Puce is French for “fleas.” The color is a purple-brown and first became popular in the late 18th century as a way to hide fleas (which were very common at the time). This may explain Drew’s revulsion at the term. He must have been a French maiden in Marie Antoinette’s court in a past life.
@afrog2666 I know this is a comedic comment but actually the story about there not being any toilets in versailles is not true 😂 People didn’t actually wee on the ballroom floors, but for some reason people nowadays love horrible stories like that 🙈🙈🙈
I am doing the Diamine Inkvent Calendar (2022) for the first time with the whole family. The granddaughter really gets jazzed to see what's next. We are using dip pens and add a small splash on 82lb laser paper, then let it dry overnight, revealing a wonderful, and sometimes interesting collection of color from just one ink! This experience inspires me to set this as a new tradition for us to look forward too next year as well.
Ah, a mini-cast to help us with withdrawal when the Pencast is off for the holidays. Hope you thoroughly relax for a happy time with your families. With similar best wishes for all of us fans who make up the community. Here’s hoping everything is happy and bright, and that next year will be the best yet for all of us. 🎉❤
Brian: "There's a void in my heart and it's been filled with Drew". 😂😂 Love listening to your pencasts! Great list...not so great for my credit card. 😁 Wishing you all a happy and restful holiday and New Year!
My first fountain pen in 30 years arrived this week and I'm already fangirling over all the different inks you can get now. When I was in school you really only had the choice of red, black, blue/black and blue. I'm already leaning towards turquoise and purples and have fallen in love with Diamine Mystique - such a beautiful colour with all that shimmer happening. I'm obsessed.
I got into FP's under a year ago, and was shocked by the selection, Diamine alone has over 100 colors and those are just the normal line, there's the music line, the shimmers, Pilot has some really nice inks, there's a good selection og american inks, Jinhao has fluorescent Inks, overall it's crazy lol
Diamine is my favorite ink brand -so many great colors. I really appreciate that they engage with the Reddit community. I also really like the concept of the inkvent calendar, but it's too much for me - I would love a sample size version.
Ferris Wheel Press' ink color Tokyo Bay Blue has quickly become one of my favorite inks -- I'd love to see it stocked on your site. It's a beautiful teal shade that matches the turmaline LAMY AL-star, and the blue shimmer is fun. The box's theme is a pen shop display, absolutely stunning presentation.
Ferris Wheel Press Inks are awesome. The only issue is popping off that freshness seal. Remember to save it and to put it inside the cap or the cap will not seal tight enough and leak. Silly me, I didn’t know this and have many leaky bottles! All the best.
By seeing that Roaring Patina Black I fell in love with it. Only for you to tell me that it is gone forever has been one of the saddest moments of my life. They should bring that back and then I'll buy their whole stock
RE 2:40 "Apatite" is the Phosphate mineral that our teeth is made of ... and I recall "The Pogo Puce Book" by the cartoonist Walt Kelly, a takeoff on the old S&H GreenStamps catalog and American commercialism ...
I loved hearing about your favorite inks, and a bunch of those are favorites for me as well. De Atramentis Document Black is one I use daily; it dries so fast! Nitrogen is amazing. For those bothered by the smear factor, I think Diamine Jack Frost is an excellent alternative, looks nearly the same to me, dries faster, and smears less. Of course it will still migrate onto every surface in range if a dried drop gets accidentally rewet. For those who love the Organics Studio Nitrogen, their Thoreau Walden Pond Blue is fabulous too, with a more blue-green cast. I would love to see more inks with great chromatography in much darker colors. The lighter ones like Manyo Haha get all the attention, but the really dark ones are better for us artists, who are diluting them with water into washes in our sketchbooks, yet still need to get our darkest darks with them. (You can always make an ink lighter by diluting it, but you can't make it darker!) Sailor Studio 673 is a great example of a darker ink with wonderful chromatography in washes. It's really hard to find swatches of how darker inks behave when added to wet paper, which makes it tough to know what inks/samples to purchase and test drive. I've also enjoyed a bunch of the inks in the Inkvent Green Edition this year. Last year's inks had better chromatography, but there are some this year that have beautiful effects. Like Brian, I like Yule Log quite a bit, as well as Spice Apple, and Olive Swirl. I wish they hadn't included scented inks, but there were only two of those. I'm very grateful to you at Goulet pens for all the information you share and the joy of Pencasts! Happy Holidays!
