Fountain Pen Inks Explained: What Ink Should You Use in a Fountain Pen?

Video Description

In this video all about fountain pen inks, we go over the different ways to use fountain pen inks with your pen whether it's cartridges or ink bottles and converters, explain the differences between dye-based, pigment-based and iron gall inks, and give an overview of some popular ink qualities such as shading, sheening and shimmering. If you love any of these qualities, you'll want to watch for our experimentation with different papers and different nib sizes to determine how to bring out the most shading, sheening and shimmering in your writing. Hope you all enjoy and learn something new about inks from this video :) Thanks for watching! 0:00 Intro 3:32 How Cartridges Work 5:29 How Bottled Inks Work 5:55 How Ink Converters Work 7:45 Choosing Between Cartridges or Bottled Ink 9:30 Different Types of Fountain Pen Ink (Dye, Pigment, Iron Gall) 9:45 Dye-Based Inks 10:58 Pigment-Based Inks 14:07 Iron Gall Inks 16:50 Qualities of Fountain Pen Inks (Shading, Sheening, Shimmering) 17:23 Shading Inks 21:15 Sheening Inks 23:42 Shimmering Inks 27:40 Paper and Pen Comparison 33:47 Shading Paper Winners 34:55 Sheening Paper Winners 36:39 Shimmering Ink Conclusions 37:21 Summary Inks at Yoseka Stationery https://yosekastationery.com/collections/ink ►Website: https://yosekastationery.com​ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yoseka.stationery ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yoseka.stationery​ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/YosekaBox​ ►Email: [email protected]