Ink Review #2567: De Atramentis Bahama Brown

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Today’s ink is De Atramentis Standard Bahama Brown. This ink is also known as Friedrich Engels. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Bahama Brown is a medium yellow-brown.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks less yellow than it did on the Col-o-ring swab.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Bahama Brown is lighter than Robert Oster Muddy Sand, and darker than Pilot Iroshizuku Ina-ho. Click here to see the brown inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Kaweco Al-sport Dutch Pen Show with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a wet flow.

Overall, this color is a bit unique-I only have one a little lighter and one a little darker, there’s not a lot of inks that are similar. It’s well-behaved and affordable!

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