Grandma’s vinegar cruet

I cleaned out my ink pen drawer today. Among the things forgotten is this refillable felt tip pen with Kuretaki refill cartridges in its body. It still writes, with a soft gray ink.

So I jumped right in and drew Grandma’s vinegar cruet — without pencil guide lines!

It would have been more impressive if I’d included those bursts of light in the shadows and on the bottle itself. But for a quick sketch without any fuss, this was fun!

(The text turned messy, even with previously drawn pencil lines,)

UPDATE: Ahh! Mystery solved! I found the pen on jetpens.com — it’s a Kuretaki Karappo that comes with empty cartridges. I had apparently filled these with Noodler’s Lexington gray ink.