Birmingham Pens Crisp Inks Part 2

We recently looked at five inks from the Birmingham Pens Crisp series, so today let’s take a look at five more from the series. Thanks to Birmingham Pens for sending these inks over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Hydrangea, Chrysanthemum, Teaberry Ice Cream, Sweetheart and Carrot Cake.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 20-30 seconds

Water Resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: high-medium shading, no sheen and no shimmer. Hydrangea and Chrysanthemum both have high shading while the other three have medium shading.

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

Comparison Swabs:

Hydrangea is a little darker than Troublemaker Foxglove.

Chrysanthemum is a little darker than Sailor Shikiori Yozakura.

Teaberry Ice Cream is a bit brighter than Octopus Fluids Living Coral. Sweetheart is less saturated than Tono & Lims Osaka.

Carrot Cake is lighter than the rest of the orange inks I have.

Longer Writing:

I used a Mabie Todd Swan on a Taroko Odyssey notebook. Hydrangea had an average flow, and the other four inks had a dry flow.

Overall, I love both Hydrangea and Chrysanthemum. They are gorgeous colors and have some amazing shading. I’m not a huge fan of the other three inks. They are a bit neon while still being hard to read in the smaller nib sizes.

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.