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I learned about the 17 Ink Question tag from The Pen Addict<\/a>‘s weekly subscriber newsletter “Refill,” Issue #408. In it, Brad linked to KC’s (DimeNovelRaven) post<\/a>. You should all know, by now, how much I enjoy tags and challenges, so I had to answer the questions. According to KC, Lisa at OliveOctopus.ink<\/a> started the 17 Ink Questions<\/a> tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, on to the questions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What was your first (memorable) ink?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I well remember the first ink I bought: Diamine Aqua Lagoon and Meadow. Of the two, Meadow was the more interesting to me because of its shading. Does that make it my first “memorable” ink? I suppose so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is your favorite ink bottle design, and which bottle (or cartridge) is your favorite to use?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To be honest, as long as a bottle doesn’t cause issues with storage \u2014 Diamine Inkvent, I’m looking at you with your enormous footprint \u2014 or filling \u2014 Troublemaker, please make your bottles with bigger openings \u2014 I don’t give them much thought. The contents are much more important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s an ink you love or find useful, but would not use for everyday writing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is hard. I’ll use any ink at any time. Being a “creative” at work means there is less expectation of using “work appropriate” pens and colors. I suppose an honest answer would be shimmer inks that don’t perform well in pens. I’m still testing Diamine Glacier and Van Dieman’s Snow Leopard Frost, having only used each in a single pen, but, so far, both may get relegated to use only in art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you discover new inks?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Newsletters. Pen shows. Pen meetups. Instagram. Facebook. Friends” recommendations. Instagram is probably the biggest culprit, but I’ve been known to email a company to find out what ink is in a newsletter picture, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you use inks for anything other than writing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Very rarely. I’ve been trying to play with ink more. To that end, I recently picked up a couple of the Sailor Dipton pens to give myself an easier way to play with ink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s an ink that’s worth hoarding (whether you actually do or not)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I don’t know. I have so many inks, and it takes me so long to even make a dent in a bottle, that I can’t think of anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you choose which ink goes into a pen? Do they have to match? Do you always use the same ink in a particular pen?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’ve mentioned in a previous post how I usually choose my ink<\/a>, typically pinking something that “goes” with the pen. I only have one pen, the Kurikara Ken<\/a>, that has a “matched” ink: J. Herbin Orange Indien. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, I’ve been focusing on using ink samples in advance of the Baltimore show to figure out my shopping list. While this means the inks aren’t always complementary, I won’t use an ink that clashes with a pen, as that makes it less likely I’ll write with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you use ink samples? If so, is your goal find an ink to buy a bottle, or just get a smaller amount of ink to use?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yes. And both. I try to sample inks before buying them, if possible. But sometimes, I decide that a sample is enough. And, of course, I have plenty of samples for my 25 Days of Dupes series.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Is there a popular ink that’s just not for you? What underhyped ink would you like to see more people try?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the longest time, I shied away from shimmer inks. But, Van Dieman’s Elegant Peacock Train<\/a> recently changed that. I also don’t use black or near-black inks, those are for rollerball or ballpoint pens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As to underhyped inks, I feel like inks have become such a hot commodity lately that most inks get their time in the spotlight. I would<\/em>, however, like to give a shout-out to Gourmet Pens<\/a>‘ collabs with Ink Institute: <\/p>\n\n\n\n