[geeks] Pens and ink

[John Lee]

Stay away from the india ink. That stuff is impossible to get out of
fountain pen feeds and contain small particles that will clog up the
pen.

Waterman ink is great. I use the Florida blue on a regular basis and
sometimes dip into the Havana Brown.

- John

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:19 AM,  <gsm at mendelson.com> wrote:
> (transfered from a Facebook discussion)
>
> To amplify a comment I made to Mr Bill. Last night I went through a few of
> my fountain pens. Some had disposible ink cartridges which dried out.
>
> I cleaned the tips by soaking them for a while in COLD water. I was told
> that
> some pens are put together with glue that will dissolve in hot water.
>
> I refilled the cartridges using Schafer ink and a syringe with a flat tip
> that came in a now used up ink jet cartridge refill kit.
> I stopped at a local art supply store today. They had Pilot "V Pens" (sold
> as the Varsity disposable fountain pen in the US) in medium blue
> and black. They also had several brands of pen ink in blue, black and red,
> a 10 or so brands of "India Ink".
>
> I had been there a few days ago and bought some V Pens, and today I
> bought a bottle each of Waterman "Florida Blue" and black ink.
>
> Geoff.
> --
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel gsm at mendelson.com  N3OWJ/4X1GM
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