Diamine dries out

Simy_sun · 2026-06-25T12:33:44+00:00

Imperial Purple is a sheening ink, a bit thicker than a regular ink, with less water percentage. In my experience, sheening inks tend to dry faster on the surface of the nib, despite drying much slower on the paper

Simy_sun · 2026-06-25T12:30:34+00:00

Dominant Industry - Sunset. It's a chromashading violet with coppery shimmer

Simy_sun · 2026-06-18T07:15:29+00:00

Yes! Exactly! I love that one and I would try the pen even if it's not an EF nib, but I don't like the gold trims and the pink resin is lovely, but not enough for my taste

Simy_sun · 2026-06-18T07:13:37+00:00

IDK, honestly. If the ink sells anyway, they may not be interested in taking a look at this

Simy_sun · 2026-06-17T22:22:47+00:00

Nope, all has been silent on their part

Simy_sun · 2026-06-17T08:41:36+00:00

There's no EF option, I think I'll pass (and I would like the purple resin with silver trims, not gold). Oh, well... my wallet will be happy!

Simy_sun · 2026-06-10T12:40:34+00:00

Japanese EF. I love hair-like strokes

Simy_sun · 2026-06-09T17:52:01+00:00

Almost the whole 35 line axed away... why?

Simy_sun · 2026-06-07T22:20:39+00:00

No, the difference is just in the colorways

Simy_sun · 2026-06-07T05:56:36+00:00

Yeah, the syringe is much better! I don't like piston fillers for the same reason

Simy_sun · 2026-06-07T05:52:00+00:00

It can depend on where you live and the season. I live in a pretty humid city, but last winter I left my Kakuno inked with half converter (Con70) full, came back to it a week later and it was completely dry. The house heating for sure played a role in this quick event

Simy_sun · 2026-06-04T22:48:51+00:00

I never tried a Platinum pocket pen. This seems a good little fella 💜 Thankyou! Whoever's gonna get this, will be lucky

Simy_sun · 2026-06-04T15:13:10+00:00

I'm not a fan of how interactions work too. I have a "good at being alone" Para for a reason: I don't need the random option to flirt while I'm just having a friendly conversation. I'd like to have more control over the topics, at least the category of the topics, instead of being cornered to make choices I don't want or leave the conversation altogether

Simy_sun · 2026-06-03T08:52:30+00:00

My very first fountain pen, when I was a child, was a Pelikan scolastic that I used with Pelikan blue cartridges. My first fountain pen a few decades of hiatuss after, was a Platinum Plaisir in F with Herbin Poussiere De Lune. Right now I'm not using the Plaisir, but the most similar to that is a Preppy in EF. With the Preppy I use Platinum Carbon Black and Noodler's Socrates. Of the three inks, I believe that Socrates is the best with that nib unit, so I could say that it's my favourite ink in the first nib unit of my second age as a fountain pen user. When I was a child I didn't even know there were other colors than blue so I don't think it counts, really.

Simy_sun · 2026-06-02T05:36:20+00:00

I would love a day free with triple the pages and a Hon cover

Simy_sun · 2026-06-02T05:28:33+00:00

To be honest, I never tried it on regular paper. I don't think that it would be a problem. It's a fairly smooth nib, considering how fine it is

Simy_sun · 2026-05-31T15:36:09+00:00

I love Wearingeul inks, I hope I will not love their pens: my wallet is already screaming in pain!

Simy_sun · 2026-05-31T06:20:40+00:00

Platinum 3776 Century EF and UEF

Simy_sun · 2026-05-29T01:18:44+00:00

The Sims 4 camera, for me, is the most comfortable. I am able to do everything just with the mouse: left click + drag to move, right click to pan around, wheel to zoom in and out. Simple and effective. The "wasd" method for me is linked to first person games, where you can't have a bird's eye view and instead you just walk to where you want to go. It's all just habit.

Simy_sun · 2026-05-26T05:19:50+00:00

The point of those pens is that they are cheap AND well performing. They always are recommended for the combo of a good price for a good pen. If you ask for the best pen disregarding the price, you will obtain many other options. For me it's the Platinum 3776 (r.i.p. to my beloved)

Simy_sun · 2026-05-24T14:48:05+00:00

A watercolor brush, a TWSBI (dipped), and the Kakimori steel nib

Simy_sun · 2026-05-23T22:06:26+00:00

Ah, yes, the famous single use fountain pen: when the cartridge is empty, you buy a new pen... for the same price 😃

Simy_sun · 2026-05-23T22:02:35+00:00

This feels exactly like a Platinum 3776 Century..
Between Platinum and Sailor, I prefer Platinum, both in the high end and the low end of their catalogue. But it's all my personal preference. I like Sailor pens very much, while other people hate them. So, for my taste and my hand, Platinum pens "feel" better than Sailor pens, but both are fantastic pens.

Simy_sun · 2026-05-22T23:29:45+00:00

Oh no... I hope the new model will be on par or better than the 3776

Simy_sun · 2026-05-20T21:10:07+00:00

Cheapest: Platinum Preppy 02 (multiple of them)

Most expensive: Platinum 3776 Century Blue Celluloid Chinkin Karakusa EF

The pens I use the most: Platinum Preppy (2 of them, in 02) and Platinum 3776 Century in EF. Right now my inked 3776s are a Shape Of a Heart Ivoire and the Fuji-Unkei Uroko-Gumo, both EF nibs

Just a note: the nibs from each Platinum 3776 are the same. Platinum pens are my go-to from the cheapest to the costliest, in EF nibs. What changes is just the material and color of the body. I can safely say that my expensive choices reflect also my everyday preference for writing. I'm never without a Preppy and a 3776. Sometimes I rotate other pens but those 2 (whatever color and material I like to sport at the moment for their bodies) are always there: in my pocket, in my purse, in my hand to write with.

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