Its in mint condition, and have not yet tried using it because of its rarity. I searched the internet and the only thing that comes up anywhere is a Pinterest photo of this exact set from Ebay. If anyone knows when this was manufactured, I would love to know ANY information there is. Some are selling these cheap Chinese pens with G-pen nibs in them, but they really don't work hardly at all. Why no one has ever done this since then, I dunno, there are many artists interested in this idea, thats for SURE. The cool thing is that the feed collars come off and you just replace whatever nib will fit. It has 3 different Esterbrook nibs mounted on the extra feeds. Something no other company I know of, ever manufactured. It comes with a 14KT calligraphy nib, and 3 other feeds designed for dip pen nibs. Its an eye dropper fill, you just twist and push it a little bit to extrude the nib and seal it into the rubber ring, there is no screw mechanism. I know all this as a result of my own light fading tests done over 10 months in a south facing window in a very sunny year ! & repeated twice over the years.I found this on Ebay almost a year ago, pretty exciting find for someone mostly interested in fountain pens manufactured strictly for artists. The best light resistance of any dye ink by far (which still doesn’t come close to ANY carbon ink’s light resistance) is “Pelikan 4001 “ Black only That ink washes well, lasts very well for a dye ink, & can safely be put into any pen without any fears. ![]() ![]() It is though the nature of ALL pigment inks that they are a bit dodgy BUT they do wash to a nice even grey wash without the purples & greens that you so commonly found in dye inks. I do have a couple of very expensive fountain pens that I personally just can’t bring myself to fill with either of these inks – Just in case despite the reassurances of both of these manufacturers that they are fine in fountain pens. Otherwise it behaves perfectly for this technique.Īnother equally good ink for this technique is “Higgings Eternal ink” again it can be used through a fountain pen however after a couple of days the feed starts to slow down a bit ! – So I reserve this one for a cheaper disposable fountain pen & keep it washed out. It is best to take your wash off the lines the same day you draw them but you don’t have to. It has the same carbon nano particles that you are familiar with in the platinum carbon & similar inks. Hi Noelle, the best ink I know for this technique is “Pelican Fount india”, don’t be put off by the india part of the name ! It isn’t shellac based & is safe in fountain pens.Well not as safe as the normal dyes -don’t let it dry out in a pen but I have used it for decades for this technique without problems.
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