{"id":2279,"date":"2023-12-24T10:07:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T18:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2023-12-27T10:01:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T18:01:03","slug":"writing-fountain-pens-and-journals-orange-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2023\/12\/24\/writing-fountain-pens-and-journals-orange-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing: Fountain Pens and Journals (orange theme)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023.12-AEG-orange-fountain-pen-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Three image collage displaying the pearly Edison Collier Persimmon Swirl fountain pen; its Goulet stub nib; and a sample of the pen open atop a page of my journal, with writing in Mandarin orange-colored ink.\" class=\"wp-image-2280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023.12-AEG-orange-fountain-pen-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023.12-AEG-orange-fountain-pen-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023.12-AEG-orange-fountain-pen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023.12-AEG-orange-fountain-pen-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023.12-AEG-orange-fountain-pen-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023.12-AEG-orange-fountain-pen-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023.12-AEG-orange-fountain-pen.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>This is an Edison Collier fountain pen (made in Ohio!) in the color Persimmon Swirl; a Goulet 1.1mm stub nib assembly; a writing sample in Pelikan Edelstein ink in &#8220;Mandarin&#8221; orange on Rhodia cream paper.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was writing yesterday about how wonderful it is to have a desk to write at (I have space!), was enjoying the orange theme a bit too much, and decided to post about it.  <em>(Materialism happens to me, too!  I use a lot of tools and art supplies, and have been choosing prettier ones recently.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This pen isn&#8217;t very &#8220;like&#8221; me &#8211; I own almost nothing that is orange &#8211; but it is so attractive looking, and so vivid, that I couldn&#8217;t resist.  It is a lovely size and shape to hold, large, gently rounded, and easy to write with.  It came with a medium nib, but I&#8217;m on a broad nib bender, so I ordered a replacement nib-and-feed assembly from Goulet, and am happier with it.  I have ink feeding issues from time to time with the converter (it withholds ink after I&#8217;ve written a few pages, and I have to dial the converter to be more generous <em>(postscript: this appears to be specific to certain inks, Herbin is flowing beautifully)<\/em>), but standard international cartridges flow just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orange inks can be limited in legibility, but I&#8217;ve been testing some good ones.  By coincidence, the 2023 Diamine Inkvent calendar <em>(an advent calendar with a 12ml bottle of ink behind 24 doors, and a bigger bottle behind door 25 for Christmas)<\/em>, happens to have added two new oranges to my little collection, including one that was behind Saturday&#8217;s tiny door.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023.12-orange-inks-719x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Five ink sample cards displaying orange inks atop a cream colored page of writing.  Inks include Diamine Fireside Snug, Diamine Bucks Fizz, Sailor Studio 173 &amp; 473, and Pelikan Edelstein Mandarin.\" class=\"wp-image-2282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023.12-orange-inks-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023.12-orange-inks-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023.12-orange-inks-768x1094.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023.12-orange-inks.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sample cards displaying the five (!) orange inks currently in my collection. Diamine Fireside Snug, Diamine Bucks Fizz, Sailor Studio 173 &amp; 473, and Pelikan Edelstein Mandarin.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>My employer&#8217;s theme color is orange, and I&#8217;ve grown accustomed to using a sanctioned shade of burnt orange in my presentations, so I may be more open to using this color than I&#8217;ve historically been.  Goodness knows there have been many shades of orange in the gorgeous sunsets recently! So, we&#8217;ll see if these tiny bottles lead to a bigger commitment for my writing.  There are some famous American and Japanese orange inks I haven&#8217;t sampled yet, so it&#8217;s possible&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was writing yesterday about how wonderful it is to have a desk to write at (I have space!), was enjoying the orange theme a bit too much, and decided to post about it. (Materialism happens to me, too! I use a lot of tools and art supplies, and have been choosing prettier ones recently.) &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2023\/12\/24\/writing-fountain-pens-and-journals-orange-theme\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Writing: Fountain Pens and Journals (orange theme)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[253,49,163],"class_list":["post-2279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collecting","tag-fountain-pen","tag-handwriting","tag-ink"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2279"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2297,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions\/2297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}