I'm new to the fountain pen hobby and have been looking for a nice brown ink. I kept searching for the Waterman Carene Amber ink and kept getting pens. It took me a minute to realize you switched the order on that one and I needed to be searching for the Birmingham Pen Co Distressed Leather. 🙂Thanks for the progress report, this is very helpful!
I'm casually following along as you're talking about your PIPs and then you pull out that Pilot Kakuno. 😳You know the cartoon where EVERYTHING stops suddenly and things behind back into each other? That's what I felt like when I saw your Kakuno. My thoughts all went jumbled up in my head for whatever I was doing. Where? What? How? New translucent colours just doesn't cut it for me so I've been putting off buying another Kakuno cause wanted them to do something different with the pens. Seems Pilot has. Whoa! My fave pen pairing is the Magna Carta w. the Taccia Ume ink. That ink I've got to add to my collection!
I have to admit, the raden and urushi custom work did take over a year so it’s not for the faint of heart. Not sure if Keiichi is taking any more commissions either, but he posts one-offs for sale on his Instagram!
I've just ordered a Pelikan M800 in Green/Black for myself for Fountain Pen Day, and I'm driving myself crazy over what ink to put in it. I'm curious to know which inks you like it with? Thank you in advance for any advice! ^_^
Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that! 😔 I think it depends more on the ink than the pen itself because I used a Diamine shimmer ink in my Leonardo EF’s and they worked well!
@ I should give more pens a try with the shimmers. I tend to stick to my Sailor 1911L and Pro Gear for my shimmers , they work better than any other pens I have tried with most shimmers I use. But I stay inside the box with those too (Diamine, Ferris Wheel Press & Colorverse). 🤔
I love the Blue Moon/Pelikan ink combo!❤
It was a lovely combo!
I like how you reevaluate your pens and what you would use them for. What a great reminder.
Thanks Tanya! I was ready to sell that MAG 650 but once I reevaluated it, I found its purpose!
great collection. That Kakuno is so unique !!
Thank you! The colors are so beautiful!
I'm new to the fountain pen hobby and have been looking for a nice brown ink. I kept searching for the Waterman Carene Amber ink and kept getting pens. It took me a minute to realize you switched the order on that one and I needed to be searching for the Birmingham Pen Co Distressed Leather. 🙂Thanks for the progress report, this is very helpful!
Haha sorry about that! I have a couple of videos of all the brown inks I currently own and there are some great ones there to try!
I'm casually following along as you're talking about your PIPs and then you pull out that Pilot Kakuno. 😳You know the cartoon where EVERYTHING stops suddenly and things behind back into each other? That's what I felt like when I saw your Kakuno. My thoughts all went jumbled up in my head for whatever I was doing. Where? What? How? New translucent colours just doesn't cut it for me so I've been putting off buying another Kakuno cause wanted them to do something different with the pens. Seems Pilot has. Whoa!
My fave pen pairing is the Magna Carta w. the Taccia Ume ink. That ink I've got to add to my collection!
I have to admit, the raden and urushi custom work did take over a year so it’s not for the faint of heart. Not sure if Keiichi is taking any more commissions either, but he posts one-offs for sale on his Instagram!
@@KarynaLovesToPlan That's what that is! Well dang! It's amazing even with that year long wait. Thanks for the info Karyna!
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Where do you sell your pens? I'm starting to build my Christmas wish list for the hubs :)
I post them here or on Instagram!
Do you have a favorite pen/brand that you use for shimmer inks that works better than most?
I don’t think it is necessarily the pen. I mean, I love my Esties for all inks but some shimmer inks are just problematic.
I've just ordered a Pelikan M800 in Green/Black for myself for Fountain Pen Day, and I'm driving myself crazy over what ink to put in it. I'm curious to know which inks you like it with? Thank you in advance for any advice! ^_^
Whatever ink you want! I put pretty much anything in my Pelikan M800 because it can handle pretty much any ink.
Hi I am relatively new to the hobby and swatching can you tell me, the ink bottle and nib are stickers and if so where can I get them from 🙏🏻💕
They are stamps I bought from Amazon. The link is in the description 😊
I have found that as much as I adore my Leonardo pens, I am super sad to say they do NOT handle shimmer well at all. 😭
Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that! 😔 I think it depends more on the ink than the pen itself because I used a Diamine shimmer ink in my Leonardo EF’s and they worked well!
@ I should give more pens a try with the shimmers. I tend to stick to my Sailor 1911L and Pro Gear for my shimmers , they work better than any other pens I have tried with most shimmers I use. But I stay inside the box with those too (Diamine, Ferris Wheel Press & Colorverse). 🤔
İ love ♥️this magna cartas colour , what is it named?
I do not actually know! I believe it was a pen show exclusive