Speaking of Pens & Ink

I'm having a strange experience with Baystate Blue.

In my fine Pilot Prera, it comes out as an extra-fine line.

In my Kaweco Sport Ices, with fine and medium nibs, and my fine Pilot
Petit1, it lays down medium lines. I'm having to write with the nib
upside-down to get the fine line I want. I used to get a fine-medium line
from the Ices, but that's broadened for some reason.

Has anyone else experienced this? I want a fine line, I'm getting EF or M
lines even from fine pens, and am puzzled because I've never had anything
like this happen before.

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Yes, I've had similar experiences with Bay State, and other inks like
Diamine's Prussian Blue. It sometimes takes me several tries to match pen
and ink for desired performance. In the case of the Bay State Blue I finally
got a very clean fine line with my Namiki Falcon with an EF nib. The hint of
flexibility in the nib also adds a dramatic effect to sweeping lines that I
appreciate. I have been quite pleased with the marriage of the two.

Gordon

Gordon Mattingly wrote:
Yes, I've had similar experiences with Bay State, and other inks like
Diamine's Prussian Blue. It sometimes takes me several tries to match pen
and ink for desired performance. In the case of the Bay State Blue I finally
got a very clean fine line with my Namiki Falcon with an EF nib. The hint of
flexibility in the nib also adds a dramatic effect to sweeping lines that I
appreciate. I have been quite pleased with the marriage of the two.

Oooh, that's a really nice suggestion.

I've been using BSB in a Montblanc Starwalker (in Cool Blue, so the pen
color is almost exactly the same as the ink), but the pen has begun to bore
me, and I've been considering replacing it with another pen dedicated to
BSB.

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On Jun 27, 7:26*am, "Bluesea" wrote:
I'm having a strange experience with Baystate Blue.

In my fine Pilot Prera, it comes out as an extra-fine line.

In my Kaweco Sport Ices, with fine and medium nibs, and my fine Pilot
Petit1, it lays down medium lines. I'm having to write with the nib
upside-down to get the fine line I want. I used to get a fine-medium line
from the Ices, but that's broadened for some reason.

Has anyone else experienced this? I want a fine line, I'm getting EF or M
lines even from fine pens, and am puzzled because I've never had anything
like this happen before.

--
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I had the same experience with the Bay State Blue. When I loaded my
Lamy 2000 F with it, it wrote a finer line than it had before. When I
loaded a Parker 51 Vac with Bay State, it gushed. It was the most
unpredictable ink I have ever owned. And when it stained my Lamy
Safari I began to cry like a schoolgirl j/k.

Apmonia wrote:
I had the same experience with the Bay State Blue. When I loaded my
Lamy 2000 F with it, it wrote a finer line than it had before. When I
loaded a Parker 51 Vac with Bay State, it gushed. It was the most
unpredictable ink I have ever owned. And when it stained my Lamy
Safari I began to cry like a schoolgirl j/k.

Ha! That made me laugh.

It seems to be more successful in gold-nibbed pens.

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"Apmonia" wrote in message
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On Jun 27, 7:26 am, "Bluesea" wrote:
I'm having a strange experience with Baystate Blue.

In my fine Pilot Prera, it comes out as an extra-fine line.

In my Kaweco Sport Ices, with fine and medium nibs, and my fine Pilot
Petit1, it lays down medium lines. I'm having to write with the nib
upside-down to get the fine line I want. I used to get a fine-medium line
from the Ices, but that's broadened for some reason.

Has anyone else experienced this? I want a fine line, I'm getting EF or M
lines even from fine pens, and am puzzled because I've never had anything
like this happen before.

--
~~Bluesea~~
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I had the same experience with the Bay State Blue. When I loaded my
Lamy 2000 F with it, it wrote a finer line than it had before. When I
loaded a Parker 51 Vac with Bay State, it gushed. It was the most
unpredictable ink I have ever owned. And when it stained my Lamy
Safari I began to cry like a schoolgirl j/k.


