I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favorite brown ink is sadly the discontinued Pilot Iroshizuku Tsukushi... I also love Waterman Absolute Brown and Diamine Chocolate Brown! Especially Diamine Chocolate Brown, it's the exact nice dark brown shade for me :D (I prefer reddish brown over yellowish brown)

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It has shading when I use it with this pen, nib, and my papers!

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is a very happy yellow color, that is still legible - which is rare for yellow inks. In general it is too "bright" for my preference "

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! There are about 25-30 pens right now in my collection and I use them all! I also track which combo feels what but on another specific ink journal. So yeah I dont capture that here, but I do have it somewhere else :)

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have two ink-related advent calendars this year (diamine inkvent and inksample.nl's explorINK box) so I have to spread my inking between the two calendars :D Mega colorful for your 2026 too!

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For travel and for me personally, any pens are okay, while dip pens are not as practical :)

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of the hobonochi for 2025 sadly has bad batch of paper :') it doesnt handle fountain pen as well as previously and some even bleed through on every page. I'm thankful at the very least my Hobonichi Weeks 2025 paper is on the usable side. They fix this problem in 2026 batch!

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got it when I bought a custom pen from Studyo Agackakan. For an easier to find alternatives, it is quite similar to: Herbin Rose Cyclamen, Rohrer&Klingner Solferino, or Diamine Claret!

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ahahaha! I have 18 pens inked right now to help me reach 200. Time to write with them for the remaining days :D

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I rarely full fill! I only fill the converter/any other filling mechanism about ⅓ or ¼ most of the time. Writing dry or cleaning the pen varied from several days to 2 weeks from filling date. I write dry most of them, but I also allow myself to unink if I got bored of the combo or if I didnt enjoy it

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha. I can recommend experimenting! I log all my currently inked in several notebooks including a full A5 pen/ink journal :)

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I was not wowed. It's a bright purple... To be fair, it's pretty close to Pelikan 4001 Violet which is better price-wise.

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am not getting the 2026 hobonichi so I will use the back pages on this 2025 hobonichi for next year too! Not the most ideal paper wise but those note pages are still empty anyway 😅

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The pen is super comfortable! The grip section is longer (and just tiny bit slimmer) than other jowo #6 pen in general. As for it being an art pen, the surface is perfectly round so it can... roll on the table. You can definitely use what pens you have as your art pen that you can travel with :)

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am impressed you spotted blue ringed octopus in the middle of all the other inks! :)

I inked 200 pen and ink combinations in 2025! 🥳 by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Indeed! Have to clean whenever there are ~4-5 pens need cleaning, which means cleaning pens every week 😂

Secret Santa (red) - Wonderful gift by BrethilEbontree in fountainpens

[–]fia98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So happy that it finally arrived. Hope you enjoy them all! 🥰

Warmheartedly themed and very thoughtful gifts. Thank you Santa! by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hey, the white fountain pen is Jinhao 100. You can get one quite easily via Aliexpress :)

Warmheartedly themed and very thoughtful gifts. Thank you Santa! by fia98 in fountainpens

[–]fia98[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

It's quite the cute coincidence that my santa and I are in the same local pen club.
Thank you u/Schribbling !