The name of the ink is “green ceramic glaze”, after the copper glaze used in green-glazed pottery. Very aptly named with a shading dark green base and silver shimmer which represents the reflective effect of glazed pottery.
Pen is Sailor Hocoro fude, paper is Tomoe River 52gsm original
Followup from my #SwatchWednesday post, here is the writing sample for Lie de thé. Again, the ink entry format is adapted to the old planner, the swatch is colored in over the month box, a convenient rectangle (:
Also, after a falling to the floor mishap, fishie pen rest is back (: fixed with 2-part epoxy.
Emerald Fusion apparently has a fluorescent ink component, put it in water and this neon green ink comes out. Literally neon green. (Also, bonus nib pic)
Late #InkSwatchWednesday post as I couldn't stay awake last night 😴 After the success of their 3-month ink subscription, @cultpens have started up a new continuous version. There were a total of 9 inks in the May box, although the 4 Endless inks were only 1ml samples. I actually kinda love the premise of the Endless set, as it let's you get a decent taste of all their inks. The itty-bitty ColorVerse bottle is adoreable! It also came with another Cult × Endless ink swatch book.
Boy, am I glad Vinta wrap their ink bottles with film! My bottle of Tequila Sunrise from @cultpens leaked, but thankfully the film kept it from being a complete disaster, so only a little bit was lost.
Completely unscientific comparison between two editions of the same #FountainPenInk
Pic 1,2:
Waterman Blue-Black NOS (likely early 2000s)
Retro 51 Lincoln / FPR ultraflex 14k
Pic 3,4:
Waterman Mysterious Blue (c. 2020)
Opus 88 Jazz / Regalia Crossflex
Both on Tomoe River 52gsm original
Old ink leans teal if looking closely, and the sheen looks redder. The new ink is more straight up dark blue, and the sheen looks more gold. Purportedly reformulated ~2015. #FountainPen
#SwatchWednesday time! My BlueBlack exclusive Colorverse inks arrived yesterday! So happy to finally have a bottle of Goryeo Celadon 🥰 I used it in a Homo Sapiens for a few weeks last year & have been itching to pick it up since. Also got the 2nd set of samples I won on the @penaddict stream (thanks again, Brad!) swatched. That's me completely up to date now. I'll need to start thinking about what I want my 200th ink to be. It needs to be something special. Any suggestions? #FountainPenInk
I have a chance to buy Lamy Dark Lilac (2024) locally, but decided not to. I just bought Teranishi Guitar Taisho Salon de Violet, which has less sheen, showing the violet, which I prefer. I might change my mind later and get the Dark Lilac, but since it's not limited edition I might put it off for the meantime.
It's no secret the Pilot CON-40 is not a great converter for fountain pen ink, but once you learn the trick to filling them almost full it's not quite so bad. I still don't like them, but this makes them a little more tolerable.
#SwatchWednesday time! That's me up-to-date with my ink swatches again, although there are still a few samples enroute from the U.S. along with an order from BlueBlack in S. Korea. I'll need to try not to buy any more inks this month. We'll see how long that lasts... 😅