#12 nostalgia: shanghai stationary mudan fountain pen ink
If nostalgia has a colour, it is pink. Maybe because of this association I’m very picky with pink fountain pen inks. In my collection there are only a few of them, all similar in hue: bright pink. Shanghai Stationary Mudan is the newest of them, named after the peonies.
#4 a-live: diamine zeugma fountain pen ink
So, Diamine, bottle up wonderful archaeological sites, make solid inks, and sell it in places I love, and you have a lifelong customer. I will enjoy this ink often, in wide nibs and in tiny nibs, and will return for more.