[Boris]

Originally Posted by Umaeril

Very impressive! Reminds me of the days one had to trim one's quill by knife and sand the ink to dry it. :)

They sanded ink in the olden days to dry it? I thought they left it alone for the air to dry it!

Originally Posted by Quiet Man Cometh

I don't know much about fountain pens, but maybe the lighter colour to start is from the ink having to work it's way through the pen? Does it come empty?

Also, (if you don't mind my saying) your cursive looks a bit on the wobbly side. Do you write on a slant or straight up and down?

Maybe, but it got dark. ^_^ No, the pen did not com empty. See, the pen comes with a cartridge, unless it's a gall pen, but I took out the ink cartridge of my pen to insert the converter into it. I did clean out the nib before I used a different ink, so maybe I rushed into things too quickly.

I write at a 45 degree angle, so slanted, but I was also trying to write with my shoulder as well... also, I was trying to write fast.