The left one was just for work anyhow. The food ones I won’t use, so I moved the pen and pin over to the middle set.
]]>The left one was just for work anyhow. The food ones I won’t use, so I moved the pen and pin over to the middle set.
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The label on the bottle is a lenticular print that changes from the ink name to a drawing of Captain Hook. It’s pretty neat. None of the other Wearingeul bottles I have are like that. Or any other brand for that matter.
Trying out a new scanner and it looks pretty good. Easier to see the shading this way. Not sure I’ll use it for everything, though, as there is no way it would capture sheen, chameleon shimmer, fluorescence, and so on.
I’m still trying to figure out what to ink it with. I’m leaning toward Colorverse Milky Way (the pen I have that in now is getting low). If I didn’t have Tono & Lims Antares in another nearly full ECO, I’d be using that instead.
As a bonus, it’s fairly fluorescent, like its namesake mineral Fluorite. A lot of my ECOs are, a few are not. I suspected it would be, and it’s good to have that confirmed.
Without UV light:
Under UV light:
Side note: I ordered this from JetPens on Friday. It shipped Saturday and arrived today on Monday. I can’t recall any other JetPens order arriving that fast. Usually takes a week or so.
]]>All the rest (50+) will be full sets of cards. Long way to go.
Didn’t exactly go as neatly as I’d like, I was also using a new ink muddler and it holds ink differently than the tail end of the glass pen I had been using.
]]>I found an inexpensive milligram scale and decided a fun way to try it would be to check how much these converters draw, and also how much they can hold when syringe filled.
I filled the converter alone (no pen/feed/section/etc) with plain water to make sure that 1g=1mL and so it was easy to clean up. Though for most purposes at these volumes ink is probably close enough to water to still be in the ballpark, there wasn’t a compelling reason to use ink instead of water here.
Results:
| Converter | Full | Draw | Draw % |
|---|---|---|---|
| CON-40 | 0.710mL | 0.350mL | 49.3% |
| Majohn A1 | 0.679mL | 0.428mL | 63.0% |
| Jinhao 10 | 0.673mL | 0.350mL | 52.0% |
Unsurprisingly, CON-40 is the worst at filling (by total capacity %), and Majohn is the best.
I was surprised that the Jinhao converter holds less than the CON-40 overall, yet draws the same amount. It always seemed better than the CON-40, but it’s the same, or even arguably worse since it holds slightly less when filled as much as possible.
Now for some bonus measurements from other converters I had empty and handy, but these won’t fit in the same pens as the previous set.
| Converter | Full | Draw | Draw % |
|---|---|---|---|
| WingSung 659 | 0.713mL | 0.406mL | 56.9% |
| CON-70 | 1.195mL | 0.910mL | 76.2% |
| CON-B | 0.977mL | 0.648mL | 66.3% |
CON-70 is the clear winner, but it doesn’t fit nearly as many pens. I probably could have got it even closer to 100% if I kept trying.
CON-B holds a lot, but it is annoying since it’s an opaque squeeze filler.
]]>Leaf Green is a pleasant leafy green. Probably won't unseat Apple Glory as my favorite green, but I like it.
A Study in Scarlet is a nice shade of dark red. It seems to be a little on the dry side which in a Kakuno means clean super-thin lines and it even doesn't bleed all over my Sunny Note Log, which is rare.
I wish all the Jinhao capless pens were as reliable as this one. But it seems to be about 50% luck with the Jinhao 20s and 0% luck with the Jinhao 10s.
This stamp set was out of stock at JetPens for a while. I got the e-mail it was back in stock, and I already had some replacement paper supplies sitting in my cart, so I couldn’t let it sneak away again
On my previous post for the weather version of these stamps I mentioned that they fit well in larger pen loops, and here is a view inside my Galen Leather folio where I intend to keep them. The elastic on those sections holds them in just the right amount.
