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Dr. Terri

March 2025 ink palette & journal supplies

I took these pictures back at the beginning of March and never posted them, so you get them on the last day instead!

Image Description: A set of supplies for my journal in March 2025: three sets of dino themed stickers, 1 pencil, 2 thin washi tapes, one wooden mechanical pencil, 5 fountain pens with inks (described further in the post)

Stickers

  • The cat calendar sticker, as always, is from By Mossy Pine.
  • The dino stickers are all from an old stickii pack I grabbed during a sale called “Rawr!” or something similar.

March’s Fountain Pen/Ink Combos:

  • Kaweco sport <medium> filled with Diamine Twilight, a dark blue-black ink. This ink was a present!
  • Nahvalur Original+ <stub> filled with Diamine Aurora Borealis, a dark teal ink with a very tiny amount of red sheen. This ink was also a present!
  • TWSBI Eco <medium> filled with Diamine Noble Fir from the 2024 inkvent calendar, a bright green ink with shimmer. This one carried over from last month’s palette.
  • Pilot Metropolitan <CM> filled with Pilot Iroshizuku yama-budo, a dark fuschia ink with some green sheen. I’m using a refilled cartridge to see if I like it better than the included converter, and it *is* nice to be able to see how much ink is left, but it means I’m reluctant to change the ink (and potentially wear out the cartridge faster).
  • Pilot E95S <medium> filled with Pilot Iroshizuku ama-iro, a bright sky-blue ink.

Since this is the end of the month, I’ll say that all of these worked out pretty well, but I did have a bunch of hard starts on the Nahvalur pen, likely due to my inexperience using a vacuum pen (I’ve had this since the fall but haven’t always had it in rotation). I’d hoped to maybe use this as a travel pen eventually but I probably should have gotten a thinner nib on it for that to work better, I don’t know. It’s kind of a moot point as travel has become unappealing at the moment.

I’m also realizing that I *really* appreciate the converters when it comes to changing inks every month, and the piston fillers can be kind of a chore in comparison. I may need to rethink how often I change inks and plan my palettes differently so more colours carry over depending on which pen they’re in. I’ve slowed in my pen acquisitions now that I’ve got a range of nibs and such to try, but I did pick up a small box of cartridge-filled ones as an impulse buy at Powell’s so you’ll see at least one of those next month.

I haven’t finished this iroful journal yet, but I’ve decided to leave the rest of the pages for pen testing and ink swatches since I like the paper for that but don’t love it for writing journal entries or todo lists. The plan is to pull out a notebook with faster drying paper for April.

A set of supplies for my journal in March 2025: three sets of dino themed stickers, 1 pencil, 2 thin washi tapes, one wooden mechanical pencil, 5 fountain pens with inks (described further in the post)
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Wesley

The three pens in my current rotation for the next fortnight

💸 Wingsung 699 - perfect for those who want the 823 without the price tag (I prefer the slimmer profile, honestly)

🐲Jinhao 1200 - for those who own Diamine Red Dragon and appreciate an on-the-nose pairing to make a bold statement on the page (and desk!)

✈️ Pilot Myu - do I really need to say more? It’s a beauty with a Concorde profile. Stamped H980

#fountainpens#stationery#art
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