The vendor I linked to, for example, has them in gold, brown, red, yellow, and other colors. Herbin, they do have many other colors of dip pen specific inks. My main concern is that an inadequately cleaned dip pen nib or holder might contaminate the bottles that I use for fountain pens, so I decant small amounts into vials if I want to try them for a dip pen.īut about J. I have some issues using them with fountain pen inks, but they can work, and again there is some variation with specific nibs and inks. And my metal dip pen nibs, although they mostly work well enough with all of my other dip pen inks, don't necessarily work equally well with each. Sketchbook Skool co-founder Koosje Koene shows you all the different ways you can use India ink with various types of pens, including a bamboo stick, and the one type of pen you definitely shouldn’t use it with She also shows you one of the coolest things about India ink: It’s water-soluble, and yet it’s waterproof. Herbin inks that I have, a blue and a green, are actually meant for dip pens only, so I don't know about their fountain pen versions. For example, I have a glass dip pen that doesn't seem to like my Speedball black or purple inks, but works well with J. I've found dip pens to sometimes be a little finicky about inks for reasons that aren't always clear. Go ahead and use Herbin and try out some R&K.you'll be fine. I don't use inks from those brands as a rule anyway, so I guess that's why I haven't had a problem.
Dip pens can use waterproof and pigmented inks like-bottle ink, India ink and drawing ink. I guess calligraphy ink and India ink works BETTER for dip pens, but I've never encountered a problem using my FP inks.Įdit again: Apparently, the really saturated "sticky" inks (like Noodlers and Private Reserve) don't work. But one thing we need to know that dip pens do not use the same inks, and there have no ways of using cartridges. Diamine Registrars Blue-Black Ink - 30 ml Bottle. Rohrer & Klingner sketchINK Lotte Fountain Pen Ink - 50 ml Bottle. But there's no reason why FP ink won't work for dip pens.Įdit: Just did a search and apparently it IS an issue, which is news to me. Fountain Pen Inks (1221) India Inks: India Inks (10) Iron Gall Inks: Iron Gall Inks (11) Shimmering Inks: Shimmering Inks (170). For what it's worth, all I've heard is that India ink is not safe for fountain pens because it will quickly gunk up the works.that's why ink for fountain pens was invented. Heck, even the Rohrer & Klingner bottles say "For fountain pens, steel-nibbed pens, dip pens, and individual writing utensils for calligraphy." And those little notches on Herbin bottles? They're for your dip pen to rest (and the Herbin glass dip pen).
Where did you read that? All I have are FP inks and I use them with dip pens all the time, including Herbin Vert Empire.
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