Found these "National Fashion" pens for 1 USD each or 3 USD for the set on my local marketplace. I'm not really the target audience for these but you could imagine kids who like comics or manga would love to have a dragon on their pen. Could be an interesting penabling pen.
Not sure about these specific pens but in my experience these EF Lamy-style nibs write pretty well. The pens themselves are probably made of brittle plastic, but longevity isn't really the point of these.
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
Platinum Procyon with Platinum 3776 Century F nib. This special silk screen maki-e colorway was a gift, and originally came with M nib, which isn’t my preferred nib. So I got a Century secondhand for cheap to take its nib. Trim doesn’t match, but oh well.
Seems to be pretty good so far. Full writing sample later.
@UlrikeSkadir@jezlyn@alexa488 I tried it just to see if it would work, and it does work sort of, but I would probably not keep them upside down like this for long-term storage. I think folks (I think including @jezlyn) have designed 3-D printed storage trays that would work a lot better. Personally, I only have a few, so I’ll just keep them in a separate box with other oddly shaped small bottles.
@alexa488 the Senator is basically my platform for shimmer inks so perhaps that Kyoto no Oto shimmer you sent me? in my samples pile I also have Rainbow’s End from last year’s inkvent, and Robert Oster Rose Gilt Tynte.
The black Platinum I got secondhand and I’m planning to put the nib in my special edition Procyon. I’ll probably test with a safe ink first like maybe Pilot Blue-black
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.
@paradoxmo Not quite my speed, but I appreciate both the post, and the variations in the ink.
I am not particularly a fan of the color, mostly because a vaguely similar ink (color verse comet SL9) has not been kind to me in a variety of pens, but I do love nuance, and your swatch has it in spades.
@_ I can’t super imagine using it that often and certainly not in my normal F/EF pens. I think more inky pens like this fude or the Pilot Parallels really bring out its qualities, so I would perhaps use it for letters (for which I tend to use very wet pens like Pelikans) or a heading pen (stub or similar).
The ink was from my Secret #FPSanta so it wasn’t my own pick, but though I probably wouldn’t have bought it myself, I’m glad to have it. All the standard line Herbins are pretty interesting.
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)