My $12 pack of India ink pens saved a messy doodle session

I was doing quick sketches at a coffee shop in Denver and my usual brush pen started bleeding through my pocket sketchbook. Ran to a Blick store nearby and grabbed a pack of Faber-Castell India ink pens for around $12. The fine tip held up through 30 minutes of messy line work without any feathering. Has anyone else found a cheap pen that changed how you doodle on the go?

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grantmartinez2mo ago

Those are actually pigment ink pens, not true India ink, but they work great for travel sketching. India ink is shellac based and will clog a fine tip pen fast. The Faber-Castells are solid for the price though.

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river3202mo ago

Man I learned this the hard way with a Pitt pen I thought was waterproof that totally bled through three pages of my sketchbook at a coffee shop once. Still find little ink ghosts from that day everywhere.

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