On June 4, 2018 my Anthracite Pelikan M805 (0.5mm CI) joined its comrades when it was filled with Diamine Earl Grey. The pen was in use for 7 months and was emptied and cleaned on January 15, 2019, saying good-bye to its fellows.

Thoughts Before Filling

This is another ink I waffled on for quite a long time. Earl grey is one of my favorite teas, and I often start my day with a cup, so an ink bearing the same name is an obvious attractant. After emptying this pen of the Grey ink while keeping up with the story-a-day challenge, and given that I enjoyed that combination very much, I decided to reward myself with a bottle of the earl grey ink and give it a try. I have high hopes.

Thoughts After Cleaning the Pen

I enjoyed the ink, and I enjoy the pen, and I enjoyed the ink in the pen; I even considered refilling the pen instead of cleaning it. I find it curious that it took me so long to write this dry given my feelings. My only explanation is that the writing I did in the past seven months wasn’t suited to the nib; most of my writing has been in a journal that I prefer to use a 0.4mm nib, and this one, at 0.5mm, proved to be just too wide for me to be happy with the result.