Here's one indulgent way to stand out at work, penning love letters

Eccentric as your newfound love of fountain pens and inks might make you at work, just know that you aren't alone

So you finally picked up your first fountain pen—perhaps a classic 18-karat-gold-nibbed Montblanc Meisterstück 149 you’ve spied in a display window or an urushi-lacquered Nakaya Portable Writer from Japan that you’ve been coveting online. Well, here’s some bad news for your American Express card balance: That was merely the first step. Now you need to fill your luxury writing instrument with equally luxurious ink.

You could buy a bottle of blue or black—often, a dust-covered container of Parker Quink can be found for less than $10 on a bottom shelf at Staples. But if you were going to stick to