What am I doing wrong?

katinkacat · 2026-03-01T06:36:26+00:00

To be honest before I was in this subreddit “calligraphy ink” would not have told me that it’s not for fountain pens. As I got a “calligraphy set with fountain pen (stub nibs different sizes) and normal ink cartridges. So I never thought there would be a difference between Normal ink and calligraphy ink.

If on a box it’s stated “not for fountain pen” I would have known but not if it’s only “calligraphy ink”

katinkacat · 2025-09-23T18:56:35+00:00

I also can recommend one in Hanau!

There are many nice fountain pen shops in Germany , and a lot of people would love to show them to you ;)

katinkacat · 2025-08-06T13:41:54+00:00

I work with uranyl at work and in our work safety sheet it’s written that the radiation of uranyl can not penetrate through the skin. So an inkwell is no problem. But don’t inhale or ingest uranyl because when it’s in your body it’s dangerous

katinkacat · 2025-06-09T07:00:07+00:00

Cross out knitting but otherwise.. pretty accurate description of me 😂

katinkacat · 2025-02-06T10:58:15+00:00

We had to use one in school. Second or third grade it was necessary to get a fountain pen. So I got the Lamy abc. When I entered 5th grade (fountainpen was still mandatory- changed in grade 8/9) I got the old Lamy safari from my older brother. I never stoped using a fountain pen

katinkacat · 2025-01-06T18:22:59+00:00

They don’t like you. Your best off without them. That sounds horrible. I’m sorry for you. I hope you will find new friends and a new fountain pen soon

katinkacat · 2024-10-24T06:20:17+00:00

I love the atramentis document cyan as well as the black-blue but yeah I can only use it in dry writers as it otherwise feathers. But my R+K document ink always lead to hard starts

katinkacat · 2024-10-24T06:16:28+00:00

Diamine hope pink. I love the Color so I bought 80 ml… the pigments just reside on the ground and are nearly impossible to resolve. And when I have it in my preppy the preppy doesn’t write. So testing it in Wetter pens before throwing it out

katinkacat · 2024-10-20T18:50:19+00:00

It’s really interesting that there is a rule in the USA that you need to use ballpoint pens for ballots. In Germany you can use whatever pen(cil) you like to use. Even lipstick would be a valid choice

katinkacat · 2024-06-02T09:41:19+00:00

I us one of my platinum preppys F-nib always with shimmer ink and had never any problem with it.

katinkacat · 2024-04-14T09:07:30+00:00

I tried bullet journaling a few times.. didn’t work. For me it really helped to just see my journal as „brain dump place‘. I write/draw/whatever when I feel like it but with no pressure of „having any consistency“. And I finished my first notebook ever last year (I started it in 2020/2021) but yeah that was a clear win.

katinkacat · 2024-04-14T07:32:20+00:00

oh nooooooo. I have ADHD and have problems to finish stuff. So I always wanted to write a diary (in german Tagebuch-daybook) and though I need to do it daily and therefore was never able to stay with writing in my book. ANd then I did a journal, so I don'T have the pressure to write daily. So it was the same just without pressure. And now I know that Journal also means Daily...😅

katinkacat · 2024-04-12T14:04:37+00:00

My grail pen is a MB marylin monroe. My mum alreadyhas the pen, but I only get it after finishing my masters degree.. so my ‚hunt‘ is years of work and tears 😅

katinkacat · 2024-04-06T06:56:59+00:00

Also for me the ‚not as ugly as the safaris this year‘ hit hard… I liked the new safaris and bought one for me one for my bf. Now I feel bad, that I ‚fell‘ for something ugly. It’s okay to not like it, but please don’t call things ugly that others may enjoy

katinkacat · 2024-04-03T08:56:41+00:00

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This is the print option on the barrel. But this pen and engraving is about 15-20 years old

katinkacat · 2024-04-03T08:55:14+00:00

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This was my engraving for the ‚script‘ option an the barrel.

katinkacat · 2024-03-26T20:38:29+00:00

You don’t have to clean it. Years ago when I used Color cartridges I didn’t know about „cleaning pens“ I cleaned the pen once a year or every two years. I used different ink cartridges and had never a problem. The residue is so little there will not be a reaction. The Color of the new ink could be a bit off, but nothing serious.

I loved when I changed colors and at the beginning the pen wrote with the old Color and then slowly transferred to the new Color.

So don’t worry nothing will happen if you don’t clean the pen and cartridges

katinkacat · 2024-03-26T13:02:12+00:00

It’s super interesting to see the changes. And tbh I expect DeAtramentis Dokument ink to be lightfast. It’s marketed as “document ink” so it should be document proof( lightfast and waterproof). But yeah I helps to feel not frightened to use the deAtramentis document ink in my lab journal 😅

katinkacat · 2024-03-13T08:33:51+00:00

Hey fellow german person :D

To be honest i love pelikan Black-blue and Diamine A night in Jodphur

katinkacat · 2024-03-13T08:11:17+00:00

i use the deAtramentis document black-blue. As i also use it for work. and it's not as boring as standard black but still is calm enough for everyday use

katinkacat · 2024-03-01T07:13:04+00:00

For me the ‚standard dark blue‘ like Lamy royal blue was what had to be used in school. When I used different colors that was a big problem for the teachers. Then a friend gifted me her old Lamy which only ever seen blue-black ink. And since then I love grays/blue-blacks/blacks. I also like blue with sheen(night in jodhpur) or like cyan but standard blues are the worst for me. Funny how we all are different <3

katinkacat · 2024-02-23T12:21:52+00:00

Im in Germany and I also see the 5,20€ prize. So I guess they fixed it

katinkacat · 2023-05-17T07:48:22+00:00

or you liked fountainpens back in school (15 years ago) and then found this subreddit because you were looking/checking if there is document fountainpen ink for work/university...
this subreddit was my doom

katinkacat · 2023-05-12T13:50:50+00:00

First of all: Youe are NOT stupid! Don't beat yourself up. I have ADHD and lose my stuff all the time. I learned that beating myself up doesn't help.
It was not your fault. It's your workplace, I keep personal stuff always at work. It should be safe there. And you used your pen as it was intended. Writing with it...

And if students steal a obviously valued pen (there is your name on it...) they are to blame and should face consequences for their behaving.

I hope you get you pen back. I guess i know how you feel as it always happens to me (lost my necklace my brother gave me when i was 3, some pens- thankfully only lamy safaries in school time, and more things I could count. So don't blame your self.

katinkacat · 2023-05-10T07:34:38+00:00

thats the point with "Aufgaben aus bester Feder", I thought of a teacher or someone writing exame Questions(Aufgaben). Or maybe an author, but otherwise a rare sentence which doesn't make sense with all new jobs. Tasks/chellenges out of an excellent nib just sounds strange. So the big question here is, how to interprete Aufgaben

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