The Proverbial Desert Island Work

[fncll]

You can take all of your pens, but only three bottles of ink. You'll go crazy if the colors are too bland; you will go crazy if the ink is finicky and half your pens act funky (or change colors on the inside permanently).

Which three inks do you take?

[Tracy Lee]

Right now, Iroshizuku Kon Peki, de Atramentis Baked Apple, and J. Herbin Vert Empire. Except I would fill my traveling inkpots with the J. Herbin because the bottle is too stupid to be saved from whatever calamity I am fleeing in this scenario.

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[john]

Just forget the pen and the ink in the desert island. I need a stiff fixed blade and a flint stone, if lucky enough then should be with gallons of water

[AndyT]

This would be much easier with five.

Waterman Blue Black
Diamine Monaco Red
Diamine Sunshine Yellow (weird, huh)?

[reprieve]

Pilot Blue-black
Noodler's Purple Heart
Sailor Tokiwamatsu

[erpe]

Schoolbottle of Pelikan 4001 BlueBlack
Idem Waterman tifkaf
Some bottles Akkerman Hopjes
Oh, and half a container of Clairefontaine 90G otherwise it's all somewhat useless :-)

[fncll]

So far I'm interested there are no example of Private Reserve! And a lot of Noodler's...maybe I shouldn't be as afraid of the latter as I am. So many horror stories. I love the Polar Brown--the only Noodler's I have--but it feathers on just about every paper I really like!

[reprieve]

So far I'm interested there are no example of Private Reserve! And a lot of Noodler's...maybe I shouldn't be as afraid of the latter as I am. So many horror stories. I love the Polar Brown--the only Noodler's I have--but it feathers on just about every paper I really like!

In my experience, the regular Noodler's inks are well-behaved (and are certainly comparable to other saturated inks such as Private Reserve). It is the "special" inks (e.g., eternal, bulletproof, baystate, highlighter, etc.) that require more care. I wouldn't avoid the entire line just because there are a few high maintenance colors. If you're aware of what you buy, and you practice good pen hygiene, then you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

PS: If I could have had four inks on my list, I probably would have added Private Reserve Avocado! It's a lovely green. I also really like DC Supershow Blue... there are too many wonderful inks to be stranded on a deserted island with only three choices!

[fncll]

Good to know (re: Noodler's). They have a great slate of colors. It was the Bay State Blue stories that worried me...because I wasn't aware BSB was a special ink that I could identify as such!

DC Supershow Blue is a favorite of mine as well. I'm always looking for blues that are as good or better...

[The Good Captain]

Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black
Diamine Salamander
Diamine Presidential Blue

[cedargirl]

I'll have to test my inks to see which ones write on ... hey, what grows on a desert island? I think I might need more than pens and ink.

[RudyR]

Wait. Is this one of those itty bitty islands with one palm tree for shade? That means there would be a lot of water splashing on the paper so an iron gall ink for me in that case. And If it is a larger deserted Island, then why did the people desert the island in the first place? Why am I even there? Especially since its probably a hot island since it has palm trees. I don't want to be there at all. Never send me to a tropical island. Never. I hate them. That's probably why they left in the first place. And it probably has no water. This deserted island really $uxs. I'm leaving. bye.

[RudyR]

Yikes! What happened to my post? Its huge

[79spitfire]

Yikes! What happened to my post? Its huge

Were you shouting???

Pilot blue-black
Noodler's black
MB Irish Green

[writingrav]

I would never take only three bottles. I don't cross the street with fewer than three bottles:

Noodler's Midnight Blue
Organic Studio "Join or Die"
DeArtremis Fuschia

[Margana]

I love the rant against the island! Well done, Rudy.

Montblanc Racing Green
Diamine Mediterranean Blue
Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses

[erpe]

Wait. Is this one of those itty bitty islands with one palm tree for shade? That means there would be a lot of water splashing on the paper so an iron gall ink for me in that case. And If it is a larger deserted Island, then why did the people desert the island in the first place? Why am I even there? Especially since its probably a hot island since it has palm trees. I don't want to be there at all. Never send me to a tropical island. Never. I hate them. That's probably why they left in the first place. And it probably has no water. This deserted island really $uxs. I'm leaving. bye.

I don't picture a deserted island as such, maybe more like a flock of FPgeeks with their pens, papers en thoughts homing in on a remote forest to write. A bit like the ending of Fahrenheit 451 maybe...

Just visualizing here, nothing to worry about :-)

[jde]

I've already figured this one out as I kinda live on a desert island already...*ahem*
Pilot Blue-Black
Namiki/Pilot Blue

and just for fun, an ink I don't have but love: Sailor Sei-boku. Otherwise it'd be Sailor Epinard...


Oh my, is this a Sailor LE of some kind? A thread/photo you can point to?

Sailor Tokiwamatsu

[reprieve]

Oh my, is this a Sailor LE of some kind? A thread/photo you can point to?

Sailor Tokiwamatsu

Tokiwamatsu was one of Sailor's seasonal LE inks from 2010. It's a lovely green, and very close to Epinard, but it is slightly darker and exhibits more sheen. I only have one bottle, but I wish I had bought a dozen when they were available--it has become my favorite green ink!

I don't have my own photos, but here is a link to a photo in a post on Leigh Reyes's blog.

[jde]

Oh my, is this a Sailor LE of some kind? A thread/photo you can point to?

Sailor Tokiwamatsu

Tokiwamatsu was one of Sailor's seasonal LE inks from 2010. It's a lovely green, and very close to Epinard, but it is slightly darker and exhibits more sheen. I only have one bottle, but I wish I had bought a dozen when they were available--it has become my favorite green ink!

I don't have my own photos, but here is a link to a photo in a post on Leigh Reyes's blog.

oooo thank you for that link—I figured it was one of those I'd never get to buy! Beautiful, great desert island choice.