Birmingham Pens Crisp Inks Part 1

Birmingham Pens recently took all of their ink production in-house and they kindly sent me some inks to try out! Let’s take a look at five inks from the Crisp series. Thanks to Birmingham Pens for sending these inks over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Mud Puddle, Stormwater Runoff, Hemlock Cone, Sandstone and Antique Sepia.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry Time: 30-50 seconds

Water Resistance: medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: medium shading, no sheen and no shimmer.

On Walmart 20 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as a bit of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Hemlock Cone is closest to Monteverde Moonstone and Mud Puddle is lighter than KWZ Iron Gall Gold.

Sandstone is lighter than Robert Oster Muddy Sand. Stormwater Runoff is closest to Platinum Sepia Black.

Antique Sepia sits somewhere between green and brown, the closest green is L’Artisan Pastillier Olive.

Longer Writing:

I used a Taroko Odyssey notebook, all five inks had an average flow.

Overall, I enjoyed all five of these inks. Antique Sepia is definitely more green than its name implies, but I still enjoyed using it. In writing I enjoyed using Stormwater Runoff the most.

Disclaimer: These products were provided by Birmingham Pens for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and this post is not sponsored.