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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The project so far: Since June 2015, I have been on a mission to swab test fountain pen inks using water and bleach. Why? Because I believe that fountain pen inks have qualities that can be exploited for purposes […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Inks, like many things, respond in different ways to different situations. And in particular on paper surfaces. To demonstrate this I have used Diamine Shimmertastic Inks on various stocks. See for yourselves how the inks react and which […]
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 […]
Having committed myself to this project in June, I have tested circa 100 different fountain pens inks, and it’s six months down the line that the investigation is now really starting to pay off. All fountain ink […]