Nibs and feeds with Kokuyo’s THIN paper in mind
I revisited my nib choices for the coming week with my work planner’s THIN paper in mind. Kokuyo’s THIN paper is moderately absorbent, which leads to some line spreading and a dry writing experience with liquid inks. EFs write with F widths, and so forth.
That said, lines end in crisp edges and show shading. And gel inks are fabulous on this paper.
Round nib, gentle rounded nib grinds, and moderately wet feeds seem most appropriate.
Too wet, and the absorbent paper risks bleeding. Too dry and the absorbent paper will wash out my ink colors, adding tooth to the writing experience.
We’re going full middle path this week. I sized down to nib widths that tap out at M.
Two narrow EF lines, from the disciplined Platinum F and the Bu-di’s beak-like tipping. Two European-F width nibs from the Pilot FM and Pelikan F. And two wide F cursive italics, one in my TWSBI and the second in the Visconti.
Tailored, tinkered and minded for the week’s paper landscape.
Grey/Black
Platinum 3776 Star Wars Kylo Ren (F). Diamine Sparkling Shadows. This week’s daily driver is an understated affair. Black pen, black nib, dark grey ink. I even inked Shadows without shimmer. Simple, sensible writing. Task management, meeting notes, reading notes, lesson plans, and commonplace notes.
Blue/Teal
Pelikan Souverän m805 Demonstrator (F). Rohrer & Klingner Verdigris. The round F nib is smooth, forgiving of various writing angles, and consistent. An unthinking pairing that is excellent for riding along while my mind wanders. Thoughtful tasks like: teaching reflections, reading notes, journaling, and notes during fast-moving meetings.
Pilot Custom Heritage 92 Transparent Blue (FM). Krishna Paakezah. The narrowest pen section in this week’s currently inked. The Pilot’s FM nib is soft enough to accommodate writing while standing and while scribbling quickly. As such, this is my pocket carry for the week. I anticipate smearing as Paakezah does take upwards of 25 seconds to dry — and 15 on THIN paper. Also: journaling.
Earth Tones
TWSBI 580-AL Turquoise (Selvedge Italic M, by Nib Tailor). Lennon Tool Bar Atmospheric Firmament. The wettest combination in this week’s currently inked. Firmament’s grassy green is a joyful patch of the color spectrum for me, especially with strong dark green haloing. Notes of all kinds, longform journaling, teaching reflections, grading, and meeting prep.
Wild Cards
Relic Pens Large “Fire, Earth & Ocean” (Bu-di M, by Nib Tailor). Sailor Shikiori Hara-hara. Hara-hara is the star of this combination. Murky purples atop ghostly pinks and blacks. Wet swatches will make excellent heading separators in the grading trackers I’ll make this week. And the pointed beak writes a modestly wet EF line for detailed scratchings. The Relic’s colorway may be too energetic for somber meetings. Lesson plans, reading notes, teaching reflections, and shortform journaling.
Visconti Homo Sapiens Silver Age (F CI, by Nibsmith). Diamine Raspberry Rose. A vampire that’s allergic to itself: the Silver Age and a blood red Diamine ink. Red is for inward facing work notes like lesson plans, reading notes, and meeting notes. This pair is also excellent on Graphilo paper, making it suited to medium and long form journaling, too.
