I wanted to share with you the last of my Christmas journals. A good friend gave me this Butterfly Journal from Fringe Paper Goods.
I call it the Butterfly Journal but I think it’s actually called Three Maps (that’s what is on the barcode on the back). And you can see why – inside each of the butterflies and inside the actual journal are beautiful maps.
I think it’s a US map; I see Trinity and National and various names of creeks and ridges. I could Google the names I suppose.
And the same map is on the back cover, with a pocket.
The paper feels great; not sure what the weight is. I will do an ink test when I’m moving into the notebook.
The back cover. Really beautiful notebook!
Sorry to jump around, but I also wanted to get into my Akkerman ink, which I mentioned here. Lots of folks have been asking if I’ve inked up any pens with it yet, and yesterday I did, and here are the pictures!
So I wanted to put the Akkerman blue ink into my blue Hero 6021. Before I could do that I had to empty the blue Hero and clean it. This was my first time and I followed the instructions from Goulet Pens. Above is the Hero in distilled water. I moved the plunger up and down until the water within the pen was clear.
I also emptied my Manuscript pen. I wanted to ink them both up with the Akkerman ink because they have very different nibs.
Aren’t the ink swirls beautiful?
Once the water within the pen is clear you wipe off the pen with a tissue or paper towel. There could still be some ink in the feed but that’s ok. Above is my Manuscript pen disassembled and drying. I did the same with the Hero.
So then the next step was to fill the pens with the Akkerman ink.
I turned the Akkerman bottle over to fill the reservoir. Above is a picture of the bottle with the cap removed. You can see there is a good amount of ink in there. It’s almost to the top of the rim of the bottle.
Then I plunged the pen into the top of the bottle until I hit the marble. I drew the plunger up and the ink flowed into it.
I wiped the pens off and put them back together again.
And then I started writing in my Rhodia notebook.
The Hero 6021 is very fine and on the dry side. The Manuscript pen has an italic nib and is much more wet. You can really see the ink colour with the Manuscript pen.
Stormy sky indeed! And I’m thrilled with how the Manuscript pen is performing, now that it’s been cleaned and I have moved to the converter as opposed to the cartridge. It used to be a super slow starter but over the last two days I have had no trouble with it whatsoever. Could be the cleaning, could be the ink (although previously the ink was J. Herbin Perle Noire and I’ve never had problems with it), or could be the change to the converter. Whatever the reason it’s a different pen. And I LOVE the ink colour!
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clarence said:
Just so I understand, is there an actual marble that settles into the neck to retain ink in the reservoir once the bottle is turned back over? Wow, is that ever cool! And I’ve got to say Ackermann’s bottles are the coolest looking ever. Are there genies in there?
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inlovewithjournals said:
Yes Clarence, there is an actual marble that settles into the neck. You can see a picture of an empty bottle here: http://www.vulpennen.nl/nl/merken/akkerman/p-1/AkkInkt000.html If there is a genie I’ve let her out! 🙂
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Jen said:
Hi😊 I was looking for the same Butterfly journal (which I had bought for my daughter) & stumbled onto your blog…it reminded me of how long it’s been since I last picked up my various fountain pens..so I’m inspired to go do some inking of my own, thanks!👍🌟🙏
Also, do you know where your friend bought this for you as I’d dearly like to buy another 3. Looking forward tk your reply. Have a lovely weekend 🌻😊 Jen
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inlovewithjournals said:
I’m thrilled that you will be inking up your fountain pens! I will ask my friend tomorrow where she got the Butterfly journal; hopefully she remembers! 🙂
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Njs said:
Most fountain pens have a coating on them left over from manufacturing. If you clean before the first use, you will notice a difference. It is hard, I just want to pop on the cartridge and give it a try but cleaning both the pen and nib makes a huge difference with first use.
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inlovewithjournals said:
Agreed Njs! I try to clean my new pens before first use but it is hard sometimes!
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