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Mountain of Ink

Reviews of fountain pen inks, notebooks, and pen holders.

The Pilot Vanishing Point Copper was a limited edition from 2014, which was before I got into fountain pens, but I was able to pick one up as new old stock a few years ago. I’ve been asked many times what a good replacement is for it, and right now the closest I can come up with are Inkebara Sand and De Atramentis Yellow Brown. To continue with the Sailor Tinterias theme I’ve got going (I promise this is not sponsored), a reader also sent in Blue Corn, which I used in a Pilot Kakuno Fine.

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