A brown ink with delusions of green

The weather turns humid and rainy this week. Such a turn calls for a warmer color palette.

Six inks live in pens this week. Agate, Lamy’s warm-toned grey ink, remains my primary writing ink. Two blues, one showy with sheen and another subdued cobalt. One dark green and one subdued green mirror my pairing of blues. And then there’s Vaikhari, which lives as a warm brown ink with delusions of being a green ink.

My selection of nibs heavily favors F and EF. The calendar shows me three seminars spread throughout the week and a day-long conference on racial inclusivity and community-building. There will be far more detailed notetaking than during a typical week.

Three of the five nibs in this range are round, unground shapes. The combination of narrower nibs and round tipping work well for quickly-written small notes. My work bullet journal is up for some love and attention.

Grey/Black

Pelikan m805 Stresemann Anthracite (F Architect, by Custom Nib Studio). Lamy Crystal Agate. The daily driver for the week. The fine-ground nib keeps lines small enough for detailed notes. And Agate dries quickly enough to work well for managing a task list – which involves jotting a note and then quickly turning the page. Daily driver, meeting notes, reading notes.

Blue/Teal

Mythic Pens Aeschylus Black & Red (EF). Diamine Sargasso Sea. The round EF nib is well-suited for quick writing. Sargasso Sea sheens enough to work well as an accent color for lesson plans and meeting notes. The lack a clip makes this pen an on-desk writer. Lesson plans, meeting notes, reading notes (accent).

TWSBI Vac700R Iris (F-CSI, by Pen Realm). Kyo-no-oto Aonibi. An excellent accenting combo. Aonibi is bright enough to contrast with grey ink and mellow enough to keep me from getting distracted. The Iris is a tad too colorful for serious meetings. Reading notes (accent), lesson plans, journaling.

Earth Tones

Lamy Safari Terra Red (EF). Robert Oster Schwarz Rose. This pairing continues on as my daily pocket carry. Lamy’s plastic is durable and can withstand wear and tear. The round EF nib writes reliably at awkward angles. Rose Schwarz is a bit dark for accent notes, but works well from a distance due to the rose gold shimmer. Pocket carry, scratch notes, lesson plans.

Platinum 3776 Nice Pur (B). Krishna Vaikhari. Vaikhari’s green sheen makes for a fun journaling experience. Heavy sheen also keeps lesson plans read from strange angles – a gift while teaching. The B nib is best suited for headings, journaling, and meeting notes.

Visconti Homo Sapiens Silver Age (F). Organics Studio Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass. Whitman is one of my favorite greens. The sodden Visconti feed shows off the darker side of Whitman’s pale-leaning green. Reserved for jobs that take place on ink-friendly paper to avoid feathering. So: lesson plans, meeting notes, journaling.

Wild Cards

None this week.

All in the family