Birmingham Pens Inks Part 4

We have four more Birmingham Pens inks to look at: Sterling Silver (Wishy-washy collection), Eroded Bronze (Crisp), Kingfisher (Wishy-washy) and Jade Inferno (Rich). Thanks to Birmingham Pens for sending these inks over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Sterling Silver, Eroded Bronze, Kingfisher, and Jade Inferno.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 20-40 seconds

Water-resistance: Low

Feathering: None except Jade Inferno, which has low feathering.

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low-mostly on Leuchtturm.

Other properties: medium shading, Jade Inferno has low pink 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:

Sterling Silver is closest to Robert Oster Australian Opal Grey.

Eroded Bronze is similar to Lamy Benitoite.

Kingfisher is closest to Ink Institute Jade Vine.

Jade Inferno is close to Robert Oster Tranquility.

Longer Writing:

I used a Mabie Todd Swan on a Taroko Odyssey notebook. All of the inks had an average flow.

Overall, these are some great inks. I love Jade Inferno’s color. Sterling Silver is more red when wet and dries to a neutral grey. Sterling Silver and Kingfisher can both be too light for everyday use in the smaller nib sizes, but I love them in broad and flex nibs.

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.

Pennonia Inks Part 5

I’ve enjoyed a lot of the Pennonia inks I’ve tried lately-Poison Green being my current favorite, so let’s try out another five! Thanks to Shigure Inks for sending these inks over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Fox Friend, Copper, Wasp, Apple Green and Greenfinch.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 20-50 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was a bit of feathering in every nib size as well as a little bit of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Fox Friend is similar to Papier Plume House of the Rising Sun.

Copper is closest to Birmingham Salmon hors d’oeuvre.

Wasp is similar to Monteverde Mango Mousse.

Apple Green is somewhere in-between Tono & Lims Wakayama and Tono & Lims Miyagi.

Greenfinch is similar to Robert Oster Nederlands Eerste.

Longer Writing:

I used a Taroko Odyssey notebook. Apple Green and Copper were dry, the others were average. The pens I used are written in the previous photo.

Overall, Fox Friend and Wasp are my favorites out of the five (Poison Green is still my favorite Pennonia ink though). Both Fox Friend and Wasp would be great for the summer season. Copper and Apple Green are a little light for everyday use, but would be great for art.

Disclaimer: These inks were provided by Shigure Inks 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.

Birmingham Pens Crisp Inks Part 3

Today we are checking out five more inks from the Birmingham Pens Crisp series: Kentucky Bluegrass, Summersweet, Pennsylvania Slate, Glassmith and Monongahela. Thanks to Birmingham Pens for sending these inks over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Kentucky Bluegrass, Summersweet, Pennsylvania Slate, Glassmith and Monongahela

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-Medium

Feathering: Low-None Kentucky Bluegrass and Summersweet both feather just a bit on Leuchtturm paper.

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low-there is a little bit of bleeding on Leuchtturm paper.

Other properties: medium shading, tiny pink sheen and no shimmer. Kentucky Bluegrass does not sheen, but the other 4 have some pink sheen in large swabs.

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

Comparison Swabs:

Kentucky Bluegrass is close to Colorverse Tranquility Base.

Pennsylvania Slate is similar to Ferris Wheel Press Bluegrass Velvet.

Summersweet is close to Sailor Ink Studio 864.

Glassmith is similar to Robert Oster Torquay.

Monongahela is close to Aurora Turquoise.

Longer Writing:

I love these inks together so much! They are a fabulous green to blue gradient.

I used a Mabie Todd Swan on a Taroko Odyssey notebook. All of the inks had an average flow.

Overall, I love all five of these inks. They are “Crisp” inks-designed to work on cheap papers-I don’t think they did that in my testing, but on good paper they behave well, are gorgeous colors and go so well together!

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.

Ferris Wheel Press Holly Charger Set

The Holly charger set contains 3 inks from the Winter 2020 collection in 5ml vials. Thanks to Phidon Pens for sending this set over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Wondrous Winterberry, Sparkling Champagne and Misguided Mistletoe.

