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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Turquoise Tuesday- three pocket cuties today from Schon Dsgn and TWSBI #fountainpen

Three pocket fountain pens in my hand, all in shades of turquoise

Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Friday Flowers - grape hyacinths and my Leonardo x Hatch Momento Zero Aster Bouquet. The “vase” is a repurposed empty Iroshizuku bottle - perfect for those tiny spring flowers. FYI, a new batch of Aster Bouquet pens will be arriving soon at Endless Pens if you missed it the first time #fountainpen

Fountain pen in periwinkle and turquoise tones with an ink bottle vase of grape hyacinths

Grape hyacinths in an empty Iroshizuku bottle used as a vase

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Turquoise Tuesday - two Sailor 1911 Frescas (KOP Medium and 14k EF) and a pretty new notebook, a Baltimore pen show purchase from Stationery Universe. Warm white paper, FP-friendly, but a bit of show-through with a wet nib and flex nib. This will be my 2026 gardening journal #fountainpen

Two turquoise fountain pens on a notebook illustrated with birds, butterflies and botanical motifs

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Friday Flowers - Narcissus ‘Pink Charm,’ which is really more of a peach, but it’s very pretty. Fountain pen: a lovely Drewnem Pisane Magic Garden from last year’s DC Pen Show

Floral fountain pen with three narcissus (white with a peachy pink cup)

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

🩵 Turquoise Tuesday 🩵 with a selection of favorites in various blue green hues and patterns and textures. Too sleepy to ID them all but feel free to ask questions.

Alternating fountain pens in turquoise hues

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

A Monday Match that feels like Spring! Waldmann Tango Imagination in two colors and a coordinating Paperblanks notebook

Two fountain pens on a notebook with a floral design

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Friday Flowers - quince blossoms. The shrub really needs a major rejuvenation pruning but the thorns make it an unattractive proposition. Pen: Cypress Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in Pink. Pen rest: Galen Leather.

Multicolor Urushi fountain pen with quince flowers

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Wednesday Words - the only ones I care about this week! My right hand fracture is healed, I am brace free and focused on getting my hand strength and range of motion back. Playing with pens will definitely help. I dashed this off with a Hocoro Fude. Ink: Diamine Tariff Teal, a sample from a friend.

Hand lettering that says “The Brace is Off!” In teal ink

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Friday Flowers - Hellebores! Hi Bluesky! I have been quiet for a while due to a broken dominant hand (slipped and feel on ice). But I have fresh flowers for you today. Pens: ST Dupont Firehead Guilloche and Scribo Feel Erre. Swipe to see some of the flowers in the garden. #fountainpen

Hellebores and two plum-colored fountain pens

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Wednesday Words - Mary Oliver. Pen: Sailor Pro Gear Winter Sky with a Zoom nib turned architect by Kirk Speer @penrealm. I always ink this one up in January. The ink is Sailor Manyo Fuji, and I love how this nib shows off chromoshading inks. #fountainpen

Mary Oliver poem lettered in Fountain pen with a lavender chromoshading ink

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Have a lovely Turquoise Tuesday, everyone - Visconti Divina Wave and a pretty mug

Brown and turquoise mug stamped with butterflies and flowers, with a turquoise and silver pen on top

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

2025 - the Nibbage. I love jobs, ALL kinds. And after several decades in this hobby I am always looking for new nib experiences and experimenting with how to adjust my writing to get the most of a nib. Here sre the nibs of either new pens or old pens with new grinds in 2025 #fountainpen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Friday Flowers Flashback to September’s Onesta dahlias. Pen: Waldmann Xetra Vienna white/rose gold

White fountain pen with three White dahlia blooms and a chunk of Rose quartz

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Inkvent Day 25 - Myrrh the Merrier is a very sheeny deep blue-leaning teal with blue shimmer. To me it looks like a darker, blue shimmer version of Day 1’s Celestial Skies (I prefer the latter). Myrrh is pretty, but darker, sheenier and messier. Pen: Kilk x Hatch Epigram Dusk #fountainpen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

2025 was a very good year for new blurple inks! purple Gallinule isn’t a new release but it was new to me. I love blurples! #fountainpen

Ink swatches of my favorite new blurples of 2025

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Inkvent Day 24 - Antler is a pigment ink, taupe with a pinkish undertone. IMO this is the most useful of all the pigment inks in the set and it will make a nice sketching ink. The comparisons are to DeAtramentis Document waterproof brown inks. Pen: Sailor King of Pens Naginata Togi Ebonite Umesaki.

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Inkvent Day 23 - Let it Snow, perfectly timed for Turquoise Tuesday! This is a light turquoise with supposedly chameleon shimmer, though to me it just looks like a similar turquoise to the base ink itself. (Cont’d) Pen: River City Pen Co. In Dupras Arctic Ice.

