Ink Review #1950: Conklin Vintage Purple

Today let’s take a look at Conklin Vintage Purple. