I don’t usually use ink pens. When my father passed i collected a few pens he gad, cleaned and stored them but one.
Put and left an ink cartridge inside but eventually i didn’t used the pen as much as i wanted so it became a permanent resident of my bed table drawer.

Yesterday i picked it up and removed to cover (?) The covered oart looked rusty (it’s gold plated as far as i know) so i used a wet paper hanky to try and rub it off. No joy.
Poured water inside the cover part and it came out wine-red. Plenty of it.
I don’t remember ever using red ink so i unscrewed the pen and the cartridge (dry) looks like permanent black.

Can it be that the original black ink is a color combination and splitted over time?

The prn teleases too much ink to be used safely, anything i can do?


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Could it be rusty water that poured out?

Or it could be just dried ink from before that is affecting the water.

Hardly possible. Very unlikely anyone loaded red ink in any pen in the family.
Also i spent hours thoroughly cleaning the pens inside out. Very obsessive about stuff like rhat when i pick an object from unknown origin.

I think i remember that some black ink has other fancy colorants in them…
Maybe they separated.

Weird but not impossible.

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Red Black ink is a thing...

What brand is the pen? Stigmata?

Guess i went with “the thing” then. Problem solved, thanks kkina!

Wasn’t ready to call the Church yet because the red-black ink does ring a very distant (not church related) bell. It’s been a very long time since i messed with pens and i was up shit creek rowing with a pen in those days. Used the time killer to change my moods.
Will now look for renaining cartridges, seriously doubt i gad jyst one or that i soent them all.

Thank you all.

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