this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't but now you got me thinking :-D

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It can be extremely satisfying, especially when you get the exact shade.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve got the pen in the middle and I find sniffing the inside of the barrel extremely satisfying :-)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which pen is that one in the middle? Looks beautiful!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It looks like Platinum 3776 Celluloid. At least mine is. It’s made of celluloid and smells nicely (of camphor).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Camphor is a good smell. I think some celluloid pens smell better than others, tbh. I have had… mixed results, lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's actually a PenBBS 308 ;)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it looks similar: https://imgur.com/a/afZteve :-) no idea how they would look next to each other.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It really does!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to do this, but I am drowning in way too many inks now to color match all the time lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I often match maroon ink to maroon pen. Otherwise, I do it less often than I used to as I'm mainly using permanent inks now (not as many available colors).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I rotate my pens and inks randomly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually should do this. I need more pens to use my inks and more inks to match my pens...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If we're not careful, it will be an infinite loop. Hahaha!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where I can, of course. Right now I've got Tsutsuji in a Safari and Party Time in an Al Star. The rest are random combinations. I've yet to find a pen I like that plays well with Hana Ikada, or Pink Sugar Beach.

Probably because I need more pens, and more ink.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@iamnotacat Always more pens. Always more ink. Resistance is futile.