Hi all,

I just bought a very fine point fountain pen today that my local fly shop just got in. Unfortunately they are not carying any ink for it. What are some commonly available inks out there that work well for writing on blanks. I think I would like Silver, White, and maybe a few other colors. Are these going to be tough to find?

Cheers

Mark

go to an art supply store and they should be able to set you up with acrylic inks in whatever color you want. This is the method I'm going to use from now on as the gel pens just aren't fine enough for my liking. I don't think you even need to put a fixative over it prior to finishing.

An off the topic question Mark. How's the lightweight reel coming?

Shanon

Thanks Shannon,

The reel has been on hiatus for a while. I've had a ton of school work and exams lately. I also just started a second job working in another machine shop. This shop has two nice big CNC machines that I'll be using next week (spring break) to build my reels. In addition to all this I have also been building a couple sets of titanium saltwater reel seats for a local fly shop. :-)

I'll post some updates and pictures when I have more news.

P.S. I also plan on taking a series of pictures start to finish as I machine my reels!

Mark

Michaels or any other craft store would have the standard silver and gold metallic inks. White should be there as well.

I use a caligrapher's pen for most of my inscriptions and find that the silver ink is the best stuff. Writes on both glossy and matte surfaces with no problem. The gold is less forgiving on glossy surfaces but can be used. The metallic particles, whatever they are, seem to be larger in the gold ink than the silver ink and doesn't flow quite as well. The white ink has to be used on matte or sanded surfaces. No go on any glossy surface.

Once dry, they all can be finished over directly. You can also get decal sheets and write on these, then transfer to the rod if you have trouble writing on the blank directly.

Tight wraps.

Terry