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: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None (Mistletoe had a tiny bit of bleeding)

Other properties: low-medium shading, Mistletoe has a little bit of red sheen and sgold shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Winterberry is closest to Diamine Red Lustre.

Champagne is lighter than Diamine Golden Sands.

Mistletoe is darker than Diamine Magical Forest but lighter than Robert Oster Peppermint Candy.

Longer Writing:

I used a Taroko Odyssey notebook, the Winterberry had an average flow and the other two had a dry flow.

Overall, this is a great set for the holidays. If I used this long-term I would add a drop of White Lighting (ink additive) to help the flow a bit.

Disclaimer: These inks were provided by Phidon 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.

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.

Ink Review #1597: Robert Oster Devon Green

I’m always excited to try out new Robert Oster inks, so I was super excited to see Robert Oster Devon Green, a Cult Pens exclusive ink. Thanks to Cult Pens for sending this ink over for review!

The Color:

Devon Green is a medium avocado green.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper there is some pretty shading but no sheen.

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 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On Walmart 20lb copy paper there was just a little bit of feathering and bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Devon Green is a little darker than Colorverse Tranquility Base. Click here to see the Robert Oster inks together, and click here to see the green inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pelikan M605 Green White with a medium nib on a Taroko Odyssey notebook. The ink had a slightly dry flow. I really like this pen/ink combo!

Overall, this is a great ink. It’s just a little dry, but it performs really well in a wet Pelikan nib.

Disclaimer: This ink was provided by Cult 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.

Pennonia Inks Part 4

I’ve had so much fun testing out Pennonia inks that we are going to continue with another three: Pelican Green, Nettle and Poison Green. Thanks to Shigure Inks for sending these inks over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Pelican Green, Nettle and Poison Green

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: Low

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low-medium shading, tiny red sheen and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was a bit of feathering in every nib size as well as a little bit of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Pelican Green is closest to Montblanc White Forest.

Nettle is a bit brighter than Taccia Midori Green.

Poison Green is closest to Diamine Steel Blue.

Longer Writing:

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

Overall, I enjoyed all three of these inks. Poison Green is my favorite simply because teal is my favorite color and it has pretty shading. Pelican Green has a little less shading than the other two but all three are great inks.

Disclaimer: These inks were provided by Shigure Inks 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.

Pennonia Inks Part 3

Pennonia has a few different blue inks-today let’s take a look at five of them. Thanks to Shigure Inks for sending these inks over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Embroidery Blue, Blue Light, Csontvary’s Blue, Turkish Blue and Whoopie Blue.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 30-40 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: medium shading, low-high sheen (Blue Light has high pink sheen and Turkish Blue has low pink sheen) and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was a bit of feathering in every nib size as well as a little bit of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Embroidery Blue is a darker than Montblanc Tolstoy.

Csontvary’s Blue is less saturated than Taccia Indigo Jeans.

Blue Light is a bit darker than Diamine Florida Blue, Turkish Blue is a bit lighter than both of them.

Longer Writing:

I used a Taroko Odyssey notebook, the first four inks had an average flow, Whoopie Blue had a dry flow.

Overall, I enjoyed most of them. Whoopie Blue is a little too light for me in everyday use. Blue Light and Turkish Blue are my favorites out of the five. All of them perform well and are worth a try.

Disclaimer: These inks were provided by Shigure Inks 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.

Ferris Wheel Press Sophie Charger Set

Ferris Wheel Press does a great job at separating their collections into charger sets-3 x 5ml ink vials. The Sophie charger set contains 3 inks from the Fall 2020 collection. Thanks to Phidon Pens for sending this set over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Beaver Dam, Goose Poupon and Moss Park Green

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 30-40 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Beaver Dam is less saturated than Birmingham Infield Brown.

Moss Park Green is lighter than Sailor Ink Studio 370.

Goose Poupon is lighter than Robert Oster Muddy Bucket.

Longer Writing:

I used a Taroko Odyssey notebook, the first two inks had an average flow and Moss Park Green had a dry flow.

Overall, I enjoyed all three of these inks, but Moss Park Green can be too light in the smaller nib sizes. Goose Poupon is my favorite despite the less than flattering name. All three are great colors for the fall season.

Disclaimer: These inks were provided by Phidon 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.

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.