What are the most unique fountain pen inks on the market? How about the strangest (sheen, handling characteristics, or any other quality)? Have you discovered any that are amazing, but really hard to get a hold of?
The pen sloth is curious.
Unique, strange, and hard to get inks
What are the most unique fountain pen inks on the market? How about the strangest (sheen, handling characteristics, or any other quality)? Have you discovered any that are amazing, but really hard to get a hold of?
The pen sloth is curious.
Re: Unique, strange, and hard to get inks
Parker Penman Sapphire...
Many times imitated, this ink should be on every geek's bucket list.
Last edited by carlos.q; August 25th, 2017 at 01:23 PM.
inklord (August 25th, 2017)
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Montblanc Hitchcock is a great red, and is very difficult to find, as well as being ridiculously expensive if you do. However, the colour is the same as Diamine Burgundy Rose, and you can buy that at a fraction of the price.
Parker Penman Sapphire is an ink that I would also call a geeks ink, but it's a 'high risk' ink in many pens.
Ahriman4891 (September 7th, 2017), KKay (August 25th, 2017), naimitsu (August 28th, 2017)
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I have Burgundy Rose inked up now. I love it.
Lamy-Dark Lilac and Petrol are very hard to get.
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Petrol IS hard to get, but I just don't get the mania for it. It has no sheen to speak of, and it's not that different from R & K Verdigris or Diamine Schubert. I like De Atramentis Plum a LOT better.
Lady Onogaro
"Be yourself--everybody else is already taken." --Oscar Wilde
caribbean_skye (August 26th, 2017), inklord (August 26th, 2017)
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When I last looked La Couronne du Comte had bottles of Lamy Petrol in stock at the regular issue price.
Lady Onogaro (August 26th, 2017)
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You're right! Diamine Schubert is similar.Originally Posted by Lady Onogaro
Lady Onogaro (August 26th, 2017)
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Another ink that used to be hunted down was Omas Amerigo Vespucci Red, but like many of these 'hard to get' inks, when you eventually get it you wonder why you bothered.
It looks almost exactly the same as J.Herbin Rouge Opera
caribbean_skye (August 26th, 2017), Lady Onogaro (August 26th, 2017), Woody (August 31st, 2017)
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... one vote in support of that; and the ink is even too green to precisely match the Safari Petrol LE.
Lady Onogaro (August 26th, 2017)
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How about MB Leonardo? Never got a hold of that one, but I like red chalk/terra cotta inks, my current favorite being Franklin-Christoph "Terra Firma".
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Inklord--I'll send you a sample if you want one. PM me with your address. I think you will like "Terra Firma" better, though.
Lady Onogaro
"Be yourself--everybody else is already taken." --Oscar Wilde
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Although Collodi is also hard to get, that's a Terracotta shade. Just add a bit of red to Collodi and you've got Leonardo Red Chalk.
I must admit I've never seen any F-C Terra Firma.
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At one point, I owned both of them. I liked Terre Firma since it had nice flow, but not Red Chalk. Ended up selling it (Red Chalk) for... $12 with one fill taken. Have used about 2ml of Terre Firma and I prefer that.
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I'm not even trying to find Petrol. I was at first, then I got mad about it and said to heck with it. I was just answering the op's question. Terra Firma is a lovely ink alright. I think it is a little dry though. I have Terra Firma. It was my first brown ink.
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Maybe a bit, but definitely much better than red chalk. MB inks don't flow well even in their own EF nibs.
Didn't like Petrol either. Maybe dark lilac has given unrealistic expectations with Lamy.
inklord (August 27th, 2017), Lady Onogaro (August 27th, 2017)
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Trouble with that is LCdC has everything listed as in stock until you come to order it. Anyway, I absolutely agree that Petrol is a steaming puddle of mediocrity and not worth the hunt, and most irritatingly, as inklord says:When I last looked La Couronne du Comte had bottles of Lamy Petrol in stock at the regular issue price.
Pelikan Edelstein Amber, the 2013 self-styled "Ink of the Year", is the hard to get ink I'd like to find. To my irritation, for some reason Pelikan decided to make Aquamarine, another IOTY, part of the standard line-up (which is about as underwhelming as Petrol) but not Amber, which so many people want. I will never ever understand the logic employed by pen companies, particularly, it seems, the German ones.
inklord (August 27th, 2017), Lady Onogaro (August 27th, 2017)
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Not all that helpful as one of the ingredients is another hard to find ink - Organics Studio Mercury, but i did make an attempt at an homage to MB LDV RC recipe;
https://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread...l=1#post163785
Last edited by SIR; August 27th, 2017 at 02:54 PM.
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Right, forgot about that... thanks!
Not all that helpful as one of the ingredients is another hard to find ink - Organics Studio Mercury, but i did make an attempt at an homage to MB LDV RC recipe;
https://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread...l=1#post163785
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How did the two compare color-wise?At one point, I owned both of them. I liked Terre Firma since it had nice flow, but not Red Chalk. Ended up selling it (Red Chalk) for... $12 with one fill taken. Have used about 2ml of Terre Firma and I prefer that.
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Thanks for the offer - but I seem to hear a lot of "thumbs up" remarks for "Terra Firma" - so maybe I'll pass on the kind offer. Could anyone who owns both do a side-by-side swab?Inklord--I'll send you a sample if you want one. PM me with your address. I think you will like "Terra Firma" better, though.
Lady Onogaro (August 27th, 2017)
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