I've Made and sold my own inks for a little over 2 years, having different colors based on the paper is a common occurance in my work, making custom inks from customers is the best way to learn how colors work and what doesn't
I adore the Ferris Wheel Ink bottles-- they are stunning! This was a no-brainer for me when I was deciding which ink to give to my son-in-law for Christmas to go along with his first fountain pen.
I LOVE the Diamine Inkvent calendar and I really hope there will be full bottles of my favorites!!! It's so fun to take a quiet moment every day during this busy season to swatch a new color of ink. Best gift to myself. :P
I came so close to buying the inkvent, but buy the time I knew I could afford it, yall had sold out. This was my first year with fountain pens, and I doubt I'll ever go back. You guys have been an amazing guide and almost friends. Since everyone I know scoffs at a 20 dollar pen. As for my favorite inks, I discovered are Noodlers Australian Black Roses, Apache Sunset, PR Ebany Green, Lexington Gray, and Noodlers Polar Purple. My favorite pens are the Twisbi Eco, Monteverde Ritma, and Kaweco Sport. Thank you for all the extuisastic information and nerd outs. It has helped me through a very rough year.
This is the first year I received the Diamine advent calendar. I've only tried a few so far because I only have so many pens, but Bliss and Solar Storm are fantastic! Spruce is the only scented one I've tried so far. Can't say I'm a huge fan of the scented inks, but this calendar has been an absolute joy to open and experience!
I bought 3 bottles of Roaring Patina Black. Once i tried it i fell in love and then immediately became afraid of running out of it. Fixed that problem though !
I have grown to love Ferris wheel. Press, Ink. their presentation is over the top, and the colors are well saturated and beautiful. I find that the shimmer inks haven’t yet clogged my pens. I love some of the first series like jellybean blue. A beautiful, bright blue. I’m also a fan of Diamine Oxford blue. It is bright, yet a little darker than Kon Peki
@@ImCFoxx I do have some problems with clogging in my Lamy Safaris (my pen of choice) but all of mine are fine or extra fine nibs, and it only happens if i let the pen sit for a week or more before using. Im usually able to clear it up by wiping the nib with a paper towel
I completely relate to Drew's reaction on hearing the word "Puce". It's one of those words that conjures up the image of a caretaker's bucket in a primary school corridor. Instant triggering. For me the equivalent revulsion words from my childhood are "thus" and "plus". I use them both all the time nowadays but, as a youngster, I'd only ever see them written by someone else.
I have every ink you mentioned! I will make a confession though - I usually still buy Ferris Wheel Press inks from Ferris Wheel Press, because I'm always worried I won't get the limited edition ones before they're gone. That and Van Diemans (which you don't carry) are the only ones I buy elsewhere. I would LOVE to see you do a monthly new ink sampler. Like a sub box except you don't have to worry about having a specific number of units to box up and ship out.
I travel full time with only a carryon, so while I really wanted the Inkvent calendar, I had to open them all like a goblin so I could figure out what would go in my liquids bag. (To be fair, 3/4 of my liquids bag is just ink.) There were some BEAUTIFUL colours in there. Deck the Halls is lovely, and I agree about Serendipity. I have a Diamine Frankenblue that is "here is all the leftover sample bits of Inkvent blues that I combined in to one vial", and this year's blue fits right in. ;)
Someone else with a Franken-ink!! Mine is a few Ferris Wheel Press blues mixed with the last drops of Sailor Yamabuki. It made a really nice spring green.
I have the Diamine Oxblood which is a gorgeous red. I know that Writer's Blood has been more prevalent this year but the dry time sold me on the Oxblood. Another great ink I just recently purchased is Diamine Regency Blue. I think itay be better than the Iroshizuku asa-gao I have. Lastly I am considering Private Reserve Ultra Black ink. It isn't gray like many black inks but black. Yes, I thought of the Platinum Carbon Black but the maintenance from the ink makes me shy away from it.
I always love this vlog and today’s made me very happy because it reminded me of the color commentators at the Rose Parade or the Winchester Dog Show. I can’t wait to see what ink is Best in Show.
I truly believe that if Diamine did a "purple" they would create such a frenzy the Inkvent sets would sell out instantly ... maybe not even make it past pre-order. But, Gold and Silver sound great as the next ones!
Honestly, the Inkvent calendar has been so much fun! It’s be been doing it with my kids. Now y’all got me wondering what color next year’s edition will be!
I have several FWP Ferris Tales greens with heavy sheen/shimmer and their Sweet Honeydew. The Ferris Tales are super high maintenance but totally worth it. My letter recipient said it does eventually stop transferring to fingertips because he's not getting green fingertips though I am lol. I've discovered a bit of Sweet Honeydew as a dip/rinse adds awesome shading and helps keep things moving. I like them in the TWSBI go stub because the go makes flushing and washing so much easier for me.
