@@snarkywordsworth for the ink stain, go to your local Home Depot and get a spray bottle of Folex! Works great! it even works on oily/grease stains and blood. Lisa
@@snarkywordsworth Please forgive me if I have asked you this previously. Do you have Krishna's Cassia Flora and Mountain Breeze? If so, I would love to purchase a sample bottle of both. However, I would be thrilled to have a sample of only one of them! Thank you! Lisa
I got Sea and Sky, and used it in a TWSBI stub. An insane amount of shimmer. It clogged twice, and I wound up twisting the converter plunger a bit to get the shimmer fed through a bit. Once I used up the ink, I thought I cleaned the pen well, but as an added bonus, the next ink I used-a completely flat boring ink-wound up turning into a shimmer ink because of all the Sea and Sky glitter leftovers in the feed. There’s a lot of shimmer in there. In the future I’m only using this in a dip pen. It has just too much particulate.
I'm so sorry to hear you didn't have a good experience with Lakbay! 😱 It sounds like your bottle is doing for you kind of what Lakambini did to me, so I'm wondering if sometimes bottles at the end if a run will get hit a little too hard with shimmer - kind of like how some bags of potato chips are crazy salty when the brand is usually OK. Again, sorry you got a problematic bottle. 😢
I saw Bisperas a month back on a review site and I had to have it! I come from the Philippines, but lo and behold, it was a holiday shade and no longer available at local retailers XD. I had to source mine from Australia - i love the color so much! Perfect in my Kaweco Toyoma teal. I definitely want to grab Lakbay at some point, but I gained other hobbies that need spending so XD I think i'll live another day if I cool my fountain pen spending for a while. Elusive blue is so stunning also... They all look beautiful X)
I can definitely understand having to budget for other hobbies. I also love tabletop games, so that's definitely a budget grabber, too, so there'll be months when I really have to stop myself from getting over enthusiastic about adding to either collection. 😅
Thanks so much for watching! The kitty clamp is a brass clip I ordered from AliExpress. I picked it up from the Yoofun store, but I've seen them in loads of shops on there, along with some other lovely designs. It works really well, and I like having the option of something a little whimsical. 😍
If you can set and lock your focus point to your paper you wouldn’t be going out of focus when you write. The downside is that anything not on the same plane as your paper will be out of focus, so showing off your nib or ink bottle closer to your camera will not necessarily be in focus.
Right. And since I fiddle with that element (focusing on different things on multiple planes) quite a lot, I'm still debating on the best /most efficient way to handle things. Thank you for the advice!
Murphy oil soap takes ink out of carpet, my dog chewed up a roller pen and it was all over my carpet and it came right out. You can usually buy it at any hardware store or grocery store in the cleaning section. Let us know how it worked.
I just reviewed Birmingham Pen co Neutron Star snd OMG it is a crazy beautiful red sheeny with silver Shimmery goodness its quite an ink if you havnt yet try it out you might like it :)
It IS a pretty decent dupe at a really solid price point, I think. It's maybe a hair darker than the EoC teal, but the red sheen and gold shimmer go a long way in helping even out the difference. Thanks so much for watching!
Stunning!!!
Thank you for watching!
So pretty! I love Vinta inks 😍
Thank you for watching! 😍
Stunning sheen and shimmer inks! Vesper and Cosmos are unbelievably beautiful! 😍❤️
Thank you so much for watching! 😍😍😍
@@snarkywordsworth for the ink stain, go to your local Home Depot and get a spray bottle of Folex! Works great! it even works on oily/grease stains and blood.
Lisa
@@snarkywordsworth Thank you! I love your ink swatching videos!
Lisa
@@craft-o-matic399 I'm so glad you're enjoying them!
@@snarkywordsworth Please forgive me if I have asked you this previously. Do you have Krishna's Cassia Flora and Mountain Breeze? If so, I would love to purchase a sample bottle of both. However, I would be thrilled to have a sample of only one of them!
Thank you!
Lisa
I got Sea and Sky, and used it in a TWSBI stub. An insane amount of shimmer. It clogged twice, and I wound up twisting the converter plunger a bit to get the shimmer fed through a bit. Once I used up the ink, I thought I cleaned the pen well, but as an added bonus, the next ink I used-a completely flat boring ink-wound up turning into a shimmer ink because of all the Sea and Sky glitter leftovers in the feed. There’s a lot of shimmer in there. In the future I’m only using this in a dip pen. It has just too much particulate.
I'm so sorry to hear you didn't have a good experience with Lakbay! 😱 It sounds like your bottle is doing for you kind of what Lakambini did to me, so I'm wondering if sometimes bottles at the end if a run will get hit a little too hard with shimmer - kind of like how some bags of potato chips are crazy salty when the brand is usually OK. Again, sorry you got a problematic bottle. 😢
I saw Bisperas a month back on a review site and I had to have it! I come from the Philippines, but lo and behold, it was a holiday shade and no longer available at local retailers XD. I had to source mine from Australia - i love the color so much! Perfect in my Kaweco Toyoma teal.
I definitely want to grab Lakbay at some point, but I gained other hobbies that need spending so XD I think i'll live another day if I cool my fountain pen spending for a while. Elusive blue is so stunning also... They all look beautiful X)
I can definitely understand having to budget for other hobbies. I also love tabletop games, so that's definitely a budget grabber, too, so there'll be months when I really have to stop myself from getting over enthusiastic about adding to either collection. 😅
Love this, great selection. What is that binder clip at the top of the notebook? It’s super cute
Thanks so much for watching! The kitty clamp is a brass clip I ordered from AliExpress. I picked it up from the Yoofun store, but I've seen them in loads of shops on there, along with some other lovely designs. It works really well, and I like having the option of something a little whimsical. 😍
If you can set and lock your focus point to your paper you wouldn’t be going out of focus when you write. The downside is that anything not on the same plane as your paper will be out of focus, so showing off your nib or ink bottle closer to your camera will not necessarily be in focus.
Right. And since I fiddle with that element (focusing on different things on multiple planes) quite a lot, I'm still debating on the best /most efficient way to handle things. Thank you for the advice!
Murphy oil soap takes ink out of carpet, my dog chewed up a roller pen and it was all over my carpet and it came right out. You can usually buy it at any hardware store or grocery store in the cleaning section. Let us know how it worked.
Ooooo. Thank you for the advice! ❤️ I'll see about grabbing some when I go out.
I just reviewed Birmingham Pen co Neutron Star snd OMG it is a crazy beautiful red sheeny with silver Shimmery goodness its quite an ink if you havnt yet try it out you might like it :)
Oooooo. Sounds so lovely - I'm definitely adding it to my next cart. Thanks so much for the recommendation! 😍😍😍
Vinta Vesper Blue looks like a dupe for J. Herbin Émeraude de Chivor.
It IS a pretty decent dupe at a really solid price point, I think. It's maybe a hair darker than the EoC teal, but the red sheen and gold shimmer go a long way in helping even out the difference. Thanks so much for watching!