New inks have just arrived - Noodlers Wardens inks

I have just received new inks - Bad Blue Heron and Bad Belted Kingfisher from Wardens ink series by Noodlers. This inks have been created in order to mitigate the risk of forgery (more details here) - they are beyond "Bulletproof". You can see some more pictures below.

Prices:
1.20 GBP each

Pictures:

On the properties of inks (dummy's guide to ink descriptions)

So... There you are, new to the realm of  colours... And, even worse, each ink has all those mysterious properties to it...

Shading, drying, flow, feathering...

Stay tuned

Shipping costs

I've just added standard rates for shipping costs. At the moment orders of up to 12 samples are included, ask me for postage in case of larger orders.

10 inky quotes for Monday

So, here are 10 inky quotes for Monday:

“A scholars ink lasts longer than a martyrs blood”

 Irish Saying

“Don't think it, ink it.”

 Mark Victor Hansen

“I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot.”

 Ralph Waldo Emerson  (American Poet, Lecturer and Essayist, 1803-1882)

“Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.”

 Milton Friedman  (American Economist, b.1912)

“If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you.”

Henry Rollins  (American Rock Singer, Author, Actor and Poet, b.1961)

“A scholars ink lasts longer than a martyrs blood”

 Irish Saying

“The palest ink is better than the sharpest memory”

Chinese Proverb

“Write till your ink be dry, and with your tears

Moist it again, and frame some feeling line

That may discover such integrity.”

William Shakespeare  (English Dramatist, Playwright and Poet, 1564-1616)

“Let there be gall enough in thy ink; though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter.”

William Shakespeare  (English Dramatist, Playwright and Poet, 1564-1616)

“He hath not fed of the dainties that are bred in a book; he hath not eat paper, as it were; he hath not drunk ink.”

William Shakespeare  (English Dramatist, Playwright and Poet, 1564-1616)

How to make your own ink

I've just found that page, where making a few types of inks is described. Would you guys use those in your fountain pens?

Colours obtained:

How is the fountain pen made - some nice videos

So... Ever wondered how the fountain pen is actually made? Here are the answers.

Read on for videos from Aurora, Montblanc and Pelikan factories. (small tip - last one is a real jewel).

Let's start with that nice video of Pelikan's artists making some of their finest pens... [click here]

Seems like an ad? Well, it kind of is. So now, let's go to the "real stuff" - a visit to the Pelikan factory. Worth seeing, some nice stories told and their museum has all the greatest pens ever.

Noodlers Wardens inks ordered!

I have just ordered two new inks: Noodlers Bad Blue Heron and Bad Belted Kingfisher.

If you want to know, what is the connection between these inks and the Economist, keep reading!

Each of these inks will cost 1,24 GBP per sample.

Here are some reviews: