For this month I had been using the Sailor Studio 192 ink, and it's a very pretty ink but I've had issues writing with it using my fine nib fountain pen. Not to the point where I've had to add ink to a wet cartridge to dilute it like I have done with my two brown inks, but enough where storing my pen upside down when not in use is a standard thing.
Granted, it's a general thing I do with all my fountain pens that are in use.
And when a kind soul had offered to help me replace my pen, I told them I suspected it was more of a case of wrong ink in wrong pen rather than the pen itself. In fact I had suspected that this particular ink might do better as a dip pen ink.
As it turned out, my glass pen finally arrived in the mail, and since I had that thought still in my brain, I decided to test the pen with the ink since I still had a bit o the sample left. Doing this was actually a bit eye opening for two reasons.
First, I didn't realize until writing with a larger nib that this ink has a slight sheen to it. Sheen, shimmer and glitter inks all use additives into the ink to give that effect. As a general rule of thumb, it is terrible for your fountain pen and you should not use them in your fountain pen. The recommendation has been for dip pens only.
However, if you do want to use them, use them on a cheaper pen you don't care to lose eventually, use a medium for best effect and clean as thoroughly as possible when switching out inks to ensure the pen will last as long as humanly possible. I... because I didn't fucking swatch the ink before inking my pen used a fine nib. My pen will be fine, it's pretty durable, but it's annoying to know I had done this.
The second thing I've discovered that among glass dip pens, price means shit. My first glass pen was on the pricey side, and unfortunately I had chipped it when it somehow bounced out of it's box. But that pen always had a side that felt better to write with than the other. The replacement I got, which was designed so I could replace the nib in case I broke it. It never felt quite right to write with, never held as much ink as I would like and I don't use it. It was also quite expensive, especially because I had to pay a tariff on it, fuck knows why.
This glass pen, as you can tell, is a novelty glass pen. I bought it on a whim because it was 14 dollars, though with shipping it cost me nearly 20 dollars. This pen writes beautifully, it doesn't matter which side I write from, and it feels good on the page... and annoys the ever living fuck out of me that, that's the case.
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