Comment on Discussion Thread 🪿 Wednesday 17 June 2026

Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A friend bought me a small bottle of the black from Japan for my fountain. It’s lovely ink.

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  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Milligram’s got a sale on. Those were both 20 each.

    If you wanted more of the black, this would be a good time

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    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ooh thanks for the tip!

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  i need to know more

  right now I’m using art spectrum inks, they have a tiny amount of acrylic in them and they are soo smooth

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  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Milligram’s got a sale on from now until Monday, selling Pilot Iroshizuku ink for about half what it normally costs. $20 bucks a bottle for each of those.

    The Iroshizuku range is meant for fountain pens, so I don’t know exactly how it would go for brush calligraphy (which I know is your thing) or dip pen use, but it’s very nice fountain pen ink with a heap of interesting colour options. I normally can’t afford to splurge on it as much as I’d like to

    I’ve picked a bright peacock-ish blue and a “winter persimmon” red-toned orange. My daily driver is a very dark green from another brand, so I feel like the three contrast well

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Those are good colours, the red orange especially, like burnt sienna. 🙂

      Chinese black ink is a very very dark green, you can only tell when it is dry, it has a slight green reflectance.

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