Inkvent next box should be White box gold & silver lettering and artwork Or black with a holographic lettering and artwork last option I like is a matte black box with a mix of silver and gold and holo just with that serious pop off the box wow factor. I like the last one obviously 😉
I bought a bottle of OS Nitrogen from you guys this year and it's easily one my favorite inks! It does manage to get absolutely everywhere though. This may upset some people, but I don't like Diamine inks very much. They have amazing colors, but they always seem just a little too dry and put down thin down-strokes through my italic nibs. That being said, syrah is my favorite red from them.
I like "everything" about Diamine Writers Blood, Twilight (a proper blue-black: looks black at first glance from a moderately wet nib), and Sepia ... except for one thing: A complete lack of water resistance after it dries (for over a week) on the paper. Does Diamine make a water resistant -- or better yet, a waterproof ink in colors normally used for business records and correspondence that have to last a few years?
Diamine Writer’s Blood is my favorite red! I’m a writer so there’s the whole in joke of an editor’s markup and bleeding words on a page. Document black is my go to because of Drew’s black ink testing video. I have Ferris Wheel Press Moonlit Jade. Gorgeous! I have this year’s Inkvent. I’ve been posting daily on Instagram. Yule Log is my favorite! One word - copper! Ghost is my other favorite. It shades so well even in EF nib pens.
Love you guys and your incredible company. Goulet Pens is my go to for all my stationery/fountain pen needs. Thank you so much for your informative and fun videos and your efforts as a company from variety of products to customer service to shipping. Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year to you and your staff! 🎄Zolane
I am using my Mont Blanc that I got for my 16 birthday, I dropped it at in a lecture at university. It travelled around the world and I thought it was dead. Now I'm a fanatic. I've ordered a few pens. What's the best green? ❣️
This year, I put the Diamine Inkvent calendar on my (early) Christmas list… I did not get it… next year I will not make the same mistake and will just buy it for myself. Also as to the color for next year I think purple would be a great one, but not like a light purple a deep royal purple (close to what you would see on a crown royal bag). I have Christmas ornaments that were passed down to me and their colors are; Blue, Red, Green, and Purple. All with a kind of velvet black sheen and gold accents. These are my favorite ornaments and actually the inspiration for my ink colors search… so, long story short, I think purple would be an excellent choice for next years invent calendar😂
Great video, as usual. But I have to tell you that OS Nitrogen clogged up my pen so badly, I never used it again. I actually threw out the bottle this year! It was pretty, yes. But what a pain it was! I have come to the conclusion that if an ink is a shimmering ink, I might try a sample, but I will not buy the bottle. They are just too much work. I am sticking to sheening or plain ink. I did order a sample of the Goulet Colorverse excusive purple ink. I'll see how that goes. I love the color on line. Have a great New Year!!!
Oxblood is the first ink color, other than black, that I tried and now it is my EDI. I am now looking for a blue-Diamine of course so I can mix some of it with the Oxblood to create a new shade of purple….:-) I see another rabbit hole to fall down into……
I’m intending to buy a Pilot 912 but having difficulties to decide the nib 😅. Could you do a demonstration. I like to sketch. I like the fude nibs. I already have the Falcon, but I’d like to have something different. I think a lot of people is thinking like me, so it’ll be interesting to see. This if it´s not to bother you so much. Thanks Yara
So nice to see this as a noob in the fountain pen world. I have only purchased samples so far. I appreciate the informative videos you put out. I have seen one of my fellow journal artist use the De Atramentis Document Black in her travel notebook. I guess I am looking for easy cleaning inks until I get to know my pens.
Looks like Kevin from the Wonder Years grew up and opened a pen retailer!! That hair is 80s to the max!!! 😜 Loving the sum up guys, some great choices there. Salut! And have a great 🎄 break.
I agree that the Organic Studios Nitrogen is a GIANT PITA, but it's sooooo pretty! And it sheens on ANYTHING. It will sheen (and actually dry in a reasonable fashion, with relatively little smearing) on index cards. It does clog my pens SO badly, though. I'm thinking I may need to pull out the glass pen and see how it works with that.
Thanks for the video, guys!!! I hope you both have the happiest of holidays with your families! We are about to get snowed in here in Illinois, so I am ready to binge some of those old videos I have not gotten to. Stay safe and enjoy the holidays!
