I don't have the platinum carbon black (yet :D ), but you may be interested in this test I made some time ago with drops of water and of bleach (they are all water based inks, but not all of them are fountain pen safe: the ones that resisted bleach and are fountain pen safe are the R&K Sketch Ink and the two Koh-I-Noor Document).
And if you are interested in preservation, this is a lightfastness test, on mostly the same set of inks.
This picture has been taken on 2020-07-09, after two months of being stuck on a south-east facing window.
Too late, the sun is going down, the #solarOven is back to 50°C and the apples have already been moved to the haybox so that they remain warm until dinner.
But you can get a high quality picture of the haybox, taken with a pinephone, where you can also see a bit of the oven
(And yes, “haybox” means “random box from an online store, with shredded paper packaging material from another online store", and later I topped it up and wrapped the box in a blanket)
Può servire?
(no, non ce l'ho veramente in casa, è una foto vecchia con una storia carina)
This reminded me that in another age I spent two nights in the #castle of the Piagnaro in Pontremoli
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunigian…
Sadly the weather wasn't really being helpful for pictures (also, apparently I forgot to take a picture from the outside)
With random pictures from an internet search:
These are some of the things one can find in a pasticceria in the north of italy
Most panettieri are more likely to have some kind of sweet bun and/or a loaf with raisins such as
I've seen both pasticcerie and panetterie sell croissants, and some panetterie also sell cakes, but they tend to be simpler than the ones you can find at a pasticceria.
In case you are stranded in Italy outside meal times, I'd recommend trying both :D
Testing of De Atramentis #inks continue.
I've finally finished the Pelikan 4001 in my preppy #fountainpen, and filled it¹ with the De Atramentis Document Black
On good paper the lines are slightly wider than the Pelikan 4001, but still reasonable, and it writes nicely (a bit scratchy when reverse writing, but I don't think I can expect anything else when reverse writing on a japanese EF :D )
Then I tried on a bit of the worst printer paper I had around, and I can say “it works”. I could see the line getting wider as I writed, but the result isn't bad.
I also needed a test of the red, so I used a dip pen (with a flexible nib)
and these are the backs of the samples above, with some ghosting, but bleedthrough is really happening only when I flexed the nib.
And now, I need to find the strength of mind to wait until I have finished at least a bottle or two of other inks before buying the whole De Atramentis Document series :D (also, nope, that's way too expensive to buy at one time :D )
¹ not a full converter load, because I don't use it enough
(mordor meme: one does not simply walk into an haberdasher)
to buy matching ribbon during a lockdown, no, one must make it from self fabric. finicky, slippery, self fabric.
And then they reopen the shops in advance, but meanwhile the hat is almost done
(picture of a witch hat with ear covers, in dark green herringbone fabric and gold lining).
The idea and instructions for the hat are from Bernadette Banner: youtube.com/watch?v=bwDo4R6wtu…
And dere vill be anodder #hat
The design is by Bernadette Banner youtube.com/watch?v=bwDo4R6wtu…
This is just an unlined mockup in cotton, but I have some leftovers of dark green wool from my old girl genius costume and they are already on my cutting table :)