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Ink Review: Birmingham Pens Cherry Blossom
COLOR Birmingham Pens Cherry Blossom is a plum-purple-pink. Depending on the paper, it can shift to a slightly cooler or slight warmer...
Oct 17, 2024
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Ink Review: J. Herbin Caroube de Chypre
COLOR J. Herbin Caroube de Chypre is a lovely warm mid-brown with a bit of a red shift. It features a lovely gold shimmer. CHARACTER This...
Oct 10, 2024
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Ink Review: Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun
COLOR Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun is a lovely gray-blue. In use it depends on the paper how much of the blue tones show. It's hard to decide...
Oct 3, 2024
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Ink Review: Esterbrook Tangerine
COLOR Esterbrook Tangerine is a bright, sunny yellow-orange with gold shimmer. CHARACTER I love how inks in this color family shade. It...
Sep 26, 2024
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Ink Review: Iroshizuku Chiku-rin
COLOR Iroshizuku Chiku-rin is a lovely cheerful, slightly desaturated yellowish spring green. On some paper it leans a bit more yellow,...
Sep 19, 2024
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Ink Review: Ferris Wheel Press Tumbling Time Blue
COLOR Tumbling Time Blue is part of Ferris Wheel Press' Alice in Wonderland series, 'Down the Rabbit Hole.' It is a very nice bright blue...
Sep 12, 2024
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Ink Review: Tono & Lims Welcome to the Jungle
COLOR Tono & Lims Welcome to the Jungle is one of my all-time favorite inks. It is a lovely pine green that manages to stay truly green...
Sep 5, 2024
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Ink Review: Birmingham Pen Co Agave
COLOR Agave is a bright blue-teal with the tiniest hint of red sheen. It is most similar to Ferris Wheel Press' Bluegrass Velvet, but...
Aug 22, 2024
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Ink Review: Pennonia Tihanyi Lila
COLOR Pennonia Tihanyi Lila (or Tihany Purple) is one of those hard-to-categorize colors. Is it blue? Is it purple? Light...indigo? I...
Aug 15, 2024
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Ink Review: J. Herbin Emerald of Chivor
COLOR J. Herbin Emerald of Chivor was the first ink that really made me stop and say "wow" when I was entering the hobby. I had no idea...
Aug 8, 2024
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Ink Review: Taccia Black Jeans
COLOR Taccia Black Jeans is a cool-tone black. It's certainly not one of the blackest blacks out there- it's a bit washed out and moves...
Aug 1, 2024
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Ink Review: Diamine Midnight Hour
COLOR Diamine Midnight Hour is a medium bold blue with a deep red sheen. It's very similar to Diamine Majestic Blue, but both the blue...
Jul 18, 2024
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Ink Review: Ferris Wheel Press Lady Rose in Gold
COLOR Ferris Wheel Press Lady Rose in Gold is a lovely color. I'm a fan of rose gold in general, and I find that they managed to make an...
Jul 11, 2024
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Ink Review: Colorverse Stars & Stripes
COLOR Colorverse Stars & Stripes is a beautiful blue ink with good amounts of shimmer and sheen. The base blue is a happy, bright Persian...
Jul 4, 2024
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Ink Review: Monteverde Napa Burgundy
COLOR Monteverde Napa Burgundy is a deep, dark red with only the slightest hint of a raspberry-purple. It's so far in the red camp that...
Jun 27, 2024
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Ink Review: Birmingham Pen Company Sandstone
COLOR Birmingham Sandstone is a lovely sandy brown-sepia color with some warmer tones contrasting with some subtle green shift. It's a...
Jun 20, 2024
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Ink Review: Diamine Winter Miracle
COLOR Diamine Winter Miracle is a lovely purple with bright green sheen and a bright blue shimmer. It's a bit warmer in color than...
Jun 13, 2024
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Ink Review: Colorverse Anti-Matter
COLOR Colorverse Anti-Matter is a cool gray. It's interesting in that it seems to lean more toward blue-green on some papers and more...
Jun 6, 2024
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Ink Review: Rohrer & Klingner Helianthus
COLOR Rohrer & Klingner Helianthus is such a fun color. It is a bright and sunny yellow that almost seems to glow on the page. It lightly...
May 30, 2024
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Ink Review: Monteverde Zebra
COLOR Monteverde Zebra is part of the Jungle Ink series. It is a bold dark blue, decently dark but with some extra saturation that makes...
May 23, 2024
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