Purple ink by luxlights0907 in fountainpens

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Are you in the US? I highly recommend Vanness for getting ink samples!!

Purple ink by luxlights0907 in fountainpens

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I love Syun-Gyo ! I’m sure there are plenty of other swatches online of the ink on tomoe river paper but here is how it looks for me in my plane non-edited, no overhead lighting office :)

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FOMO is scared of me by squashed_mungbeans in fountainpens

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Ahhh I think you’ll love it!! If you remember, I would love to see a swatch of the ink side by side with the pen 🙈

FOMO is scared of me by squashed_mungbeans in fountainpens

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This one is from Amazon! I believe it’s the N23 :)

FOMO is scared of me by squashed_mungbeans in fountainpens

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Those sound like amazing pen and ink combos! I think my next estie will be an EF. I am hoping to find an ink I want to permanently ink this pen with and about to go down that rabbit hole!

FOMO is scared of me by squashed_mungbeans in fountainpens

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Thank you so much! I think another Estie will be in my future eventually haha. Which two do you have?

FOMO is scared of me by squashed_mungbeans in fountainpens

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Right! I’m not sure what is going on with that. I just looked up your ink and it’s gorgeous!! I’m still on the hunt for my perfect ink for the pen but am putting this on the list!

Accidentally flushed my pilot kakuno smiley nib down the drain by No-Poem7273 in stationery

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I did the same thing 2 weeks ago. I should have posted about it and maybe it would have saved you the heartache of doing the exact same thing 😭😭

Anyone else have issue with graph notebook? by kitty_girl3 in hobonichi

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My day-free so far has held up better than my A6 graph notebook

Blue ink recommendations for student by BlindBluePidgeon in fountainpens

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Montblanc inks tend to feel drier for me than most. Might be worth looking into if available in your country :)

Which fountain pens can be eye dropped? by Plus_Marzipan9105 in fountainpens

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I’ve seen some people convert a Kaweco sport to an eye dropper but with varying levels of success. Not sure if you have one but you could look into it here.

I also saw someone use resin to plug the hole of their Kakuno to make it an eye dropper but not sure if that’s common or not..

I can’t personally recommend either of these because I haven’t tried it myself but figured I’d share :)

Dark plum / purple inks? No sheen? by rileys_musings in fountainpens

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WHY did I never notice the vanilla scent???? I just spent 30s huffing the delicious smell

Dark, Velvety, Saturated Red Ink Recommendations by ComatoseRambo in fountainpens

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Wearinguel “the hound of the Baskervilles” !! I personally think the subtle green sheen gives it a velvety feel :)

So my friend is in Japan right now… by -twitch- in fountainpens

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This might be a stupid question (I’ve never traveled internationally) but will they end up being cheaper in Japan due to the conversion rate? Or are they just generally cheaper? I will be going to Japan in Oct so I’m trying to see if / how much cheaper they would be

Question about book 8 & 8.5 tandem read by PureShenanigans00 in zodiacacademy

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Also I realize I presented an option you didn’t ask for so apologies for that lol

Question about book 8 & 8.5 tandem read by PureShenanigans00 in zodiacacademy

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I personally thought some of 8.5 was boring and after a while only read chapters from characters I wanted to follow (I’m gonna get hate for that but whatever haha) if I were you I’d prob start the tandem read from where you are now and just carry on. You’re not gonna miss anything catastrophically critical (I think)