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Inkvent Day 22 - Pineapple Spritz - a pigment ink with chameleon shimmer. Not a fan. I had to go over the lines a few times to make it more legible. Not a fan of this one. Art ink only, I’d say. Comparisons are to other Diamine yellow/gold shimmers. Pen: Esterbrook Estie Peacock #fountainpen

Ink swatch. Comparison with other Diamine yellow/gold shimmers

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

The most interesting “neutral” inks I tried in 2025. The term neutral is subjective, of course, and some have quite colorful undertones, but that’s the fun of complex neutrals. Pic one on Tomoe River paper, pic 2 on Wearingeul swatch cards. Many of them look different depending on paper

Favorite new neutral inks swabs, Tomoe River paper

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Inkvent Day 21 -Chaos is another Extreme Sheen ink, a deep, plummy burgundy with very strong green sheen. The triangle interiors shapes on the ornament are an ink and water mix and I laid the ink down heavily on the borders to show the extreme sheen. (Cont’d) Pen: Purple Twist by Tamenuri Studio

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Inkvent Day 20 - Ambiance. This light, peachy pink/coral ink looks very much like Celebration from the Inkvent a few years ago, but with a pinkish purple/orange chameleon shimmer shimmer vs the more peachy shimmer of Celebration. Pen: Cypress urushi pen - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in Pink

Ink ornament drawing and urushi fountainpen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Diamine Day 19 - Overcast. A light, multi-shading blue green. I immediately thought of Celadon Cat when I swabbed this one, and indeed they are pretty close, with Celadon Cat being a bit greener and more muted. (Cont’d) Pen: Scriptorium Idyll in Brooks Abalone

Ink ornament drawing and coordinating fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Diamine Inkvent Day 18 - Laurel. Another extreme sheener with very nice chroma. In writing this is a cool, dark green ink that gets mostly covered by a red sheen. Add a little water and you get a range of super pretty greenish teal tones. (Cont’d) Pen: Atelier Lusso Hydra in Brooks Peacock Koi

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Diamine Inkvent Day 17 - Gala. I don’t use light purples as often as the medium to darker ones, I have to give this ink kudos for being different from ALL the dozens of purple bottles and samples I own. Not a small feat. (Cont’d) Pen: Montegrappa Mia Veri Peri

Ink ornament drawing and purple fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Inkvent Day 13 - Ruby Taffeta is a rich, deep red with greenish gold sheen. The base color looks a lot like Diamine’s Red Dragon, which is the nicest Diamine red IMO. This is a nice one even if it isn’t really a color that I use often. (Cont’d) Pen: Nettuno Superba Ruby. #fountainpen

Ink ornament drawing in a deep red shimmer ink with fountain pen

Ink swatch comparison with other Diamond inks

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Diamine Inkvent Day 15 - Frostbite is deep blue with some red sheen and a shimmer that looks champagne, I think? Seems like there is at least one blue ink + sheen + shimmer in every year’s Inkvent. Good flow on this one, though. pen: Montblanc Glacier Solitaire.

Blue ink ornament drawing and blue fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Diamine Inkvent Day 14 - Mittens. A pigmented pink ink that dries rather light and flat. It performed nicely, and I like how the ornament design turned out, but i had to go over the lines several times to create contrast (cont’d in comments). Pen: Sailor x TAG Sakuranezumi #fountainpen

Ink ornament drawing with a pink fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Diamine Inkvent Day 13 - Molten Basalt. This one is a dark blue black with a hint of green or perhaps even a “teal black” (appropriate for the Teal edition) with quite a bit of sheen, even though it is listed as a “standard” ink. Pen: Atelier Lusso Hapalua. More in comments #inkvent #fountainpen

Ink and water mix to show chromatography

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Diamine Inkvent Day 12 -Bubbly is a muted golden/bronze color with a greenish undertone, with champagne shimmer. It’s a little light, needs a juicy nib, but it is lovely and sophisticated. Swipe for comparisons Pen: Retro51 Pride and Prejudice.

Ink ornament drawing, mini ink bottle and bronze engraved fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Inkvent Day 11 - Brrrr! I knew this was a pigment ink when I drew the ornament and did the swatch comparison, but I had forgotten it was a shimmer so I didn’t shake the bottle. But when I did swab it previously, I didn’t like the way the shimmer looked with the pigment ink - it was sort of clumpy

Ink ornament drawing, ink bottle and a turquoise fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Diamine Inkvent day 10 - Nostalgia is a deep brown pink with pink shimmer - or you could call it “Looking at the Past Through Rose colored Glasses.” Review in comments. Pen: Leonardo MZG in Purple Haze Celluloid #fountainpen

Ink drawing of an ornament with a mini ink bottle and purple fountain pen

Ink swatch comparisons to two previous Inkvent shimmers

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Inkvent Day 9 - Bittersweet is a cool, light green. I’m picky about green inks and this isn’t in my preferred green ranges, but it is nice for what it is, and not a hue you see often. A bit light for some nibs, probably. Swipe for the ink swatch comparisons. Pen: Leonardo MZ Alga #fountainpen

