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On a tangential note, for the fountain pen enthusiasts on HN: Diamine Eau de Nil is an ink worth trying. It shades well (with a juicy nib on good paper like Midori or Tomoe River), and in general looks like a darker shade of the colour described in TFA.
"fountain pen enthusiasts"
Well, I had to use one when I was at school (I'm 53). I do note that the headmaster of my prep school (British - aged 10-13) advocated those smart new fibre tipped things.
He (head) was formally a WWII Artillery officer - Major - lost an eye in action in Africa.
He (and the rest of the staff) also taught us lot how to use cutlery etc but still he insisted that a fibre tipped pen was the future. As it turns out, Biros (ball point pens), replaced most ink related writing and not fibre tips.
I doubt you use a "sharpie" in favour of an ink pen.
I do enjoy using an edged pen and calligraphy in general but mostly can't be arsed these days. It might become a lost art but I'm not too sure we will have lost too much. It is simply an art form and art is art or arse.
Pry my treasured Conway Stewarts (made on your side of the pond), my Sheaffers (made on the other side), Rangas, and Sailors from my cold dead hands.
Art or otherwise, I take joy in writing with them, as do you, I suspect, with your writing implements of choice. That is all that matters in my book :)
With this equipment I could write the most exquisite green-ink letters.
For those I'd recommend Rohrer & Klingner Alt Goldgrün or Montblanc Irish Green instead :)
It reminds me strongly of absinthe. Wasn't that popular in Europe during that period as well?