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Category: Ink

Ink Review: Diamine Sherwood Green

By Matt Posted on December 9, 2013 Posted in Ink, Review 3 Comments
Ink Review: Diamine Sherwood Green
Color swatch. You can see some of the purple-red sheen here.

  Diamine's Sherwood Green was the first ink I ever ordered, aside from blue or black.  When I got my first few fountain pens, the pen itself was the area of focus.  (I started off using cartridges, even).  However, once …

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Tagged with: Diamine, Green, Ink, Review, Sherwood Green

Ink Review: Sailor Jentle Blue-Black

By Matt Posted on December 8, 2013 Posted in Ink, Review 8 Comments
Ink Review: Sailor Jentle Blue-Black
The bottle.

      The quest for the perfect blue-black continues. When the Goulet Pen Company announced that Sailor had decided to pull their entire ink line from the retailer, I was one of those folks who swooped in and bought …

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Tagged with: Blue Black, Ink, Jentle, Review, Sailor

Ink Review: Montblanc Irish Green

By Matt Posted on November 28, 2013 Posted in Ink, Review 1 Comment
Ink Review: Montblanc Irish Green
Montblanc Irish Green Swatch

  I’ve said it before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again.  I love greens.  My favorite color. I mainly bought Montblanc’s Irish Green just because I like their “shoe” bottles so much.  But after using it for a while, …

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Tagged with: Green, Ink, Irish Green, Montblanc, Review

Ink Review: Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrün

By Matt Posted on November 28, 2013 Posted in Ink, Review 2 Comments
Ink Review: Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrün
Color Swatch

Pretty much my favorite part of using fountain pens is the wide variety of ink that you get to use as a result.  I am a serial ink switcher.  I generally only fill up each converter about half-way, and even …

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Ink Review: Private Reserve Ebony Blue

By Matt Posted on July 7, 2013 Posted in Ink, Review 2 Comments

Here is my ink test and writing sample for Private Reserve Ebony Blue.  For me this lives in the land of “meh.”  It’s a nice color, and well-performing ink, but I have this thing about the name of the ink …

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Tagged with: Blue Black, Ebony, Green, Ink, Private Reserve, Review, Teal, Turquoise

Ink Review: De Atramentis Aubergine

By Matt Posted on June 22, 2013 Posted in Ink, Review 2 Comments

(High-Resolution) This De Atramentis Ink is an absolutely stunning color.  Deep and saturated, but still with a very decent amount of shading.  It flows very smoothly, but man oh man. This ink BLEEDS if you put it in a wet …

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Tagged with: Aubergine, De Atramentis, Dotpad, Ink, Purple, Rhodia

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