Ink Review #1841: Oblation Portland Rain

Let’s take a look at a store exclusive ink today-Oblation Portland Rain. Thanks to Oblation Papers and Press for sending this ink over for review!

The color:

Portland Rain is a medium grey ink.

*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 darkens to almost black.

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:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper there is a little bit of feathering in the large nib sizes but other than that it performs well.

Comparison Swabs:

Portland Rain is a little bit darker than Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same. Click here to see the grey inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pelikan M605 Black Tortoise with a medium nib on a Taroko Breeze notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, I really enjoyed this ink. It’s a lovely color and performed well-even on copy paper.

Disclaimer: This ink was provided by Oblation 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.