Mystery Inks #51, 52, and 53

[forester]

mreeveshp:

Appreciate the effort in bringing this to us.

[Sailor Kenshin]

This is my first written example of MI#52 and I experienced a stain on my red Lamy Safari grip as well as on the barrel. The fingerprint stain on the barrel was from the rubber glove when I'm swapping out all of the nibs. These marks didn't just wipe off with kitchen towel immediately after filling. Nor did they completely wipe off when I used a Q-Tip dipped in cold water. I noticed the marks because I just purchased a new red Safari grip for this pen.

The marks came off when I used warm soapy water. I feel this is worth a mention because it would usually be enough of a reason for me to not buy an ink. The last time I saw marks like this was when I tried an experimental pigment based ink.

Otherwise the performance was fine.

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Chrissy, I really like this ink color, but it did have an odd, bubbly/oily consistency. It was tough getting it into the Lamy AlStar, which luckily is blue and doesn't show stains.

[Chrissy]

This is my first written example of MI#52 and I experienced a stain on my red Lamy Safari grip as well as on the barrel. The fingerprint stain on the barrel was from the rubber glove when I'm swapping out all of the nibs. These marks didn't just wipe off with kitchen towel immediately after filling. Nor did they completely wipe off when I used a Q-Tip dipped in cold water. I noticed the marks because I just purchased a new red Safari grip for this pen.

The marks came off when I used warm soapy water. I feel this is worth a mention because it would usually be enough of a reason for me to not buy an ink. The last time I saw marks like this was when I tried an experimental pigment based ink.

Otherwise the performance was fine.

Chrissy, I really like this ink color, but it did have an odd, bubbly/oily consistency. It was tough getting it into the Lamy AlStar, which luckily is blue and doesn't show stains.

I believe the oily consistency is what caused the staining problem. Even if you can't see a stain doesn't it get onto your fingers?

[junglejim]

Just a quick note that the ink reveals will be on Tuesday 06 June. That will be 2 weeks after the last recipient received their ink flight. If anyone needs more time, please let me know.

Many thanks!

[Yazeh]

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Very well behaved ink....
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[Chrissy]

This is my first writing example using MI#53 and it felt familiar. I wouldn't be surprised if this was a Diamine ink. It reminded me of their 150th Anniversary ink Blood Orange and I compared it with that ink. However, on this example sheet it doesn't look exactly the same. Maybe just a very close doppleganger.

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Swab Cards and Chroma Tests

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[Yazeh]

@Chrissy this look and writes like a Diamine ink. I was thinking more Terracotta or one of those reddish brick inks...

This I did for @Sailor....
Mixing the Brown and the terracotta....

Photos were taken outside
Paper Mnemosyne

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[Chrissy]

@Chrissy this look and writes like a Diamine ink. I was thinking more Terracotta or one of those reddish brick inks...

I've very recently been playing with similar inks to try to make a very close copy of Montblanc Leonardo Red Chalk. D. Terracotta is the closest colour despite what I've read elsewhere but it's chroma test is nothing like the chroma test for this reddish ink. Actually the more I look at the comparison I made the more I think this ink looks a bit darker in colour than D. Blood Orange. Almost as dark as D. Dragon Blood but less dark than Oxblood.

[mreeveshp]

@Chrissy I kind of wondered too when I write with this ink if it could be diamine, but there have been a few inks in the past that I thought might be diamine and was wrong, but with my past experiences with diamine, thought much more limited, this does give kind of the same feel.

@Yazeh your calligraphy style writing is always amazing to see, I've always enjoyed style that you use and can only hope that maybe one day I can come close to your talent

Some more writing with 53 this time after its been in my pen for more than 5 minutes, I'm hoping to do my mead five star tests with 52 and 53 later this evening

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[Yazeh]

@Yazeh your calligraphy style writing is always amazing to see, I've always enjoyed style that you use and can only hope that maybe one day I can come close to your talent

Thank you. It's all in the nib. It's the flex and fude nibs. The flex nibs forces you to pause and write mindfully. The Jinhao 450 fude nib, is also a very versatile nib. I prefer it much more to stubs and italics. You can create a lot of line variations. Try it, you'll see, your handwriting will change. You can also experience it with simple Nikko G dip pen nibs. You'll be amazed, especially if you'll manage to silence the left side (the analytical, critical side of the brain).....

