Ink Review #2566: De Atramentis Copper Brown

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Let’s take a look at De Atramentis Standard Copper Brown. This ink is also known as: City Rome, Zodiac Capricorn, Rune GEBO, and Chinese Zodiac Snake. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Brown is a deep red-brown, almost a burgundy red.

*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 red and a little more purple 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:

Copper Brown is a little more red than Taccia Hokusai Benitsuchi. Click here to see the brown inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Sailor PGS Supernova Red with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a wet flow.

Overall, this is a lovely ink for the fall season. It’s really close to red, just a tiny bit more brown.

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