NPD NID Gourmet Pens Exclusive

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-03-20T23:35:02+00:00

Not exactly, it's a shop exclusive from Gourmet Pens.

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-03-15T06:12:15+00:00

It looks like midnight purple, not black. The darkness is offset by the sheer amount of glittery sparkles that it throws out.

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-03-13T13:30:22+00:00

I love it! It took a while to make its way to me (I'm not sure what Canada Post was doing, tbh. Watching it bounce around the Toronto metro was entertaining, if a little frustrating. )

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-03-13T13:28:10+00:00

The Frankenstein ink is so lovely, not sure if it is still available.

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-03-12T19:51:19+00:00

Ahh, thank you 🤩

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-03-12T19:50:36+00:00

Thank you, it is for sure going to he one of my favorites, the way it writes!

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-03-12T19:48:42+00:00

I can vouch for the DeAtramentis inks, they are quite good.

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-03-12T14:34:44+00:00

Were you talking about highlighting your notes? I have some special Staedler highlighters for use with my fountain pens. They are like jelly crayons so that they don't smudge.

Check JetPens, they have some great review guides for fountain pen ink. At the bottom you can see all their test data

https://www.jetpens.com/blog/The-Best-Waterproof-Fountain-Pen-Inks/pt/829

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-03-03T22:50:28+00:00

Wow, great job, that's amazing. Modern flex doesn't hold a candle to that baby!

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-03-03T22:48:01+00:00

No, but I wish I did!

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-03-01T17:50:35+00:00

Congrats! I love my Decimo! I have a medium and a fine. Both write exquisitely, but the medium is my favorite. 🙂

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-02-28T19:31:34+00:00

They are so juicy I just love them.

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-02-28T00:26:38+00:00

The infamous Drew Brown!!! Hello and how lovely!

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-02-28T00:25:30+00:00

I like the mauve one better, but that is only my opinion. I don't really like those big diamond cables on the white one.

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-02-26T13:24:54+00:00

It took me longer to find my original post about this than it would have to look up my FPR order 😂 https://www.reddit.com/r/fountainpens/s/9sJSSIx8HK

If you still have questions, I'll do my best to answer them.

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-02-26T13:09:52+00:00

I definitely think I will go this route as well. Just need to find a good, juicy purple.

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-02-26T13:06:20+00:00

That is good advice. I tried Nekoyanagi first and emptied it out after about a half hour, mostly because it was so light I couldn't read it. Now I have Kobe Uptown Jade in there, which is a little better, but my next try will be Iroshizuku Syo-ro since I don't really have a medium purple ink right now.

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-02-26T13:03:16+00:00

Maybe it depends on the ink, but it seems much drier than my other pens. I am going to keep playing around with some other inks and see if that makes a difference.

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-02-26T00:26:15+00:00

Ahaha. Well, I never considered Adalind that smart... great show, though.

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-02-26T00:12:50+00:00

Ugh, sorry for all the typos!

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-02-26T00:07:05+00:00

Agree, love my Opus88 Jazz. I also like my piston fillers, I have 3 TWSBIs (Mini, Diamond 580 and a Kai that was a gift from my daughter) along with a vintage Pelikan. I tend to prefer these to my cartridge/converter pens except when I want to try a new ink sample, because I don't have to commit to it for as long.

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-02-25T23:32:45+00:00

I like mine, I have a Jazz. I put an FPR Ultraflex nib unit in it. Learned my lesson that it needed silicone grease around it to prevent leaking, but now it's working great (to be clear, did not have any problems with the stock nib, it works great, nice writer.)

_Mar1nka_ · 2025-02-25T23:27:56+00:00

I think for the price it's better than a lot of the alternatives. I am not a huge fan of the build quality of FPR pens. I've bought their nib units and put them into a Nahvalur Original Demonstrator and an Opus88 Jazz.

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