[Sailor Kenshin]

This is my first written example of MI#52 and I experienced a stain on my red Lamy Safari grip as well as on the barrel. The fingerprint stain on the barrel was from the rubber glove when I'm swapping out all of the nibs. These marks didn't just wipe off with kitchen towel immediately after filling. Nor did they completely wipe off when I used a Q-Tip dipped in cold water. I noticed the marks because I just purchased a new red Safari grip for this pen.

The marks came off when I used warm soapy water. I feel this is worth a mention because it would usually be enough of a reason for me to not buy an ink. The last time I saw marks like this was when I tried an experimental pigment based ink.

Otherwise the performance was fine.

Chrissy, I really like this ink color, but it did have an odd, bubbly/oily consistency. It was tough getting it into the Lamy AlStar, which luckily is blue and doesn't show stains.

I believe the oily consistency is what caused the staining problem. Even if you can't see a stain doesn't it get onto your fingers?

It probably did at one point, but not from the section. I filled the AlStar using a pipette.

[Yazeh]

I was wondering if anyone has been cleaning their pens and how has it been your experience?

[Chrissy]

I was wondering if anyone has been cleaning their pens and how has it been your experience?

MI#52 is a really bad stainer in my experience. Where MI#53 just rinsed off of my rubber glove in cold water and didn't stain my pen nor my fingers, MI#52 needed Lava soap

[Yazeh]

I was wondering if anyone has been cleaning their pens and how has it been your experience?

MI#52 is a really bad stainer in my experience. Where MI#53 just rinsed off of my rubber glove in cold water and didn't stain my pen nor my fingers, MI#52 needed Lava soap

Funny, I didn't need a Lava soap for 52. Just soap was enough. I hope you didn't need the lava for your pen though

[Chrissy]

I was wondering if anyone has been cleaning their pens and how has it been your experience?

MI#52 is a really bad stainer in my experience. Where MI#53 just rinsed off of my rubber glove in cold water and didn't stain my pen nor my fingers, MI#52 needed Lava soap

Funny, I didn't need a Lava soap for 52. Just soap was enough. I hope you didn't need the lava for your pen though

No. Just my glove and actual fingers. I used a Q tip dipped in pen flush on the pen.

[Yazeh]

I was inspired by @mreeveshp kind words, and Sailor's understated poetry, to write a poem, while calligraphing
Paper is Mnemosyne

I also caught a hint of gold sheen.
Pen is a Kanwrite with an Ultraflex nib
Mnemoysyne 1.jpg

[Sailor Kenshin]

I was inspired by @mreeveshp kind words, and Sailor's understated poetry, to write a poem, while calligraphing
Paper is Mnemosyne

I also caught a hint of gold sheen.
Pen is a Kanwrite with an Ultraflex nib
Mnemoysyne 1.jpg

Shading, too! Thanks. 😊

[mreeveshp]

@Yazeh I haven't cleaned out my pen yet just keep refilling until we are done but the syringe and the plastic pipette I have used with #52 took a few more flushes to get clean and it did take slightly more scrubbing to get off my fingers than #51 and #53.
Again absolutely amazing calligraphy, as much as I like super neat spencerian or coppperplate, the style you bring looks more visceral and reminds me a lot of some of the album covers font that I grew up loving the look of.

My Mead Five Star test with #52, this ink is very well behaved, it's a no frills ink that would work well if you need something more on the plain side

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[mreeveshp]

MI #53 test on Mead Five Star

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[Sailor Kenshin]

I'm now cleaning out the NoNamiFauxFari I had MI #53 in. Seems to clean okay, but it was always reluctant to start in that pen. On a whim, I dipped a non-restored Arnold lever filler in the ink. It wrote easily for half a page at least, and I like it better that way.