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What type of ink is the best? | ||
| Actually, that is not our forte but we do offer comments based on our experience and a Website that offers more precise information. The topic of ink requires a bit of consideration by the user. There are ten major brands of ink and each may have 5-50 different colors and thus 50 different chemistries based on the compounds within the ink itself. | ||
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"Some chemicals act differently in terms of wetness, thickness, penetration, paper,"John says. "Some may react with each other when mixed. I have seeen ink turn into strands or liquid with precipitate." You can see on the left that some inks are even capable of eating away at the rhodium plating on a solid gold nib. | |
| Note too that permanent ink suggests a strict set of maintenance rules; the ink can all but permanently damage the pen if you forget to rinse it on a regular basis. You'll need to flush the nib section and feed regularly when you use permanent ink; otherwise the ink will dry to a hard non-water soluble material and stick to the mechanisms, permanently. We like Pelican ink. Still, we recommend going to www.inksampler.com, where you will find a detailed analysis of a range of inks.
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