Ink ornament drawing in light green ink with a green fountain pens

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

🩵 Turquoise Tuesday 🩵 ST DuPont Diamond Guilloche in Aquamarine, Visconti Divina .wave and Leonardo MZ Figboot on Pens #fountainpen

Three turquoise fountain pens and a turquoise leather notebook with a silver snowflake ornament

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Inkvent Day 8 - Dream Catcher is a dark blue with extreme red sheen. We have seen a LOT of these blues over the years, including in the Inkvent calendars (the comparison inks are all from previous Inkvents). Pen: Wood Wonders of NC Frenchie in Brooks Bohemian Rose Koi #fountainpen

Ink swatch comparison with some previous Inkvent blues

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Diamine Inkvent Day 7 - Blush is a light, softly muted warm pink/peach standard ink. Pen: Nakaya Naka-ai Writer Toki Iro. The verdict is “pretty, but too light for me” - longer “review” in comments. #fountainpen

Ink ornament drawing and pink Urushi fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Diamine Inkvent Day 6 - Fir and Fog, a muted, grayish green with bluish undertones and great chroma. Varies a bit depending on the paper (this is Tomoe River). I love the name, and it fits! Review in comments. Pen: Tamenuri Studio.

Closeup of the drawing showing the chromatography

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Friday Flowers Flashback to early May with Siberian Iris Caesar’s Brother and my Leonardo Fioritura Viola. #fountainpen

Three Siberian Iris blooms with a purple fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Diamine Inkvent Day 5 - Marie Rose, which I googled and I guess is a type of cocktail sauce in the UK? Well the sauce does not sound appetizing, but the ink color most definitely is ! This one is a real sleeper, it grows on me more every time I use it. Review in comments #fountainpen

Ornament drawing with a coordinating Leonardo fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Diamine Inkvent Day 4 - this one will be polarizing! A scented ink, and with all the possible holiday smells they picked Smoky Tobacco? It just smelled chemical to me. Review in comments. Pen: Pelikan m1000 Renaissance Brown #fountainpen

Brown drawing of Ink ornament and a brown fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Diamine Inkvent Day 3 - Carousel, a pigmented warm red ink. This one did nothing for me. I’m not a fan of red inks, I have no desire to use a waterproof red, and this one just looks blah and a little faded. The lettering is more representative of that. Pen: Carolina Pen Co Charleston in PM1

Ornament drawn with fountain pen ink, plus with mini ink bottle and a multicolor fountain pen

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Diamine Inkvent Day 2 is a sheening ink called Energy, a vibrant cool purple with green sheen. Pen: Leonardo MZG Fioritura Viola. Thoughts on this ink in comments

ornament drawing in purple ink with a purple fountain pen

Closeup of the ink showing it’s green sheen

Ink swatch card of the purple ink with green sheen

Ink swatch comparison to other similar inks

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

🩵 Turquoise Tuesday 🩵 before we get to Inkvent we need our weekly dose of Turquoise! Pen: HelloTello Emerald Pearl from a long while back. The mug is from Natural Elements Pottery #fountainpen

Turquoise ceramic mug with botanical motifs and a turquoise fountain pen on top

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Diamine Inkvent Day 1: Celestial Skies. This is Diamine’s version of Emerald of Chivor - a teal with pretty reddish sheen (but not TOO much) and golden shimmer. Celestial Skies leans toward the bluer teal side, vs the greener teal EoC, it is actually pretty close to Vinta Bisperas #fountainpen

Ornament drawn with teal fountain pen ink, a fountain pen, and ink sample bottle

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

NOT an Inkvent Spoiler These are my annual holiday shimmer mixes that I invented this weekend. Recipes in comments #fountainpen #inkmixing #shimmerink

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Friday Flowers Flashback to early May - itoh peony ‘Garden Treasure’ and my Scriptorium Idyll in Brooks Waterlily Koi. #fountainpen

Fountain pen and one large yellow peony bloom on a purple notebook

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Thursday Theme - Giving Thanks. All the inks pictured here I discovered within the last year or two via samples from pen friends. Thank you, my pen friends, whether or not we have personally traded samples or not. I appreciate all of you! Nib holder by River City pen Co,” #fountainpen

Ink swatches and a nib holder with Kakimori steel nib

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🩵 Turquoise Tuesday 🩵 Aurora Oceano Pacifico with a lovely bottle of GvFC turquoise #fountainpen

Turquoise fountain pen with a large glass bottle of ink and an antique silver box

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Monday Match - blues and greens.Aurora Optima Azzurra and Butterknife Creations in Dupras Cenote, the ink is The Wet Pen’s Elliott Bay #fountainpen

Two blue and greenish turquoise fountain pens and an ink swatch of a blue ink that also shades green

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Nibs and Flourishes @nibsandflourishes.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Here is a look at Endless Pens’ new Community ink, a gorgeous blurple from Robert Oster called Ube Truffle (the community voted on ideas and choices). Look how well it matches my Leonardo Aster Bouquet! More thoughts in comments #fountainpen

Ink swab, writing sample, and matching fountain pen

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