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Ink Review: Private Reserve Infinity Green
COLOR Private Reserve Infinity Green is a bright tealish green. Or perhaps a greenish teal? It is more teal on lighter strokes, and more...
Mar 6
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Ink Review: Colorverse Cotton Blue
COLOR Colorverse Cotton Blue is a medium denim blue with slight purple shading CHARACTER This ink has some moderate shading and no sheen....
Feb 27
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Ink Review: Monteverde Moonstone
COLOR Monteverde Moonstone is part of the Gemstone ink series. It is a deep cocoa brown that shows some greenish tones on certain papers,...
Feb 20
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Ink Review: Wearingeul Half Moon Dimmed Light
COLOR Wearingeul Half Moon Dimmed Light is a medium-tone gray ink with a teal-to-purple multichrome shimmer CHARACTER This ink has a very...
Feb 13
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Ink Review: Diamine Golden Ivy
COLOR Diamine Golden Ivy is a bright true green with golden shimmer. CHARACTER Golden Ivy has gold shimmer that shows up in most writing,...
Feb 6
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Ink Review: Monarca Cardona
COLOR Monarca Cardona is a vibrant red-burgundy with a slight bright red-violet undertone. CHARACTER Cardona effortlessly shows a...
Jan 30
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Ink Review: Birmingham Pens Antique Sepia
COLOR Birmingham Pens Antique Sepia is a chromashading ink that changes its nature depending on the paper it is on. On most papers it is...
Jan 23
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Ink Review: Robert Oster Evening Sapphire
COLOR Robert Oster Evening Sapphire is a really lovely mid-cobalt blue. This blue is one of my favorites! CHARACTER This ink has a...
Jan 16
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Ink Review: Pineider Sepia
COLOR Pineider Sepia is a warm reddish brown that can take on some greenish tones on some papers CHARACTER This ink has a good range of...
Jan 9
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Ink Review: Robert Oster Mysterium
COLOR Robert Oster Mysterium is a bright violet-red purple that can shift slightly more to blue-purple on some papers CHARACTER This ink...
Jan 2
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Ink Review: Herbin Perle Noire
COLOR Herbin Perle Noire is a dark neutral black with a very faint bronze sheen. CHARACTER This is a lovely dark black. It's a...
Dec 26, 2024
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Ink Review: Pelikan Edelstein Golden Lapis
COLOR Edelstein Golden Lapis is a beautiful bright cobalt blue with a bright golden shimmer CHARACTER This ink has an intense amount of...
Dec 19, 2024
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Ink Review: Wearingeul Wuthering Heights
COLOR Wearingeul Wuthering Heights is a beautiful seaglass-teal-green-gray ink with a vibrant silver-green shimmer. CHARACTER This ink...
Dec 12, 2024
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Ink Review: Birmingham Pen Co Chrysan Themum
COLOR Birmingham Pen Co's Chrysan Themum is a desaturated mauvey-blush pink. It has elements of multichrome shading, leading it to look...
Dec 5, 2024
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Ink Review: Tono & Lims 2024 Fountain Pen Day
COLOR Tono & Lims' 2024 Fountain Pen Day is an ink made exclusively for Pen Chalet. It is a highly saturated bright blue with an intense...
Nov 28, 2024
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Ink Review: Colorverse Iris Nebula
COLOR Colorverse Iris Nebula is part of their Nebula series. It is a pale purple-leaning gray that is packed with a champagne-to-green...
Nov 21, 2024
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Ink Review: Iroshizuku Yama-guri
COLOR Iroshizuku Yama-guri is a fairly dark neutral brown. It shifts a little more to the cooler side of the spectrum compared to many...
Nov 14, 2024
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Ink Review: Private Reserve Ultra Black
COLOR Private Reserve Ultra Black is a neutral, slightly cool-leaning black with a low bronze sheen. CHARACTER For an ink named Ultra...
Nov 7, 2024
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Ink Review: Van Dieman's Emerald Eyes
COLOR Van Dieman's Emerald Eyes is a bright, bold green that leans slightly cyan/teal. CHARACTER The shading on this ink is low to...
Oct 31, 2024
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Ink Review: Diamine Shimmering Seas
COLOR Diamine Shimmering Seas is a darker, moderate blue color with bright yellow shimmer. It is not dark enough to call it a blue-black...
Oct 24, 2024
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