Ink Review: Ink Institute Cut Jade

May 22, 2018 in Ink Review

There are a few super sheeners out there now. The first was Organics Studio Nitrogen Royal Blue and Organics Studio have come out with a teal and a darker blue super sheener, Krishna has come out with a blue super sheener similar to Nitrogen and now Ink Institute in Taiwan has come out with two more. One is again similar to Nitrogen; rich moderately bright blue ink that's practically all sheen. But excitingly they also came out with a green ink that's a super sheener. All the rest have been either blue or a blue-green (such as Walden Pond Blue) and this is a lovely rich true green.

Ink Review: Montblanc Petit Prince Red Fox

May 11, 2018 in Ink Review

Following on from Montblanc's release of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Encre Du Desert alongside a pen as part of their Writers Edition series Montblanc has now released this ink, Petit Prince Red Fox, based on the fox from Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince. Another ink released at the same time is Swan Illusion Plume (as part of the Patron of the Arts series) which is named after Ludwig II of Bavaria who is also known as the Swan King, you kind find that review here.

I bought this ink from La Couronne du Comte.

Ink Review: Montblanc Swan Illusion Plume

May 11, 2018 in Ink Review

From the Montblanc's Patron of the Arts series of releases, Ludwig II is the latest pens and ink combination to come out. Namesed after Ludwig II of Bavaria. Ludwig II is also known as the Swan King because he spent much of his youth in Hohenschwangau (“high region of the swan”) which had it's own Schwansee (Swan Lake) which may have inspired Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet. Another ink released at the same time is Petit Prince Red Fox, based on the fox from Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince. You kind find that review here.

I bought this ink from La Couronne du Comte.

Ink Review: Sailor Shumibun Writing Time Jasper Green

April 24, 2018 in Ink Review

Shumibun Writing Time Jasper Green is a Sailor store exclusive ink from Shumibun in Japan. The store itself is makes a Fountain Pen magazine for the Fountain Pen market. The store describes the colour as a "deep green mixed with jasper". There are two other inks in the series (from which I only have a bottle of Jasper Green): Coral Blue (a dusty turquoise colour) and Lapis Blue (a rich blue).

Double Ink Review: Colorverse String and Brane

April 10, 2018 in Ink Review

Colorverse String and Brane are the pair of inks from Season 3 "Multiverse" series of inks that I, personally, thought was the most interesting pairing. A nice golden brown and a soft olive green. Brane, which comes in the small 15ml bottle, as opposed the String's 65ml bottle, is also a shimmering ink but is much subtler than many shimmering inks out there.

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