Parker Quink Black blend with Shaeffer Skrip Brown with bleach lettering.
Parker Quink Black blend with Shaeffer Skrip Brown with bleach lettering.
It’s been one hell of a ride since June this year. 159 inks have tested to-date and the results have been fascinating. Okay, a majority of inks all behaved in a similar way but the ones that deviated from […]
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 […]
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 […]
Diamine Purple Pazzazz with Rohrer and Klingner Schreibtinte Scabiosa on Arches Aquarelle 300gsm watercolour paper. The inks work beautifully together. The paper was very hard work. I have used Arches Aquarelle before and should have […]