Tripping the teal fantastic
Teal is the name of this week’s game. Teal colorways in the week’s pen choices. And teal inks comprise 30% of the week’s color palette. Heck, even my work notebook has a teal cover.
I know a currently inked plan is successful when I’m eager for the work week to start — so I can write. And I’m one eager scholar. Feeling the zeal in teal. (I’m done now.)
Four of the week’s seven pens carry strong teals. The Nahvalur Schuylkill, TWSBI 580-AL and Loft Highworth are all teal dominant. The Vac700R has far subtler teal accents along the edges of the pen’s trim. On balance.
The Wing Sung and Able Snail both continue on from last week’s kit. One F and one B nib to ensure I have detailed notetaking and broader, forgiving lines for creative, heady writing. On balance indeed.
Grey/Black
TWSBI Vac700R Iris (F CSI, by Pen Realm). KOBE Kaigan Stone Gray. I stepped outside of my comfort zone when I chose a cursive italic nib for my daily driver. The coming week will take place at my desk — a location that gives me control over my writing angles and posture. As such, I can afford to write more carefully — meaning: slowly. In fact, I am planning a new curricular unit this week. So writing slowly is a boon. Lesson plans, curriculum planning, task management, meeting notes, reading notes and commonplace notes.
Blue/Teal
Wing Sung 601 Battleship Grey (F). Kyo-no-oto Aonibi. The 601 returns for a fourth consecutive week. Aonibi’s denim-blue lays in consistent European-width F lines. A go-to choice for annotating my own notes, for targeted reflections in analytic journal entries, and for reading notes. The 601 begins the week 1/8 full. I fully expect this pair to run empty before week’s end.
Loft Highworth Teal Ocean (M SIG, by Franklin-Christoph). Diamine Serendipity. A large, teal-forward pen paired with a teal-based sheen monster. The M-SIG nib encourages Serendipity’s sheen to dominate lines; writing that carries 30 seconds of dry time on Tomoe River paper. The strong sheen keeps lecture notes easily readable. Lecture notes, like journal entries, can accommodate extended drying times.
TWSBI 580-AL Turquoise (Predator Hybrid, by Nibgrinder). Taccia Ukiyo-e Sabimidori. A multitasker nib and an ink that starts blue and dries to a teal color. Duality for the win. An excellent meeting pairing as the nib gives me both M lines for headings and EF lines for detailed notes. The TWSBI suits meetings with colleagues — but some parents worry the pen is a vape. Best keep this to personal writing and educator-only meetings.
Earth Tones
Able Snail Classic Powder Blue (B). Robert Oster Schwarz Rose. The generous B nib is well-tailored to fast-moving meetings, taking notes during my class’ roundtables, and while creative writing. Schwarz Rose walks the line between dark, no-nonsense green color and frou-frou rose-gold shimmer. Just enough to play to keep from mourning my work writing. Most excellent.
Nahvalur Schuylkill Chromis Teal (EF). Colorverse New Horizons Arrokoth. Arrokoth makes for a subdued accent color amidst this week’s color palette. The generous Bock EF nib ensures bountiful shading. The round EF nib and dusty brown hue render this combo a go-to contrasting notetaker, especially during fast-moving meetings and fast-writing tasks. Perhaps some journaling, too.
Wild Cards
Kaweco Frosted Sport Light Blueberry (B). Kyo-no-oto Sakuranezumi. Sakuranezumi is a fabulously dry ink that makes this pairing outstanding for quick jottings, scratch notes and pocket notes. The compact Kaweco Sport fits stealthily into jacket pockets. My pocket carry this week. Also D&D notes, journaling, and reading notes. Perhaps some lesson plans, as the crow flies.
