Misfill, Red Right Hand Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #85 - Who is the 'Girl in Amber'? (The Red Hand Files)

— Ink Review #1144: KWZ Iron Gall Gold (Mountain of Ink)

— Bamboo and dragonfly (ZEN in TECHNICOLOR)

— RPG Spell Or Energy Drink Flavor? (Kotaku)

— New watercolor paintings (Mateusz Urbanowicz)

— The Mystery of a Medieval Blue Ink Has Been Solved (Atlas Obscura)

— Fountain Pen Shootout: Leonardo MomentoZero, Furore, MomentoZero Grande, Messenger (SBREBrown)

— Inkebara Oriental Pink (by STALÓWKA)

— Virtual rate cut forces Nintendo gamers into riskier assets (Financial Times)

— Hobonichi MOTHER Project Releasing Book and More (Siliconera)

— Lucinda Williams: A Guide To Her Best Songs (NPR)

— Access Rare and Beautiful “Manuscripts of the Muslim World” via UPenn’s Digital Library (Hyperallergic)

— Radiohead Covers The Smiths & New Order (2007) (Open Culture)

— Chicago Potholes Are Filled with Pandemic Essentials in Humorous New Mosaics by Jim Bachor (Colossal)

— 11 Best Desk Trays for Your Home Office in 2020 (Carryology)

— Football Type 2 celebrates the beautiful typography of the beautiful game (It’s Nice That)

— Numeric deco variations (Waki Stationery)

— Jason Polan Postage Stamps (Kottke)

— Review: Kokoyu Systemic Notebook Cover A5 Fabric in Real Life Usage (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— The up days and the down days (UK fountain pens)

— Currently Inked – April 27, 2020 (Fountain Pen Quest)

— Amazon Basics Fountain Pen Review (The Poor Penman)

— Oxford Notebooks Review Essentials and Signature (Notebook Stories)

— Retro 51 Blue Acrylic Tornado (Writing at Large)

— A look back at the Sheaffer No Nonsense fountain pen (Fountain pen blog)

— OMAS 360 ‘New’ (dapprman)

— Wes Anderson colouring posters (Present & Correct)

— How Does Paper Color Affect Ink Color? (Fountain Pen Love)

— Pens into rotation: Week ending 1 May 2020 (TooManyPelikans)

— 80s MTV VHS Recordings 1981 to 1989 Collection (Internet Archive)

— Sailor Studio Inks: 167, 767, 867, 967 (Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

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Vinta Inks Sandugo Fountain Pen Ink Giveaway Winner

Cityluxe in Singapore sent over a fun batch of products for me to check out, including the interesting red with green sheen Vinta Inks Sandugo fountain pen ink. The winner of this bottle is:

Congrats Nancy! I’ve sent you an email to collect your shipping address.

Colorverse Rainy Day Ink: A Review

(Susan M. Pigott is a fountain pen collector, pen and paperholic, photographer, and professor. You can find more from Susan on her blog Scribalishess.)

Colorverse “Joy in the Ordinary” is a series of inks dedicated to finding happiness in the simple things of life, such as taking a coffee break, sitting in the shade, sleep (ah, sleep), and a rainy day. In Abilene, rainy days are so rare that just the thought of one makes me long for petrichor and the growl of thunder. Alas, I’ll just have to enjoy the ink called Rainy Day instead.

Rainy Day is a misty blue ink that evokes the dark smudges of rain clouds on the horizon. I absolutely love the shade because it’s not like most blue inks--verging toward green or purple. Instead, it’s a greyish-blue, the color of well-washed denim and just as soft. Although it offers some shading (especially in wider nibs), it does not have any sheen.

The ink is pretty consistent in color across various kinds of paper, including Rhodia white. It looks good in fine, medium, broad, and stub nibs, but the wider the nib, the more you’ll see the shading. This ink would easily become a favorite for me if it weren’t so dry. Unfortunately, even in a stub nib it feels like you’re writing with graphite. It is not a waterproof ink.

Chromatography reveals several colors in Rainy Day: yellow, peach, pink, lavender, and light blue.

As I said, the shading properties of Rainy Day really come out in wider nibs. I used my ruling pen on Midori Cotton paper and achieved some terrific contrast and pooling.

You can purchase Colorverse Rainy Day in a 30ml bottle for $13.75 from JetPens. I like this color so much, I’m going to try Vanness Pens’ White Lighting to see if I can get it wet enough to use every day.

(JetPens provided this product at no charge to The Pen Addict for review purposes.)

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