Pen: JustTurnings Enceladus in Bohemian Twilight (Jonathon Brooks resin) Matte finish
Nib: Schon DSGN Monoc fine in satin bronze
Ink: Diamine Ancient Copper
Pen is threaded for Jowo 6 nib units so I thought a satin finish nib would be a good pairing for a matte resin, really like the combo now I've seen them together
Gold Amethyst LeonArco MZG from Leonardo
#8 14kt BB nib
Montblanc Writers edition: Bram Stoker Purple
So happy to finally have this in my hands! Been a huge fan of Leonardo for a long time so this was a dream collaboration, huge thank you to u/normiewannabe for making it happen!
Very happy with the colours and swirling in the resin, it looks incredible as it moves in the light, I even got a little 'magic eye' in the top finial point with how the lathing and resin turned out.
Architect nib, first ink was Tono & Lims 'Don't know why'
Left to Right;
Bonus pic for the half-sibling Radius 1934 Settimo Italia Red (they are made in the same factory by Leonardo)
Leonardo has completely captured my heart and I absolutely love every pen I've had from them. The overall design, the amazing resins and materials, I find them totally captivating. Still waiting for my Rule 5 which is due 12th of June which I guess is a good excuse to start a second collection box when it arrives 🤣
New 🦉 engraved jowo 6 nib from Vazir pens based in India. Absolutely incredible work and very reasonably priced too. Paired with a Leonardo MZ Pausilya, both nibs are broad tipping size so may look to have them ground eventually but very happy with how they look.
New Jowo #6 stacked flex from Dr Shak with an ebonite feed, standard jowo threaded housing.
This is easily the widest flex nib I've ever used with excellent but forgiving hairlines. Takes quite a bit more pressure than a magnacarta flex nib but produces much wider line variation and the ink flow is amazing, it's extremely difficult to make it railroad.
Pen: Opus 88 Demo Sapphire
Paper : TRP 52gsm
Ink: Iroshizuki Kon-peki
Didn't realise until I went to clean current rotation pens how green-heavy I have been with pen choices recently. At least it matches Spring time I guess 😂
Cypress Kawari Nuri Black/Green with an Opus 88 Jowo 6 nib (to colour match the pen)
Sailor ebonite KoP Aoine Ripple 21k Broad
First pen I've ever had to pre-order and extremely hyped its finally here!
Opus 88 Demonstrator Sapphire <fine>
Always been a huge fan of the Demonstrator from Opus 88 and instantly fell in love with this model. Really nice depth and chatoyance in the resin, my new favourite of the colours by far!
Chem Stacked Jowo #6 finally arrived and paired it with an Opus 88 Demonstrator (Clear).
This is the first stacked nib i have used and its truly amazing. I am blow away by Jose Munuera's work! The nib is super smooth, the variation with angle is massive and the reverse writes like a regular ef. On top of all that the hammered finish on the stack makes it look super cool too!
Ink: Iroshizuku Chiku-Rin
Paper: Tomoe River 52gsm
Been swapping nibs in my Leonardo Fantasie PM1L trying to find something that fits and really like this combo after pulling the nib from my Nahvalur Fathom Pride edition, full-on Rainbow mode
Picture 4 was the original for reference.
New Leonardo Momento Magico Fantasie - Primary Manipulation 1 Lite <Fine>
First ever pen with a resin produced by Jonathon Brooks and you can instantly see why he has a name so well regarded in the fountain pen world! Incredible depth and chatoyance with wonderful swirls of colour.
Been a big fan of Leonardo's for a while so this combination of maker and materials was really exciting to add to my collection! Love all 4 options in the 'Fantasie' range so it was very hard to pick a favourite and may end up having to get another (Arctic Blast also really has my eye)
First ink fill was Iroshizuku Hana-ikada trying to match up to the pink tones but wasn't sure which way to go with an ink match on this resin, any suggestions very welcome 😅