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Noodler’s Ink Bulletproof Black is the ink you’re looking for. It’s the only waterproof fountain pen ink I’m aware of.
Platinum Carbon ink is supposed to be waterproof as well.
Good to know, thank you!
Let the Fountain Pens Flow
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#42I'm in my mid 30's and have been collecting fountain pens for a few years now. Not a a lot of vintage but I have a few rare limited editions and high end stuff not because of status or collectibility but because I love the materials and look and feel. To be honest, it's the tactility of it. Being all digital all the time makes me miss the closeness to the words when I'm actually writing with a pen and paper. And when…
I'm about 10 years younger than you, and have always been interested in fountain pens, even before I started becoming more cynical about technology. Any advice on how to start collecting them? Or even just finding good ones to use?
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#43I always carry at least 2 fountain pens with me when travelling - even with the possible hazards of leaking etc. Just find writing with them is so much fun, plus - less fatiguing. Writing with a fountain pen means I don't grip the pen as hard and have to use a lighter touch so as not to damage the tip. That leads to more writing time with less hand cramps and tiredness.
I just got some new Iroshizuku inks [0] for Christmas, and can't wait to try them out.
[0] - https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/pilot-ink?limit=24&of...
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I'm a lefty, and with fast drying ink, a fountain pen doesn't smear. Unlike ballpoint or pencil does when your hand moves across it. The "bizarre contortion" is needed anyway to get the stroke weighting correct, unless you use one of those weird offset nibs, which aren't readily available in quality pens. Off topic, I once got a B+ on a high school physics test, but the teacher told me he marked me down from an A for…
I was the same, I always did my work in ink and crossed errors out with single lines. Surprised that physics would prefer pencil over ink, most science classes require pen for lab notebooks just to get people in the habit.
Well, high school, and we both were chuckling about it.
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#45I really like fountain pens, but I've ruined too much stuff with ink spills. Maybe I'm just clumsy. Also I burn through legal pads as scrap paper and I imagine I would get bad bleeding on that paper.
If you like fountain pens enough to give them another shot, a couple suggestions: > but I've ruined too much stuff with ink spills. Try a pen with replaceable cartridges instead of an ink well. Pilot makes pens like this, and I'm sure other companies do as well. > Also I burn through legal pads as scrap paper and I imagine I would get bad bleeding on that paper. Yep, legal pad paper is pretty much the worst thing eve…
I'll give it a thought. I'm not tied to legal paper but I do a lot of quick math and scratch work so I would like to have a disposable paper option.
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#46If you are like me - and yearn for the feel of ink, yet the convenience of a ballpoint..then do try using a rollerball.
The hack here is to use some very specific refills and use it inside your cool Rollerball.
For example I use a Signo 307 refill (which is smear, water and tamper proof and specially designed for anti-document signing fraud) inside my special edition Waterman.
The other super cool Rollerball refill is the Pentel Energel. That's as close to an ink pen experience you'll get.
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#47The aesthetic value of fountain pens is undeniable but for the left-handed amongst us who refuse to twist their writing hand into some bizarre contortion, the fountain pen will never be viable. My personal left-handed recollections of using fountain pens all involve smears of ink on the side of my hands and smudged lettering.
I'm left-handed and there are several techniques for writing left-handed with a fountain pen. They don't all involve twisting your writing hand into "some bizarre contortion". I collect vintage fountain pens, mostly about a hundred years old with flexible nibs that allow for fancy copperplate calligraphy. These kinds of pens are very delicate and some of them are so sensitive that if you don't know what you're doing…
> I'm left-handed and there are several techniques for writing left-handed with a fountain pen. They don't all involve twisting your writing hand into "some bizarre contortion".
I'm just curious if you've ever tried the mirror script technique? I remember reading in Isaacson's biography that Da Vinci wrote everything in the mirror script not to code it but because that's how left-handed people were taught to write. I figure that it'd work just as well in modern days, though obviously not if you needed someone else to read it.
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#48I have a number of fine Jinhao pens, that I use for all my work related writing. At around $3,inclusive of postage, they are a bargain. Their nibs might need some adjusting. They also do a line of Montblanc clones... I have had a few Lamys but prefer the Jinhaos.
I like the Jinhaos too. At the price, they are extremely cost-effective and they make really versatile sketching tools. Here's a quick drawing for fun:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSrsp2cgq-e/?utm_source=ig_share...
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#49For the veterans. Can anyone make any ink recommendations for inks that don't bleed to the point of completely obscuring the text when the paper is later exposed to a little water?
Use an iron gall ink, such as this one : http://www.registrarsink.co.uk/
Re: Let the Fountain Pens Flow
#50If you are like me - and yearn for the feel of ink, yet the convenience of a ballpoint..then do try using a rollerball. The hack here is to use some very specific refills and use it inside your cool Rollerball. For example I use a Signo 307 refill (which is smear, water and tamper proof and specially designed for anti-document signing fraud) inside my special edition Waterman. The other super cool Rollerball refill i…
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