Three Keeper Inks: Choosing Inks for 10 Fountain Pens

About a month ago, I undertook the “10 Fountain Pens” prompt challenge, in which I pulled 10 fountain pens from my collection that I would keep “if I could only keep 10.” Rather than just photograph them, I decided to ink or re-ink all 10 pens, since I hadn’t used several in quite some time. The inks I chose were a combination of new inks I picked up in my recent travels, potential new additions to the shop, and classic favorites that fit the “if I could only keep 10” theme. Today I’ll talk about 3 of the latter. Note: This post is about the inks. If you’d like to learn more about the pens shown here, please see the original “10 Fountain Pens” post linked above. Compare the dry Citrus Black shown here to the wet ink shown below. Ink No. 1: Platinum Classic Citrus Black (Montblanc 146 with Medium Stub)Sometimes a drier ink needs a wet-writing pen, and vice-versa. This Montblanc medium stub can be a challenge to use as an everyday writer given how wet the nib is, but with the Platinum…