Just a review. I used the Diamine InkVent Calendar this year and loved it. My favorite colors were the shimmer inks. Yule log, Spice Apple, Alpine Shimmer, Dusted Truffle, and Olive Swirl. I was not impressed with the last one called Best Wishes. I find that dark colors do not shimmer and sheen well. All in all, I can't wait for next year. I guess holiday inks just require shimmer:). Oddly my favorites were more brown tones this year. Yea Drew!
NGC 6302 (also known as the Bug Nebula, Butterfly Nebula, or Caldwell 69 in the New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars) is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius. The structure in the nebula is among the most complex ever observed in planetary nebulae.... New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, including galaxies, star clusters and emission nebulae. Dreyer published two supplements to the NGC in 1895 and 1908, known as the Index Catalogues (abbreviated IC), describing a further 5,386 astronomical objects. Thousands of these objects are best known by their NGC or IC numbers, which remain in widespread use. I love that Colorverse uses the influence of Astronomy with inks. I just bought my first telescope this year ( I am learning about astronomy) and I love fountain pens too. It makes my heart happy when some things I love are combined. Happy holidays and best wishes for the new year to the people of Goulet Pens and their families ❤
What is that FWP Lapis Lullaby you show at 11:09? Is that an upcoming colour? FWP Roaring Patina Black got me back into pens and inks ...I'm not sure if I should curse them as I spend a pretty penny in the last few months! 🤣
I have a question, besides swabs how often do you use all these inks? I have recently started to write letters but I only know so many people that would read them. You picked so many inks, you must have a ton of pen pals. Happy Holidays.
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Puce is French for “fleas.” The color is a purple-brown and first became popular in the late 18th century as a way to hide fleas (which were very common at the time). This may explain Drew’s revulsion at the term. He must have been a French maiden in Marie Antoinette’s court in a past life.
Fun piece of history, says a lot about the time when they go "out of sight out of mind", now let go pee in the living room, lol 😋
You are probably aware of the Academie Francaise's abhorrence of imported English terms. So "puce électronic" is a microchip.
@afrog2666 I know this is a comedic comment but actually the story about there not being any toilets in versailles is not true 😂 People didn’t actually wee on the ballroom floors, but for some reason people nowadays love horrible stories like that 🙈🙈🙈
I find it entertaining that Brian’s discovery of the color Puce is from “Monster’s INK”!! Lololo…
I am doing the Diamine Inkvent Calendar (2022) for the first time with the whole family. The granddaughter really gets jazzed to see what's next. We are using dip pens and add a small splash on 82lb laser paper, then let it dry overnight,
revealing a wonderful, and sometimes interesting collection of color from just one ink! This experience inspires me to set this as a new tradition for us to look forward too next year as well.
Ah, a mini-cast to help us with withdrawal when the Pencast is off for the holidays. Hope you thoroughly relax for a happy time with your families.
With similar best wishes for all of us fans who make up the community.
Here’s hoping everything is happy and bright, and that next year will be the best yet for all of us. 🎉❤
Brian: "There's a void in my heart and it's been filled with Drew". 😂😂
Love listening to your pencasts! Great list...not so great for my credit card. 😁 Wishing you all a happy and restful holiday and New Year!
For those who are considering Witch by Starlight, it is more blue than purple. The shimmer is gorgeous, one of my favorites
My first fountain pen in 30 years arrived this week and I'm already fangirling over all the different inks you can get now. When I was in school you really only had the choice of red, black, blue/black and blue. I'm already leaning towards turquoise and purples and have fallen in love with Diamine Mystique - such a beautiful colour with all that shimmer happening. I'm obsessed.
The selections are crazy these days!
I got into FP's under a year ago, and was shocked by the selection, Diamine alone has over 100 colors and those are just the normal line, there's the music line, the shimmers, Pilot has some really nice inks, there's a good selection og american inks, Jinhao has fluorescent Inks, overall it's crazy lol
@@afrog2666 Fluorescent Ink! Damn! That's a whole new rabbit hole for me to tumble down!
You couldn't get purples and greens or turquoise? Those have been around since I was young, and I'm almost seventy.
Lady, u have taken a gateway drug, be careful not to get addicted!!!
Aaaargh I hope they bring back that Roaring Patina Black ink!
Diamine is my favorite ink brand -so many great colors. I really appreciate that they engage with the Reddit community. I also really like the concept of the inkvent calendar, but it's too much for me - I would love a sample size version.
So would I! Diamine is also my favorite ink brand.
