Writing with a fountain pen provides a significant advantage versus writing with the more common ballpoint pen which I discovered about two years ago. Since then I have written with nothing else but a fountain pen.


Let me give you a little background-I was due to sit my professional law school entrance exams and while I was prepared for all of the hard work involved in reading the materials necessary, understanding the legal principles involved and generally preparing as well as possible for these very important exams I faced one major problem.

Not only would the task of sitting 3 major exams per week for two and a half weeks place a major demand on my brain and  intellect, there was also going to be the task of writing flat out for 3 hours per exam and doing the same thing every second day for two and a half weeks. I figured that this would place a major physical demand on my writing and my right arm. Anyone who has sat exams where you will be expected to write non-stop will understand that you can genuinely suffer from writer’s cramp. Not only is this physically challenging but your writing deteriorates rapidly as a result. So no matter how well prepared for the exams you may feel you are intellectually, you will not do well if the examiner cannot read your writing.

I did a little research on the internet and sought to pre-empt this problem and I discovered the fountain pen (again) and recognized that writing with a fountain pen allows you to write with your hand/arm moving smoothly across the page. With a ballpoint pen you must press down to make any impact and I decided to buy a fountain pen and prepare for my exams with this in mind.

Fountain Pen Nibs

Much to my delight I found writing with a fountain pen much less physically taxing over the course of the intense two and a half weeks of my exams and thankfully passed all eight exams. Since then I have only written with a fountain pen and found it very pleasurable and have come to love the different types of fountain pen, the different characteristics and individuality of each brand of pen, the different types of fountain pen nibs and the other individual traits of each pen that I have.

Fountain Pens for Sale

When I am looking for fountain pens for sale to add to my collection I enjoy the thrill of scouring out bargains on the internet and the two sites that I buy fountain pens from are Amazon and Ebay. Now I have a growing collection of fountain pens and my personal favourite is the Pelikan fountain pen..but a lot of the fun in finding a new pen for my collection is the hunt or chase..

Private reserve ink offers a very wide range of colors to enhance your enjoyment of your fountain pen.


Private reserve ink is made in the U.S. and has a neutral pH, is said to be non clogging and fast drying and a 50 ml bottle will cost a little under $9.

Private reserve ink also provide a range of fast dry inks in ultra black, midnight blues, Sherwood green and for any left handed writers who have struggled with more traditional ink usage, these inks are perfect for lefties. These fast dry inks cost around  $10 for a 2 ounce bottle.

Private Reserve Special Inks

Private Reserve also supply a range of special inks such as the Invincible Aqua Blue, Invincible black in a cobalt blue bottle and Cosmic cobalt which is a brilliant blue color.

Private Reserve also supply their inks in cartridges and a pack of 12 cartridges for around $5-6 and come in the standard short international cartridge size. Private Reserve also make ink for other pen manufacturers and brands such as Bexley and Bexley ink is actually Private Reserve under the Bexley label although you will find some of the names changing depending on under which brand you buy the ink.

Private reserve also supply ink mixing kits which allows you to mix your own ink if there is not enough of a choice of color to choose from with the huge range of Private Reserve ink colors available. The ink mixing kit includes 2 syringes, 2 glass ink bottles, mixing cups and 10 ink mixing recipes.

Private Reserve Ink Colors

Here is a list of some of the extensive range of Private Reserve ink colors

DC Supershow Green

Tangerine Dream

Velvet Black

Lake Placid Blue

Naples Blue

Sherwood Green

Copper Burst

Orange Crush

Tanzanite

Plum

Fiesta Red

Buttercup

Spearmint

Avacado

Blue Suede

Gray Flannel

Midnight Blues

Black Cherry

Sonic Blue

DC Supershow Blue

American Blue

Burgundy Mist

Black Magic Blue

Dakota Red

Arabian Rose

Daphne Blue

Shoreline Gold

Purple Mojo

Chocolat

In addition you can get the Fast dry inks in Ultra Black, Fast dry American blue, fast dry chocolat, tanzanite, Sherwood green and midnight blues.

Hopefully this post will give you a good idea of what is available in Private Reserve Inks and allow you to find the best one for you-although many pen lovers carry a wide range of colors for various occasions and uses.