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Ink. Now that I am back in Fountain Pen Mode, I have decided to use ink more often than cartridges. Through a really good fountain pen blog, I discovered Iroshizuku inks - Japanese inks made for Pilot. I love the colors and the names, and the ink is lovely. (Check Amazon for a list of colors - Amazon also seems to have the best prices.) I am wondering what inks others in our community use. - Karen
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Oct 25, 2018
For dye-based inks, I have the most bottles of Diamine and their inks have been solid so far. I also enjoy J. Herbin's Shimmer inks (which I only use with my Pilot Prera since it has an italic nib that helps lay down far more ink than my other pens - I generally go for EF (0.2 mm) nibs) and while the ink is interesting, it doesn't give as much shimmer as I would like to see. My favorite inks are the pigment-based, of which Platinum's Carbon Black is my most used. You do want to make sure that you clean your pen out well after using a pigment ink as they can dry on internally and be quite a hassle to clean afterwards (potentially requiring your to disassemble your pen and gently scrub the feed with a spare toothbrush to unclog the ribbing). However, I personally love that it is basically water proof once it dries, which means that I (being a lefty) don't smudge my handwriting nearly as much with them - even on hot days where my hands are a bit sweaty.
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