In which I have thirteen inks!?

Well, this is my fountain pen ink collection. I don’t think I realized I had so many!

The hues I have are these:

Grey, horsetail brown, tundra green, teal, damson purple, rouge opera red, black, violet, apple green, orange yellow, rose pink, lavender blue, and syrah red.

The syrah and the tundra are both subtle and muted, and look great together — would be amazing for Christmas cards.

The J. Herbin inks are cheery and bright. (I haven’t tried the perle noire yet, but I expect it to be a true black rather than a grey, based on the swatches I’ve seen online.)

The Diamine grey is really light with an extra fine nib, so I’m going to put it in a pen with a broader or even a stub nib. Imagine it’ll look antique.

I love the horsetail. It’s an amazing, rich brown. It’s probably my favorite color; it and the syrah.

Haven’t tried the teal yet; need to clean a pen! Bought it to put in the swirled teal Wancai Mini:

(I also have some cartridges—a couple colors I purchased, and the rest that came packaged free with pens: black, black brown, black blue, blue, and red.)

I was just surfing for fountain pen inks, but I guess I don’t actually need any more! And I certainly don’t need any more fountain pens, but I have half a dozen cheap Chinese ones arriving next week anyway.