LOL. I wondered what would happen with the white Kaweco section, but it did
absolutely nothing. It was the same as if it was water.

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"Gordon Mattingly" wrote in message
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Yes, I've had similar experiences with Bay State, and other inks like
Diamine's Prussian Blue. It sometimes takes me several tries to match pen
and ink for desired performance. In the case of the Bay State Blue I
finally got a very clean fine line with my Namiki Falcon with an EF nib.
The hint of flexibility in the nib also adds a dramatic effect to sweeping
lines that I appreciate. I have been quite pleased with the marriage of
the two.

Gordon

Thanks. I didn't refill my fine Falcon after cleaning out the cartridge of
its build-up of Legal Lapis, so all I have to do is move the Prera cartridge
over to the Falcon.

I'm going to go try it right now.

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On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:35:58 -0700 (PDT), Apmonia
wrote:

I had the same experience with the Bay State Blue. When I loaded my
Lamy 2000 F with it, it wrote a finer line than it had before.

Go to the drug store and tell the pharmacist you want some personal
lubricant. Take that and mix it up with some water in a small bottle
or vial, about 1 to 4 or something like that. Take about a drop or
two or three of that and put it in the converter or the cartridge of
Baystate Blue. The pen will then write much wider.

You can do the same thing with dishwashing soap, in about the same
proportions. But the ink will be more washable, believe it or
not--less water resistant.

As far as what to do with the rest of the personal lubricant, start a
new thread in the chatter forum at FPN and ask for some suggestions.
Maybe Old Griz or somebody can give you some tips on what to use it
for.

When I
loaded a Parker 51 Vac with Bay State, it gushed. It was the most
unpredictable ink I have ever owned. And when it stained my Lamy
Safari I began to cry like a schoolgirl j/k.

In that case, take some of the personal lubricant, put it on the
stained lamy safari. Take the safari and then put it up an orifice
and rotate it.

If you have any questions about which orifice to use, ask on FPN.

On Jun 28, 4:28*pm, The Drunken Lord wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:35:58 -0700 (PDT), Apmonia

wrote:
I had the same experience with the Bay State Blue. When I loaded my
Lamy 2000 F with it, it wrote a finer line than it had before.

Go to the drug store and tell the pharmacist you want some personal
lubricant. *Take that and mix it up with some water in a small bottle
or vial, about 1 to 4 or something like that. *Take about a drop or
two or three of that and put it in the converter or the cartridge of
Baystate Blue. *The pen will then write much wider.

You can do the same thing with dishwashing soap, in about the same
proportions. *But the ink will be more washable, believe it or
not--less water resistant.

As far as what to do with the rest of the personal lubricant, start a
new thread in the chatter forum at FPN and ask for some suggestions.
Maybe Old Griz or somebody can give you some tips on what to use it
for.

When I
loaded a Parker 51 Vac with Bay State, it gushed. It was the most
unpredictable ink I have ever owned. And when it stained my Lamy
Safari I began to cry like a schoolgirl j/k.

In that case, take some of the personal lubricant, put it on the
stained lamy safari. *Take the safari and then put it up an orifice
and rotate it.

If you have any questions about which orifice to use, ask on FPN.

There is an advantage to using personal lubricants in ink. When
someone walks by and asks, "why does your pen smell like Astro-Glide?"
you must made a friend for life.....

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:51:00 -0700 (PDT), Apmonia
wrote:

There is an advantage to using personal lubricants in ink. When
someone walks by and asks, "why does your pen smell like Astro-Glide?"
you must made a friend for life.....

Dude, I don't know--that's not the kind of question--like, I can't
picture Sandra Bullock coming out and asking a question like
that--she'd be a little more discreet. Like, I've never used that
stuff myself for any legitimate reason. For more so called normal
activities, you don't need any "personal lubricant". So the kind of
people who know what that stuff smells like--I might want to steer
clear of those types.