There are currently 30 colours in the J.Herbin fountain pen inks range and having tested the 1670 inks, you can understand my eagerness to have a crack as these. I could only source 11 vial […]
Experimenting with fountain pen ink to further its creative potential for use within the visual arts.
Category: swatch test
Pelikan Standard Inks Review
I have managed to get hold of most of the range all except Turquoise (if anyone has a spare sample – would love to hear from you). They all blend with water and react very well with […]
Pelikan Edelstein Inks
I think these are a fairly new range from Pelikan. I’m missing 4 samples from the range: Amber, Aquamarine, Garnet and Turmaline (if anyone has some spare samples of those inks – please get in touch). These […]
Diamine Anniversary Inks Review
I have only just got hold of these Anniversary ink samples – all except Silver Fox and Blue Velvet. As you may know, I’m a great fan of Diamine and these certainly do not disappoint. Diamine Blue Black – A thick […]
Lamy Inks Review
Lamy are better known for their affordable and contemporary looking fountain pens. So want about their inks? Red – A very bright orange red colour – almost fluorescent – that surprisingly breaks down with water to reveal pinks with purple […]
Pilot Inks! Stunning!
Liking these a lot! And WOW do they have attitude. They want to blend with water and then they don’t! Just like that, they stop. And their reactions with bleach? We now have a whole […]
Sailor Inks Review
I really enjoyed testing these! Black – is proper writing ink black and doesn’t react well with water nor bleach which indicates that there is a degree of waterproofing and forgery resistance. Yam-Dori, Souten, Blue, Blue Black, […]
Noodlers Inks are different!
Madigan Milford of Goulet Pens kindly sent me 8 inks to test and they are the inks that the alphabets have been supplied for (see below). The other 4 inks I had as samples so thought it […]
The Ultimate Ink for Halloween?
Just had to share this with you for the weekend. This is De Atramentis Ebony! It bleeds blood red! No photoshop – this is absolutely what happened when washed with water! It literally bleeds! Make of […]
Rohrer and Klingner Ink Review
Massdrop kindly sent me 12 Rohrer & Klingner inks to test. 8 standard Schreibtinte writing inks, 2 containing iron gall and 4 Super5 waterproof inks. Cassia – A solid even/flat purple colour that bleeds easily when added to water and washes out evenly […]
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