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A while ago I posted about some cheap chinese black inks I picked up, there is the review. Plus my experience of the Hongdian 1862. (imgur.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz to c/fountainpens@lemmy.world

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I had no ink flow issues with either while using them with fine and extra fine nibs. One of my pictures shows what happens when both ink get wet and are smeared. And for the Hongdian 1862, I bought it because I loved the look of the coral color and was not disappointed by its looks in person. Initially I was concerned by how much lighter it was than my 516 despite being larger. But as far as I can tell, the barrel and cap are all stainless steel with a coating and the only plastic is the feed and the converter.

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[–] TastehWaffleZ@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Thanks for the recommendations! I need to practice my basics and I've been looking for more drills to get my technique down, I'll check it out!

The pen I'm using is the Fudenosuke brush pen, it's been pretty forgiving compared to my Lamy Joy