The Choirmaster’s Pursuits

Tag: #hobonichi

1 February 2024 – Backpack Ink Moscow Red

Not my favorite red, but a well-behaved ink that would be perfect if this is the shade you’re going for.

February 5, 2024
January 2024 in Review

Since I did a ranking of Anderillium after 25 days, I’m not going to re-rank all of this month’s inks, but here they are:

February 5, 2024
31 January 2024 – Backpack Ink London Navy

A beautiful, dark denim for today’s ink in the fifth offering from Backpack. And… one of my favorite cities in the world!

February 5, 2024
30 January 2024 – Backpack Ink Dublin Green

Not my favorite green, but honestly green is a very difficult color to produce, whether in ink or paint. Still a solid quality ink.

February 5, 2024
29 January 2024 – Backpack Ink Berlin Brown

Today’s ink is not only an all-time favorite of mine, it is the only ink I have ever used in my Monteverde Regatta omniflex, which I use almost every day. If that isn’t an endorsement, I dunno what is.

February 5, 2024
28 January 2024 – Backpack Athens Blue

Solid ink from a company that currently has only eight colors (and has for as long as I’ve known about them). Athens Blue is lovely.

February 5, 2024
27 January 2024 – Backpack Amsterdam Orange

Introducing eight inks from Backpack Ink, a small outfit that makes ink by hand in Colorado. Today it’s Amsterdam Orange!

January 27, 2024
26 January 2024 – Colorverse Dark Energy

Tomorrow we’ll come back to alphabetical order with eight inks from Backpack, but today it’s time for the only bottle of Colorverse that I own (remember I own many, many ~2ml samples of lots of things, it this year’s project is only bottles). Colorverse is a South Korean company, and they love their astronomy!

January 26, 2024
25 January 2024 – Anderillium Wrap Up

It’s really tough to rank these 25 inks, but here’s my best shot at it. I have pretty much loved them all. 25. Pompadour Cotinga Burgundy 24. Purple Gallinule Purple 23. Vampire Squid Red 22. Tolype Moth Warm 21. Spirula Green 20. Indigo Bunting Blue 19. American Goldfinch Yellow 18. Common Loon Black 17. Potomac…

January 25, 2024
25 January 2024 – Anderillium Potomac LE

Pen companies and ink companies sometimes make pens and inks exclusively for sale at a particular pen show. My beloved Edison Comet is one of a limited numbered run of fifteen pens made by Brian and the terrific folks at Edison Pens in Huron, Ohio. Today’s ink was produced exclusively for the 2023 Washington DC…

January 25, 2024