Ink Review #1459: Aurora Grey

Aurora Grey is from Aurora’s 100th Anniversary collection. You can find this ink for sale at Pen Chalet (aff. link) and Vanness Pens.

The color:

Grey is a medium grey with some shading.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some nice shading.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 15 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering in most nib sizes as well as a bit of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Grey seems very similar to Montblanc Oyster Grey, just darker in the swab. It has a lot of the same undertones and shading. Click here to see the Aurora inks together, and click here to see the grey inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Lamy 200 Black Amber with a fine nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, I could take or leave this one. It’s pretty well behaved and a nice color, but it’s not better than Montblanc Oyster Grey and I don’t need both since they are so similar.

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