![]() ![]() So if any of you happen to see this ink and wonder how well it'll work, don't be fooled by the picture of the fountain pen nib on the side. I used a mixture of water and dish soap to clean the pen, but even with that there's some ink stuck in the converter that won't clean out, and I can only imagine what the feed must be like. After I drained the ink into the sink and then flushed the pen repeatedly with water, I had to actually use some Ajax cleanser to clean the ink off of the sink. At that point I decided to clean the ink out of the pen. There's still some ink stuck along the edge of the section. Some of the ink got on the pen's section and was very difficult to wipe off. Instead of fully absorbing into the paper like fountain pen ink normally does, it dried with a waxy sheen on top. Then I spilled a drop of the ink on paper and let it dry. I tried all the various tricks I use to get a stubborn fountain pen flowing and they really didn't work. This stuff is so thick I wouldn't call it ink as much as I'd call it goop. ![]() Also, on the side of the bottle it had a variety of pictures showing the sorts of instruments it's meant for, and one of the pictures was of a fountain pen nib, so I thought I'd give it a try in one of my less-used fountain pens. ![]() I know that sometimes India inks don't work well in fountain pens, but I've also seen some fountain-pen-specific ink call itself India ink before. Recently I was at Walmart and saw a bottle of Daler Rowney Simply Black India Ink for a little over $3. ![]()
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