![]() The difference in these pens is that instead of conventional flat or curved nibs, these pens use a special tubular nib. That kind of fountain pen should NEVER be used with a pigment or iron-gall ink, or inks containing shellac.īut there is a special catetory of 'fountain pen' that might better be described as 'technical pen' - this includes the famous Kooh-in-Noor Rapidograph line as well as a few other brands (knockoffs). In this forum, 'fountain pen' usually refers to pens that are meant for ordinary day-to-day writing - checks, letters, notes, etc. Part of the confusion here is with semantics - the term 'fountain pen' can mean several things. Many of us use very old inks without any problems and as long as something is not floating in it or glopping up in the bottle, then it's probably safe from a contamination point of view. I'm going to alter your topic header, okay? Because the impression from the subject line is just that the ink is old and age is really not the only issue here. But since I don't know what's in it and I was hoping for input from the folks from the penmanship group to chime in. THat may be why Higgins is acceptable to some. If it has no shellac but just pigments, then you're probably just going to deal with clogging issues which just means more cleaning and greater pen hygiene. Some people do use Higgins inks in certain FPs but they clean the ink out after each use and with special cleaners designed for just such a purpose. ![]() Most calligraphy inks have pigments rather than dyes and many contain shellac. But "calligraphy" doth not equal "fountain" which is why I caution against using it. If it says it's for a fountain pen, then it should be safe.
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