Hope everyone had a blessed and merry Christmas!
Something tells me Goulet at least doesn’t care too much for the reddit community anymore…
puce is one of those words like moist where there's technically nothing wrong with it, but it triggers some sort of primordial flinch response.
this year, i really loved using waterman inspired blue and audacious red. also diamine soft mint.
I adore the Ferris Wheel Press inks. They make up 75% of my ink collection.
Ferris Wheel Press' ink color Tokyo Bay Blue has quickly become one of my favorite inks -- I'd love to see it stocked on your site. It's a beautiful teal shade that matches the turmaline LAMY AL-star, and the blue shimmer is fun. The box's theme is a pen shop display, absolutely stunning presentation.
Ferris Wheel Press Inks are awesome. The only issue is popping off that freshness seal. Remember to save it and to put it inside the cap or the cap will not seal tight enough and leak. Silly me, I didn’t know this and have many leaky bottles! All the best.
They aren't really honest that their colors are more for artistic use. While Herbin does place a disclaimer for their more artistic ink
By seeing that Roaring Patina Black I fell in love with it. Only for you to tell me that it is gone forever has been one of the saddest moments of my life. They should bring that back and then I'll buy their whole stock
I would love to see Birmingham Pen Co inks at Goulet, I love their inks. Kentucky Bluegrass and Weathered Brick are great.
RE 2:40 "Apatite" is the Phosphate mineral that our teeth is made of ... and I recall "The Pogo Puce Book" by the cartoonist Walt Kelly, a takeoff on the old S&H GreenStamps catalog and American commercialism ...
My favourite review of the year! Can never have too many inks.
Brian was correct on the 2023 Inkvent color! 😁
I loved hearing about your favorite inks, and a bunch of those are favorites for me as well. De Atramentis Document Black is one I use daily; it dries so fast! Nitrogen is amazing. For those bothered by the smear factor, I think Diamine Jack Frost is an excellent alternative, looks nearly the same to me, dries faster, and smears less. Of course it will still migrate onto every surface in range if a dried drop gets accidentally rewet. For those who love the Organics Studio Nitrogen, their Thoreau Walden Pond Blue is fabulous too, with a more blue-green cast. I would love to see more inks with great chromatography in much darker colors. The lighter ones like Manyo Haha get all the attention, but the really dark ones are better for us artists, who are diluting them with water into washes in our sketchbooks, yet still need to get our darkest darks with them. (You can always make an ink lighter by diluting it, but you can't make it darker!) Sailor Studio 673 is a great example of a darker ink with wonderful chromatography in washes. It's really hard to find swatches of how darker inks behave when added to wet paper, which makes it tough to know what inks/samples to purchase and test drive. I've also enjoyed a bunch of the inks in the Inkvent Green Edition this year. Last year's inks had better chromatography, but there are some this year that have beautiful effects. Like Brian, I like Yule Log quite a bit, as well as Spice Apple, and Olive Swirl. I wish they hadn't included scented inks, but there were only two of those. I'm very grateful to you at Goulet pens for all the information you share and the joy of Pencasts! Happy Holidays!
Oxblood for the win! Also Inkvent! As a Canadian I rep Ferris Wheel Press...CANADIAN INKS EH
There's a German-retailers-only Diamine ink called Hell's Bells, dark blue with a red shimmer. It's quite lovely. :)
I've Made and sold my own inks for a little over 2 years, having different colors based on the paper is a common occurance in my work, making custom inks from customers is the best way to learn how colors work and what doesn't
I'm enjoying the twin sweater looks. Would there be an inksplatter Christmas sweater? In the future maybe?
I adore the Ferris Wheel Ink bottles-- they are stunning! This was a no-brainer for me when I was deciding which ink to give to my son-in-law for Christmas to go along with his first fountain pen.
My personal favorite in the Inkvent so far is Memory Lane, it's such a nice soft purple with silver shimmer
good lord so many GORGEOUS inks for this year's line up
I LOVE the Diamine Inkvent calendar and I really hope there will be full bottles of my favorites!!! It's so fun to take a quiet moment every day during this busy season to swatch a new color of ink. Best gift to myself. :P
They've done it with the blue and red calendars so I feel fairly confident they'll do it with the green one too.
I came so close to buying the inkvent, but buy the time I knew I could afford it, yall had sold out.
