On August 20, 2018 my Beige Opus 88 Koloro (Fine) joined its comrades when it was filled with Noodler's General of the Armies. The pen was in use for 2 years and was emptied and cleaned on January 17, 2021, saying good-bye to its fellows.

Thoughts Before Filling

My final birthday pen arrived today. Initially I wanted to use Verdigris by R&K in this pen but then I thought I’d check my list of bottled inks I’d not yet used. Lo and behold, I haven’t actually used General of the Armies, I merely tested it when it arrived nearly two years ago! So now I’ll give it a go, and given the size of the ink reservoir this will probably stay inked for quite some time.

Thoughts After Cleaning the Pen

I like this pen, and I’m impressed with its ability to keep ink alive for as long as it did, but I would have been helped had I used an ink of which I was more fond. It’s a good ink, but it’s more of an occasional ink. Using it in a pen with a large reservoir was not my best idea. Also, had I used an italic nib on this pen (say, swap one of my Franklin-Christoph nibs) I might have used it more often. I might have to do that the next time.