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how much iron in fountain pen blue-blacks?
On 2008-07-20, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote:
MatthewK writes: Anybody have an idea on how much "gall" is in diamine registrar ink, monte blanc's blue-black, lamy blue-black (bottle), or R&K gall ink? The body of your message says "gall", but the subject is "iron"; which are you looking for? I'm used "gall" as reference to iron gall ink, and not galls that iron gall ink can be made from or anything else. matthew |
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how much iron in fountain pen blue-blacks?
MatthewK writes:
On 2008-07-20, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: MatthewK writes: Anybody have an idea on how much "gall" is in diamine registrar ink, monte blanc's blue-black, lamy blue-black (bottle), or R&K gall ink? The body of your message says "gall", but the subject is "iron"; which are you looking for? I'm used "gall" as reference to iron gall ink, and not galls that iron gall ink can be made from or anything else. So, by "gall", you mean "iron", and not "gall" (i.e.: gallotannic acid)? In other words, you're asking how much /iron/ is in the ink? Or are you asking what the molarity of the of the ink is regarding /iron gall/? Are you trying to figure the pH of an ink or something like that? -- Don't be afraid to ask (Lf.((Lx.xx) (Lr.f(rr)))). |
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how much iron in fountain pen blue-blacks?
"Aaron W. Hsu" wrote in message ... In article , Bluesea wrote: That's what I thought from what I read and from the black and turquoise inks I bought. I was surprised to find the MB Royal Blue, Violet, and Racing Green to be nice and slick. I don't consider Sepia to be dry, either, although it isn't like the others. I think I started with the Sepia ink in the Meisterstuck, and compared to the black Waterman that I was using in a Waterman pen before, Sepia was pretty dry. It wasn't unpleasant, to be sure, but it was definitely drier. I thought at first that this was due to the Extra Fine nib I was using. However, when I started to use the Blue Black, it became apparent how much drier the Sepia was comparitively. Granted, it's very useable nonetheless. Then again, I noticed the difference the most on long writing sessions or on paper that is very fine (and hence not prone to rapid ink absorption) such as 100% Cotton Crane paper. This paper takes the Blue Black much more steadily than the Sepia, thought neither is a "bad" writer on that paper by any means. I never did try the B-B. I've got the MB Sepia in a Kaweco Sport ED which is like a Fine and Waterman Havana in a Pelikan M400 XF. I know these nibs aren't fair comparisons, but the Sepia is doing as well for me as the Havana. It doesn't feel as dry as the MB Turquoise which is uncomfortably dry. As for Blue-black, the instructions say: "Important note: it is particularly important to clean the fountain pen regularly if permanent ink (blue-black) is used, as the high solids content of the ink can lead to deposits forming in the feed system." Yes, but in addition to that, they recommend cleaning maybe once every month or three months, which is about twice as often as they normally recommend IIRC. That's pretty rare in my book, especially considering that I usually clean my pens at the Month mark regardless. That looks backwards to me. I put the sheet away and am too lazy to retrieve it, but the way I remember is 3 months for the other MB inks and more frequently for the Blue-black. It doesn't matter in the long run because you're cleaning often enough to please anyone's concept of frequent cleaning and I'm not using MB blue-black. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi, but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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