This was my first year with fountain pens, and I doubt I'll ever go back. You guys have been an amazing guide and almost friends. Since everyone I know scoffs at a 20 dollar pen. As for my favorite inks, I discovered are Noodlers Australian Black Roses, Apache Sunset, PR Ebany Green, Lexington Gray, and Noodlers Polar Purple. My favorite pens are the Twisbi Eco, Monteverde Ritma, and Kaweco Sport. Thank you for all the extuisastic information and nerd outs. It has helped me through a very rough year.
This is the first year I received the Diamine advent calendar. I've only tried a few so far because I only have so many pens, but Bliss and Solar Storm are fantastic! Spruce is the only scented one I've tried so far. Can't say I'm a huge fan of the scented inks, but this calendar has been an absolute joy to open and experience!
Everything aside , Congrats Brian for your 'new hairs' they're dense now. I'm very happy to see them
___Your fan
Ok but those Ferris Wheel Press inks would absolutely make the coolest spice bottles when the ink is used up.
This year was my first Inkvent calendar and I'm a huge fan. Several inks in this retrospective have jumped onto my wish list...
Jack Frost InkVent - Love it!
Diamine Writers Blood is my absolute favorite!
Brian got that Reed Richard’s hair going strong.
Lots of multi-tonal color-shifting going on in your pencast background! ❤
Haha yes! Chromashading background! - Drew
I bought 3 bottles of Roaring Patina Black. Once i tried it i fell in love and then immediately became afraid of running out of it. Fixed that problem though !
Haha you must be the reason I was unable to purchase a bottle!😂
I have grown to love Ferris wheel. Press, Ink. their presentation is over the top, and the colors are well saturated and beautiful. I find that the shimmer inks haven’t yet clogged my pens. I love some of the first series like jellybean blue. A beautiful, bright blue. I’m also a fan of Diamine Oxford blue. It is bright, yet a little darker than Kon Peki
@@ImCFoxx I do have some problems with clogging in my Lamy Safaris (my pen of choice) but all of mine are fine or extra fine nibs, and it only happens if i let the pen sit for a week or more before using. Im usually able to clear it up by wiping the nib with a paper towel
Tesla Coil by Birmingham Pen Co is a crazy sheener which DOES dry. 😁
Loving your color changing lighting situation behind you 💙💜💗
Fun vid gents!!!
I completely relate to Drew's reaction on hearing the word "Puce". It's one of those words that conjures up the image of a caretaker's bucket in a primary school corridor. Instant triggering. For me the equivalent revulsion words from my childhood are "thus" and "plus". I use them both all the time nowadays but, as a youngster, I'd only ever see them written by someone else.
I could seriously watch ink swabbing videos all day. Id rather have one pen and a cupboard of inks than a bunch of different pens. 🖊 😍
Vinta Ink Blue Blood FTW!
Puce is actually a really pretty color! I love it! 😀
I love your videos!
Beautiful background to this video!
Great video, thank you and Happy New Year!
I have every ink you mentioned! I will make a confession though - I usually still buy Ferris Wheel Press inks from Ferris Wheel Press, because I'm always worried I won't get the limited edition ones before they're gone. That and Van Diemans (which you don't carry) are the only ones I buy elsewhere. I would LOVE to see you do a monthly new ink sampler. Like a sub box except you don't have to worry about having a specific number of units to box up and ship out.
If memory serves, it used to be a service offered by them that they discontinued because it became ridiculous to execute.
I travel full time with only a carryon, so while I really wanted the Inkvent calendar, I had to open them all like a goblin so I could figure out what would go in my liquids bag. (To be fair, 3/4 of my liquids bag is just ink.) There were some BEAUTIFUL colours in there. Deck the Halls is lovely, and I agree about Serendipity. I have a Diamine Frankenblue that is "here is all the leftover sample bits of Inkvent blues that I combined in to one vial", and this year's blue fits right in. ;)
Frankenblue, brilliant name!
Someone else with a Franken-ink!! Mine is a few Ferris Wheel Press blues mixed with the last drops of Sailor Yamabuki. It made a really nice spring green.
Can't believe Noodlers Bay State Blue didn't make the cut! I love that ink....but also kinda hate it ...but really love it.
Charpuce would be a nice combo color!
I have the Diamine Oxblood which is a gorgeous red. I know that Writer's Blood has been more prevalent this year but the dry time sold me on the Oxblood. Another great ink I just recently purchased is Diamine Regency Blue. I think itay be better than the Iroshizuku asa-gao I have.
Lastly I am considering Private Reserve Ultra Black ink. It isn't gray like many black inks but black. Yes, I thought of the Platinum Carbon Black but the maintenance from the ink makes me shy away from it.
