#Sailor ink

[sylvanitchi]

plushies & other things that are close to my heart 💜

[shelandsorcery]

New pen! a hongdian n9 with a long blade nib in just the most enticing cotton candy trans flag colours.

i love any built in line variety, but the long blade knib definitely shares some of the angle touchiness of the similar architect nib, so there will be an adjustment period.

I filled it with my most pastel ink, sailor's nekoyanagi from their manyo line.

I'm growing to accept that, despite the potential quality and lifetime add of metal, i prefer plastic pen bodies. This resin body is warm, it's thick enough for my nerve grafted hand to hold comfortably, and it's not too heavy. there's something inherently soft about a resin pen body, I really do think they're my favorites so far.

that said, i don't have a turned wood or antler fountain pen and I'm extremely open to falling in love with those too if anyone knows a good one!

anyways, fountain pens! they're good actually. still. of course.

[syncallio]

Today's pen is the Parker 51:

Also known as the most popular fountain pen ever made. The original production run lasted from 1941 to 1972 and sold at least 20 million pens.

As simple as it looks, it has some features that were groundbreaking at the time. The cap is a slip cap, when everybody else was using screw threads. The nib is tube shaped, making it especially rugged. Said nib is protected by a plastic hood so that only the point sticks out, to minimize drying when uncapped.

And the plastic is acrylic, which has stood the test of time. No cracking, no shrinking, no weird discoloration. Look at this sleek little bullet of a pen!

It's a nice size, lightweight and well balanced. And it writes beautifully.

Also, fun fact, this was Queen Elizabeth II's favorite pen. She had a red one.

I think in any industry there's a model that just works. Like, all the engineering comes together in such a way that you get exactly what you were aiming for. There are prettier fountain pens than the 51, and many more expensive. But the 51 is pure Fountain Pen in the best way.

[evitcani-writes]

I’m working on an art project which requires me to swatch a lot of inks by obtaining a lot of samples.

You will all be getting my unsolicited opinions about bottled inks. Here’s a sampler:

Sailor inks are for the rich. Noodler’s did some shit and you shouldn’t support them. I wrote three words in Organics Studio 5 months ago and it’s still smearing on my hands and over everything oh god oh god to this day. Ferris Wheel Press is my nemesis in this life and the previous.

[crystalline-glass]

test page at the back of my hobonichi for all my inks, pens, markers etc etc ✎ ⊹ *ﾟ⫰

[george-josephoenix]

Low key adding rainbows at work...

[wellappointeddesk]

Ink Review: Sailor Manyo, Anniversary Set

There’s a new release from Sailor Manyo inks – a 5th Anniversary limited edition! I find it hard to believe that nearly five years has passed since I reviewed the first round of Sailor Manyo inks. Since that time, Sailor has added to the Manyo lineup with a second full round and four dual shading inks (these dual shaders also come in a mini size!) and I have yet to resist a single bottle of these…

[inkophile]

My Summer Six Pack Isn't Made Of Beer

After months of testing nibs and writing reviews, the crew on my desk exploded into a massive invasion. Eighteen is simply too many so now it’s back to a smaller group of pens and inks. Last summer two bent nib pens were all I wanted, but this year I added fines and extra fines. I’m calling them my six pack. These are the ones that made the cut: Jinhao 82 EF Transparent Gray and Diamine…

[felidaefatigue]

Doodled myself a quick nona to cheer myself up

[sylvanitchi]

my grandma's flowers, drawn with my sailor fude dip pen & manyo nekoyanagi ink which was a xmas gift from one of my best friends <3

[oliviawhen]

March comic! No thoughts this month, just Brioche. A fun What If activity you can do with your own brioches.

[syncallio]

Excited to get some ink samples this week. I've drooled over Troublemaker Inks for years, but they're based in the Philippines and for a long time nobody in the US carried them. So I was very excited to learn that Vanness stocks them now.

Love love love shading inks. Troublemaker does dual-shaders. Not many brands do. Sailor is another, with their Manyo line. I have Manyo Hinoki and I love it.

[keymintt]

starting off the year with drawing these two, naturally

[thepersonalwords]

It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.

Babe Ruth

[george-josephoenix]

'I believe we deserve a soft epilogue my love. We are good people and we have suffered enough.'

Seventy Years of Sleep #4 - Nikka Ursula

[wellappointeddesk]

Fountain Pen Review: PLUS x Sailor - First Snow ProGear Slim (Special Edition), Ice Gray Ink and A4 Slim Notebook

The packaging, which is a lovely pale blue with silver foil snowflakes, says “PLUS x Sailor” but the listing that I found online focused on the Sailor Pro Gear Slim First Snow fountain pen with very little mention of the additional items included in the set: PLUS x Sailor Ice Gray Ink and Ca.Crea A4 Slim Notebook. The full set, whatever its official title, was €217 from Fontoplumo (I bought the…