The Fountain Pen Thread

I have a bit of a thing for fountain pens, I use them everyday. Everything from Montblanc (146 and 149) to cheap Chinese ones. One ball point manged to sneak into this pic.

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I buy little 30ml bottles of Diamine ink, they’re dirt cheap and last ages. I have Sherwood Green but it’s too dark so I bought Apple Glory and it’s really quite nice. At just over a couple of quid each, you can buy and try loads to see what you like.
 
Feek said:
I buy little 30ml bottles of Diamine ink, they’re dirt cheap and last ages. I have Sherwood Green but it’s too dark so I bought Apple Glory and it’s really quite nice. At just over a couple of quid each, you can buy and try loads to see what you like.
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I might get one of those multipacks and some spare ink refill cartridges.
 
I keep the Sapphire Blue loaded in a pen all the time, also I have a big bottle of Lamy black which is also always loaded in a pen.

Sherwood Green and Imperial Purple are both a bit dark, Apple Glory and Lavender are nice. Both shades of red are also good but if I had to pick one, it would be Wild Strawberry.

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Feek said:
I keep the Sapphire Blue loaded in a pen all the time, also I have a big bottle of Lamy black which is also always loaded in a pen.

Sherwood Green and Imperial Purple are both a bit dark, Apple Glory and Lavender are nice. Both shades of red are also good but if I had to pick one, it would be Wild Strawberry.

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I have their Jet Black and it's lovely
 
Cromulent said:
This pen is £10 off at the moment on Prime Day deal. Really tempted now!
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If you don't do it, you'll regret it.

If you don't like it, you can return it.

You should do it.

dirtychinchilla said:
I have their Jet Black and it's lovely
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I've got a big bottle of black Lamy ink as I've always got a pen loaded with black ink.

Talking of Lamy, my Ideos has gone bad, the metal seems to be rusting which shouldn't happen. I emailed Lamy, they asked me to send it to them in Germany and they've said they're going to replace all the bits that are corroding which I think is quite decent as it's over two years old and a discontinued model. I've sent it and am just waiting to get it back.
 
Used a fountain pen today for the first time in about 20 years whilst registering our daughters recent birth.

A wave of PTSD hit me, remembering all the burst pods that would cause havoc in my school backpack!
 
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