I always love this vlog and today’s made me very happy because it reminded me of the color commentators at the Rose Parade or the Winchester Dog Show. I can’t wait to see what ink is Best in Show.
I truly believe that if Diamine did a "purple" they would create such a frenzy the Inkvent sets would sell out instantly ... maybe not even make it past pre-order. But, Gold and Silver sound great as the next ones!
good guess
Congrats! On guessing the next color Diamine chose. I can't wait to see what will be in the Purple Edition in 2023.
This is fantastic! Thanks for the video. I have most of these inks… I fell in love with the Sailor line this year.
Yup inkvent collection is fantastic. Best by diamine
Thank you!!! Fun video!
I love the Spiced Apple inkvent color
Honestly, the Inkvent calendar has been so much fun! It’s be been doing it with my kids. Now y’all got me wondering what color next year’s edition will be!
Love that you're carrying FWP inks now.
I have several FWP Ferris Tales greens with heavy sheen/shimmer and their Sweet Honeydew. The Ferris Tales are super high maintenance but totally worth it. My letter recipient said it does eventually stop transferring to fingertips because he's not getting green fingertips though I am lol. I've discovered a bit of Sweet Honeydew as a dip/rinse adds awesome shading and helps keep things moving. I like them in the TWSBI go stub because the go makes flushing and washing so much easier for me.
Inkvent next box should be
White box gold & silver lettering and artwork
Or black with a holographic lettering and artwork last option I like is a matte black box with a mix of silver and gold and holo just with that serious pop off the box wow factor. I like the last one obviously 😉
Really enjoyed the hottest inks of 2022. I'm surprised Brian survived without ripping off his sweater, as in the promo picture. Have a great holiday.
Nice surprise video. Thanks thanks! Enjoyed it , kind of a Christmas gift! Brian I like your hair loose! Have a great blessed time with your families!
I bought a bottle of OS Nitrogen from you guys this year and it's easily one my favorite inks! It does manage to get absolutely everywhere though.
This may upset some people, but I don't like Diamine inks very much. They have amazing colors, but they always seem just a little too dry and put down thin down-strokes through my italic nibs. That being said, syrah is my favorite red from them.
I like "everything" about Diamine Writers Blood, Twilight (a proper blue-black: looks black at first glance from a moderately wet nib), and Sepia ... except for one thing: A complete lack of water resistance after it dries (for over a week) on the paper.
Does Diamine make a water resistant -- or better yet, a waterproof ink in colors normally used for business records and correspondence that have to last a few years?
How did I miss Witch by Starlight??
Get in my basket.
Great show. Love inks. Love fountain pens. Thank you.
Butterfly Nebula is NGC 6302... Both are names for the same Nebula in the constellation Scorpio... Would think you would have mentioned it...
I absolutely Nitrogen and Emarald de Chivor. They are always inked in my favorite pens.
My favorite is lamy tourmaline love the color
I wish there was a shimmer ink that you didn't have to shake the bottle for and which would never clog up your pen.
Diamine Writer’s Blood is my favorite red! I’m a writer so there’s the whole in joke of an editor’s markup and bleeding words on a page.
Document black is my go to because of Drew’s black ink testing video.
I have Ferris Wheel Press Moonlit Jade. Gorgeous!
I have this year’s Inkvent. I’ve been posting daily on Instagram. Yule Log is my favorite! One word - copper! Ghost is my other favorite. It shades so well even in EF nib pens.
Love you guys and your incredible company. Goulet Pens is my go to for all my stationery/fountain pen needs. Thank you so much for your informative and fun videos and your efforts as a company from variety of products to customer service to shipping. Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year to you and your staff! 🎄Zolane
I am using my Mont Blanc that I got for my 16 birthday, I dropped it at in a lecture at university. It travelled around the world and I thought it was dead. Now I'm a fanatic. I've ordered a few pens. What's the best green? ❣️
When will you start selling Arctic Blast? And what is the strange properties that some inks were supposed to have?
Will Diamine make every Holiday package ink available for individual sale?
mini inkcast! thanks, y'all!
This year, I put the Diamine Inkvent calendar on my (early) Christmas list… I did not get it… next year I will not make the same mistake and will just buy it for myself. Also as to the color for next year I think purple would be a great one, but not like a light purple a deep royal purple (close to what you would see on a crown royal bag). I have Christmas ornaments that were passed down to me and their colors are; Blue, Red, Green, and Purple. All with a kind of velvet black sheen and gold accents. These are my favorite ornaments and actually the inspiration for my ink colors search… so, long story short, I think purple would be an excellent choice for next years invent calendar😂
Puce resembles melted Neapolitan ice cream, interesting color. I am calling out on ice cream inspired inks as the next It series of inks.
ermahgashhh now I want the inkvent calendar :")))
Another amazing video, guys! Thanks for sharing!
