De Atramentis Honey
True Confession: I love yellow inks. They swab so pretty.
True Fact: There is very little practical use of yellow inks.
INK SWAB: 34/365 – De Atramentis Honey
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INK SWAB: 33/365 – Akkerman Binnenhof Blues #6
Akkerman #6 Binnenhof Blues
I’ve not tried this ink yet. It’s a lovely bright blue, though. Do you have experience with it?
INK SWAB: 32/365 – Waterman Audacious Red
Waterman Audacious Red
The scan here doesn’t look the same as the handwritten review. It probably has to do with the Word Cards absorbing much more ink than regular writing paper – and the difference is more obvious with some inks than others.
INK SWAB: 31/365 – De Atramentis Christmas Red 2012
Back in 2012, De Atramentis came out with (I think) a couple of limited edition inks. Christmas Red was one of those inks. This pretty red ink is no longer available.
And, today, we reach the end of January. Thirty-one days of ink swabs.
When I started this project, I was concerned that I wouldn’t have enough different things to say about each ink. That hasn’t been the case at all. I think I have just one swab with no words – and I did that one just to see if I really could. Haha
I’d love to know what you think. Is this fun even though there aren’t full reviews for each of them?
INK SWAB: 30/365 – Monteverde Brown
Monteverde Brown
Dark chocolatey goodness. I’ve not tried this ink, but am going to soon. From the swab, I’d say we have winner. (That is, if I liked brown inks. Which I don’t.)
INK SWAB: 29/365 – Caran d’Ache Caribbean Sea
Caran d’Ache Caribbean Sea is another among the discontinued line of Caran d’Ache inks.
I’ve not written with this ink. Teals are generally not my cup of tea. What do you think of this color?
INK SWAB: 28/365 – Akkerman China Town Red
China Town Red is a terrific ink. The color is bright and shiny. It writes well with no difficulties in any of the pens I’ve used with it.
I’ll need to do a full review on this ink – kind of surprised I never have.
INK SWAB: 27/365 – Parker Quink Black
Parker Quink Black
It’s black.
There are a handful of black inks that I would call a standard. That is, they will work well in almost every pen. Quink’s Black is one of those inks.
INK SWAB: 26/365 – Private Reserve Fiesta Red
Fiesta Red is a pleasant brown/red shade. I’m not sure I’d call it a party color, but there you go.
I store all of my ink samples in a dark cabinet. Fiesta Red is the only ink (that I’ve noticed so far) that has turned a different color. It faded to almost the shade of a band-aid. I don’t know why this happened, but I know that after I saw it, I got myself busy swabbing all of my inks samples. Thank you, Fiesta Red!
INK SWAB: 25/365 – Organics Studio – Cobalt and Mercury
BONUS
Two ink swabs today!
Organics Studio is responsible for my policy of not using new or very small brands of ink in my fountain pens. I’ll write more about this another time, but for now here are the swabs.