A fun, vibrant, well-behaved ink, and a family of birds that I would really, really love to see! I don’t even need to see all 26 species; just one or two would do! Speaking of which, I wonder how difficult it would be to have a Life List with at least one species from every…

This is a terrific color, though my left handedness caused some smearing on the less absorbent Rhodia. Sixteen Sandgrouse for your perusal, in one of the few avian orders with no threatened species.

Today’s super smooth ink from Sailor is neck and neck with Pelican’s Onyx a few days ago. Three species of Mesites, Madagascar endemics, will hopefully add joy to your Sunday!

It’s a fast-drying ink (mocking the Federal Reserve policy of solving financial problems by printing more money, lots and lots of “more money”). Today we conclude our visit with the Columbidae, but even four days with any of these families isn’t enough to cover everything (for example, when pigeons and doves take off, that sound…

This is absolutely the smoothest ink I’ve ever used. It feels…silky? We’re on day 3 of the enormous family Columbidae, so find out even more!

This was the first ink that I used regularly when I started writing with fountain pens, the first ink where I thought “yep, this color suits me just fine”. You know, before all this crazy Ink-a-Day stuff! I still love the color, and 50ml Iroshizuku bottles look lovely on one’s desk. The Pigeon and Dove…

A mostly delightful experience writing with this color throughout the day. It didn’t do very well on the poor-quality paper I use for the daily ink bottle swatch, but other than that, it proved to be a most pleasant grey, and a refreshing change from black. (I am always pleased to notice clumping amid true…

A month of ink that left an overall bright impression, which is most helpful for Northeast Ohio in February. I’m not sure it’s possible to rank these from worst to best, so here are some “awards” for the month: Best Black: Diamine Black Ivy (which is a subtle Green-Black with a hint of red in…

So… there are these things called Pen Shows. There’s a pen show calendar. These shows fill hotel ballrooms for an entire weekend. But once a year, there’s a Pen Supershow, and it’s just outside Washington, D.C. It’s so super that companies often make pens or ink just for the show. Here’s one, and while you…