not tested it for fading or water resistance. It flows well, does not hang up in the cartridges, and is really dark black. The pens write well and the nibs show good line variation. They came blistered with converters and perhaps a dozen of those one-by-nothin' international cartridges. I purchased a couple of Manuscript pens and a handful of nib/section units at a local craft store (Michael's?). ![]() So I was wondering if anyone else has used them or the bottled ink. I was so pleased that I had hoped to find bottles of the ink, and managed to find some on the internet at the major online art suppliers (Dick Blick, and art-something-or-other I can't remember now). There's no question that these are waterbased fountain pen ink. I've used the cartridges a number of times and always been pleased by the color and performance. The cartridges are on a large green background cardboard backed blister pack, with no information about the source or manufacturer. The color range is limited: blue, black, red, brown and green. They sell calligraphy pens much like the Sheaffer sets, and sell ink in standard international cartridges 12/$2.95. In many of the art supply and drugstores here (Northern California) there's a brand called Manuscript that sells for very reasonable prices. I was going to raise the topic of Manuscript brand ink one of these days. There are examples out there of stuff labeled calligraphy/fountain pen ink that contain either shellac or acrylic paint, both of which will clog a pen permanently (or at least until it's taken apart and all of the "set" ink is scraped off!). You should check the label carefully to see if there is a hint of the real maker somewhere (it's surely relabeled ink, not specially made for Hobby Lobby). If it's relabeled or private label Skrip, it will have been made in Slovenia. Only reason I suggest care is that something labeled "fountain pen ink" not made by any of the recognized manufacturers could well not be fountain pen ink. If it does dissolve and wash away, it's real fountain pen ink and you can use it with abandon. Not good for the pen, or your pocketbook. I would be wary - check carefully by allowing the ink to dry on some plastic sheet of some sort and then wash it off - if the ink stays put, it definitely should NOT be used in a fountain pen, it's gonna dry on the nib and become totally insoluble, just like India Ink. I've not seen the ink you describe, I may have to make a trip. Unless your's is a much better one that ours here, you didn't find Skrip except in cartridges. ![]()
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