Cheers from Brazil!
✍🏻 I audibly gasped when I saw "Witch By Starlight" - I'm gonna order than NOW!
Great video, as usual. But I have to tell you that OS Nitrogen clogged up my pen so badly, I never used it again. I actually threw out the bottle this year! It was pretty, yes. But what a pain it was! I have come to the conclusion that if an ink is a shimmering ink, I might try a sample, but I will not buy the bottle. They are just too much work. I am sticking to sheening or plain ink. I did order a sample of the Goulet Colorverse excusive purple ink. I'll see how that goes. I love the color on line. Have a great New Year!!!
Oxblood is the first ink color, other than black, that I tried and now it is my EDI. I am now looking for a blue-Diamine of course so I can mix some of it with the Oxblood to create a new shade of purple….:-) I see another rabbit hole to fall down into……
I’m intending to buy a Pilot 912 but having difficulties to decide the nib 😅. Could you do a demonstration. I like to sketch. I like the fude nibs. I already have the Falcon, but I’d like to have something different. I think a lot of people is thinking like me, so it’ll be interesting to see. This if it´s not to bother you so much. Thanks Yara
Great inkcast and choices. Am enjoying my inkvent calendar. Happy Holidays!
So nice to see this as a noob in the fountain pen world. I have only purchased samples so far. I appreciate the informative videos you put out. I have seen one of my fellow journal artist use the De Atramentis Document Black in her travel notebook. I guess I am looking for easy cleaning inks until I get to know my pens.
I love Diamine for Prussian Blue and Writer’s Blood both.
Looks like Kevin from the Wonder Years grew up and opened a pen retailer!! That hair is 80s to the max!!! 😜 Loving the sum up guys, some great choices there. Salut! And have a great 🎄 break.
I wonder when/if another ink company will do an ink advent calendar - nothing wrong with some competition. Merry Christmas!
Oxblood FTW! That's so funny that it gets you flagged.
I agree that the Organic Studios Nitrogen is a GIANT PITA, but it's sooooo pretty! And it sheens on ANYTHING. It will sheen (and actually dry in a reasonable fashion, with relatively little smearing) on index cards. It does clog my pens SO badly, though. I'm thinking I may need to pull out the glass pen and see how it works with that.
Thanks for the video, guys!!! I hope you both have the happiest of holidays with your families! We are about to get snowed in here in Illinois, so I am ready to binge some of those old videos I have not gotten to. Stay safe and enjoy the holidays!
Just a review. I used the Diamine InkVent Calendar this year and loved it. My favorite colors were the shimmer inks. Yule log, Spice Apple, Alpine Shimmer, Dusted Truffle, and Olive Swirl. I was not impressed with the last one called Best Wishes. I find that dark colors do not shimmer and sheen well. All in all, I can't wait for next year. I guess holiday inks just require shimmer:). Oddly my favorites were more brown tones this year. Yea Drew!
I think Diamine's best red is Wild Strawberry!
Love you guys! Thanks so much for your content! Happy Holidays!!
NGC 6302 (also known as the Bug Nebula, Butterfly Nebula, or Caldwell 69 in the New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars) is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius. The structure in the nebula is among the most complex ever observed in planetary nebulae.... New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, including galaxies, star clusters and emission nebulae. Dreyer published two supplements to the NGC in 1895 and 1908, known as the Index Catalogues (abbreviated IC), describing a further 5,386 astronomical objects. Thousands of these objects are best known by their NGC or IC numbers, which remain in widespread use. I love that Colorverse uses the influence of Astronomy with inks. I just bought my first telescope this year ( I am learning about astronomy) and I love fountain pens too. It makes my heart happy when some things I love are combined. Happy holidays and best wishes for the new year to the people of Goulet Pens and their families ❤
What is that FWP Lapis Lullaby you show at 11:09? Is that an upcoming colour? FWP Roaring Patina Black got me back into pens and inks ...I'm not sure if I should curse them as I spend a pretty penny in the last few months! 🤣
Love the sweaters guys and the inks. Just a little fun fact Puce is the French word for flea 😊
I have a question, besides swabs how often do you use all these inks? I have recently started to write letters but I only know so many people that would read them. You picked so many inks, you must have a ton of pen pals. Happy Holidays.