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Ink Review: Diamine Amber
COLOR Diamine Amber is a bright, sunny yellow-orange. CHARACTER This ink has a lot of shading and no sheen. CONSISTENCY Amber is a bright and fun ink, and it hits a nice balance of being wet enough to have great shading without having an issue with lots of feathering. Nebula, Clairefontaine, and Tomoe River paper CONCLUSION There are some days that you just need more color in your life, and I love grabbing a bright ink for that purpose. Amber has become one of my favorite yel
Mar 12
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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 30, 2024
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