This week we are focusing on De Atramentis inks, next we are looking at De Atramentis Old Gold from the Standard collection, aka De Atramentis Pineapple. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers, my sample came from Vanness Pens. The color: Old Gold is a medium golden yellow. *For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan. Swabs: In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink is darker where it pooled, but not much shading. Writin...| Mountain of Ink
This week we are focusing on De Atramentis inks, next up is De Atramentis Gold from the Standard collection, aka De Atramentis Emma Goldman. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers, my sample came from Vanness Pens. The color: Gold is a vibrant deep yellow. *For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan. Swabs: In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has just a little bit of shading. Writing samples: Let's take a look at h...| Mountain of Ink
This week we are focusing on De Atramentis inks, starting with De Atramentis Dark Orange from the Standard collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers, my sample came from Vanness Pens. The color: Dark Orange is a terracotta orange. *For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan. Swabs: In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink is less saturated than on the Col-o-ring swab. Writing samples: Let's take a look at how t...| Mountain of Ink
Let’s take a look at four Color Traveler inks: Fireworks, Yamanoha Itochikou, Kazusanosuke and Tsukinokorowa Saranari from the Time Clips collection. You can purchase some Color Traveler inks from Shigure Inks. Swabs: Left to right: Fireworks, Yamanoha Itochikou, Kazusanosuke and Tsukinokorowa Saranari Writing samples: Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm. Dry Time: 30-40 seconds Water Resistance: Medium Feathering: No...| Mountain of Ink
Color Traveler ink Sakagura Black, Red Brick Chimney and Persimmon belong to the Saijo collection. You can purchase some Color Traveler inks from Shigure Inks. Swabs: Left to right: Sakagura Black, Red Brick Chimney and Persimmon. Writing samples: Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm. Dry Time: 30-40 seconds Water Resistance: Medium Feathering: None Show through: Medium Bleeding: None Other properties: All three had low ...| Mountain of Ink
Let’s take a look at three Color Traveler inks: Sea Eel Rice Beige, Light Brown and Scarlet. You can purchase some Color Traveler inks from Shigure Inks. Swabs: Left to right: Sea Eel Rice Beige, Light Brown and Scarlet Writing samples: Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm. Dry Time: 60 seconds Water Resistance: Medium Feathering: None Show through: Medium Bleeding: None Other properties: All three had low shading. On ...| Mountain of Ink
Let’s take a look at three Color Traveler inks: Pastel Pink, Pastel Yellow and Pastel Green. You can purchase some Color Traveler inks from Shigure Inks. Swabs: Left to right: Pastel Pink, Pastel Yellow and Pastel Green. Writing samples: Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm. Dry Time: 40 seconds Water Resistance: Low-Medium Feathering: None Show through: Medium Bleeding: None Other properties: All three had low shading...| Mountain of Ink
Let’s take a look at four Color Traveler inks: Hon Dori Black, Dish Brown, Sand Beige and Lemon Yellow. You can purchase some Color Traveler inks from Shigure Inks. Swabs: Left to right: Hon Dori Black, Dish Brown, Sand Beige and Lemon Yellow. Writing samples: Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm. Dry Time: 40 seconds Water Resistance: Medium Feathering: None Show through: Medium Bleeding: None Other properties: Dish B...| Mountain of Ink
Van Dieman’s Odysseus is from the Greek Heroes collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens. The color: Odysseus is a bright medium teal with multi-colored shimmer. *For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan. Swabs: In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some pink sheen. Writing samples: Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, a...| Mountain of Ink
Let’s take a look at Colorverse Vermont Long Trail from the USA Special Series collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens. The color: Long Trail is a deep teal. *For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan. Swabs: In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has lots of pink sheen. Writing samples: Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, ...| Mountain of Ink
Colorverse Massive Storm is the larger bottle in the Colorverse 94 & 95 Massive Storm & Great Red Spot set. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens. The color: Massive Storm is a petrol teal. *For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan. Swabs: In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has just a little bit of shading, but not much. Writing samples: Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountai...| Mountain of Ink
Today’s inks are from the Colorverse Blue Dragon Collection from the 2024 Special Series. They are: Blue Dragon Standard, Blue Dragon Glistening Gold, Blue Dragon Glistening Silver and Blue Dragon Glistening Blue. You can purchase these inks at a few retailers including Vanness Pens. Swabs: Left to right: Blue Dragon Standard, Blue Dragon Glistening Gold, Blue Dragon Glistening Silver and Blue Dragon Glistening Blue. Writing samples: Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen ...| Mountain of Ink
Let’s take a look at five Color Traveler standard inks: Bamboo Green, Olive Green, Shimanami Blue, Delta Light Blue and Pione Purple. You can purchase some Color Traveler inks from Shigure Inks . Swabs:| Mountain of Ink
Let’s take a look at Journalize Dusk from the Time of a Day collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens. The color: Dusk is a pale grey with lots of copper shimmer. *For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan. Swabs: In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the shimmer does not stay put. It moves all over the place and flakes off. Writing samples: Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fount...| Mountain of Ink
Teranishi Opera Rose is from the Guitar collection. You can find this ink at most retailers including Vanness Pens. The color: Opera Rose is an interesting color-it’s not pink, but not coral but not orange, it’s somewhere in-between all three. *For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan. Writing samples: Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm, as well as chea...| Mountain of Ink
Taccia Rose Pink is from the Roughna Sketch collection. You can still find this ink at most retailers including Vanness Pens. The color: Rose Pink is a deep magenta pink. *For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan. Writing samples: Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm, as well as cheap copy paper. *For my writing samples I use: EF Pilot Vanishing Point F, M, B...| Mountain of Ink
Today’s inks are from the Colorverse Blue Green Snake Collection from the 2025 Special Series. They are: Blue Green Snake Standard, Blue Green Snake Glistening Silver, Blue Green Snake Glistening Green and Blue Green Snake Glistening Purple Blue. You can purchase these inks at a few retailers incl| Mountain of Ink
Let’s take a look at three Akkerman Dutch Masters inks: 01 Ceruleum blauw van Vermeer, 02 Dou's Emerald Green and 04 Hals Oud Bruin. You can purchase these inks at a few retailers including Vanness Pens. Swabs: Left to right: 01 Ceruleum blauw van Vermeer, 02 Dou's Emerald Green and 04 Hals Oud Bruin. Writing samples: Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm. Dry Time: 40-80 seconds Water Resistance: Low-Medium Feathering:...| Mountain of Ink
Let’s take a look at five Akkerman standard inks : 16 Oranje Boven, 17 Staten-Generaal Rood, 18 Garuda Rood, 19 Rood Haags Pluche and 20 Pulchri Pink. You can purchase these inks at a few retailers including Vanness Pens . Swabs:| Mountain of Ink
Let’s take a look at five Akkerman standard inks : 00 Royal Akkermanblauw, 01 Passage Blauw, 02 Residentie Blauw, 03 Akkerman Blauw and 04 Nassaus Blauw. You can purchase these inks at a few retailers including Vanness Pens . Swabs:| Mountain of Ink
This weekend is the St. Louis Pen Show , so let’s take a look at the show ink! This year is KWZ Meet Me In St. Louis 2025, aka 314 Blues. You can pick this ink up at the show !| Mountain of Ink
While new to me, A Night in Jodhpur has been out for quite a while with is being launched in 2019. An exclusive ink for the German stationary store Papier & Stift where it is an on going line, …| dapprman