Pen-Fi (FPs, RBs, BPs, etc...) [56k Warning] - Page 25 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

lowmagnet · 01-31-2007, 04:06 PM

I use a Staedtler Mars Pro with a 0.25 tip. I also use Sakura Pigma pens in various sizes. The only thing I put significant money into is the writing surface, which is a Moleskine Journal book. It has got smooth paper that doesn't bleed through, and a nice cover that makes it easy to write anywhere and keep my notes protected.

I used to have a Rapidograph 0.01, and I shudder to think of y'all refilling/cleaning those fountain pens. Nothing I ever want to go through again. Pressurised cartridges and porous nib fan here

vibin247 · 02-01-2007, 07:52 AM

Well, I won the Meisterstuck 146 for a total of $190.38. I also ordered a Piquadro 1-Pen case and a bottle of Noodler's Black from Swisher Pens. Now I can't hardly wait for all 3 items! I'll post some photos of the pen when it arrives and some test writings in the next coming days. I'm craving a Omas Bologna in Black and Palladium as well, but that's not going to be for a long while.

jjhatfield · 02-01-2007, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by vibin247

Well, I won the Meisterstuck 146 for a total of $190.38. I also ordered a Piquadro 1-Pen case and a bottle of Noodler's Black from Swisher Pens. Now I can't hardly wait for all 3 items! I'll post some photos of the pen when it arrives and some test writings in the next coming days. I'm craving a Omas Bologna in Black and Palladium as well, but that's not going to be for a long while.

Congratulations! That is a great deal on the 146. Be sure to let us know what you think once it arrives. Noodlers Black is my personal favorite black color, though I'm warming up to Noodlers Zhivago (which is black with slight green undertones).

didwlgh · 02-01-2007, 05:24 PM

wow.
first time seeing a pen-fi thread.
will be posting some of mine soon too- sometime today or tomorrow i guess.
so glad there are fellow head-fiers into this!!!

milkpowder · 02-01-2007, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by jjhatfield

Congratulations! That is a great deal on the 146. Be sure to let us know what you think once it arrives. Noodlers Black is my personal favorite black color, though I'm warming up to Noodlers Zhivago (which is black with slight green undertones).

How dark is this ink? I'm looking for a very dark green. Is the Zhivago anything like the one displayed on this page? The sample on thewritingdesk.co.uk looks quite olive to me. Would you mind posting a short sample of the ink?

jjhatfield · 02-01-2007, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by milkpowder

How dark is this ink? I'm looking for a very dark green. Is the Zhivago anything like the one displayed on this page? The sample on thewritingdesk.co.uk looks quite olive to me. Would you mind posting a short sample of the ink?

The ink appears much, much darker to me then the olive-ish color in that picture on the linked page. Really its just about 100% black, with just the tiniest faintest undertones of green. I am at work right now, so I cannot take any pictures specifically of the ink, but check out these pictures I recently posted on FPN. Scroll to the bottom of this thread, the pictures are close ups of my M760. The writing in that pictures is done in Noodlers Zhivago. You can see how black it looks. Only when I get my eye really close to the page can I see the green, or when I blink while looking at it the proper lighting can reveal the green undertones.

I have also heard that Noodlers Aircorp Blue-Black is actually Green-Black. I have never used this ink myself.

jjhatfield · 02-01-2007, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by jjhatfield

The ink appears much, much darker to me then the olive-ish color in that picture on the linked page. Really its just about 100% black, with just the tiniest faintest undertones of green. I am at work right now, so I cannot take any pictures specifically of the ink, but check out these pictures I recently posted on FPN. Scroll to the bottom of this thread, the pictures are close ups of my M760. The writing in that pictures is done in Noodlers Zhivago. You can see how black it looks. Only when I get my eye really close to the page can I see the green, or when I blink while looking at it the proper lighting can reveal the green undertones.

I have also heard that Noodlers Aircorp Blue-Black is actually Green-Black. I have never used this ink myself.

You know what? I am looking at some scribblings in Zhivago right now and I do have to say it does clearly look like a very dark olive green; not quite as black as I was making out before.

Either way this is a very cool color, very saturated if you are into that kind of thing.

guitarman19853 · 02-01-2007, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by jjhatfield

I have also heard that Noodlers Aircorp Blue-Black is actually Green-Black. I have never used this ink myself.

Noodler's Aircorp Blue-Black is my favorite ink. It is very nearly black but you can tell its slightly green. Beautiful color.

I added a review of it to the bottom of this thread on FPN http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/fo...showtopic=1506

milkpowder · 02-01-2007, 09:54 PM

Must resist the temptation... Getting a bottle of Zhivago would run me another 10 quid, a seemingly measly sum of money but actually surprisingly significant amount for a hobby-money-depleted (violin, headphones, pens) university student. It will be at least another couple of days before I'll be able to accumulate some hobby money again. Then I'll get more stuff

Thanks guitarman19853. I'm looking for a green that will look green at first glance. Zhivago looks to be more green than the Aircorp Blue-Black. Also considering the MB Racing Green.

I'm also interested in a nice brown/dark-red ink (also quite rich and dark, but noticeably brown). Any recommendations? Looking at PR Chocolat, Copper Burst and Noodlers Red-Black.

jjhatfield · 02-01-2007, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by milkpowder

I'm also interested in a nice brown/dark-red ink (also quite rich and dark, but noticeably brown). Any recommendations? Looking at PR Chocolat, Copper Burst and Noodlers Red-Black.

FPN Galileo Brown is very red-brown to my eyes, might be just what you are looking for. Unfortunately it seems like the shipping of the FPN ink has ground to a halt for one reason or another.

I've only written with Noodlers Red-Black once, it also seemed... well brown.

I have heard wonderful things about PR Chocolat and Copper Burst, but I have never written with them myself. Mmmm, methinks another ink buying spree is nigh.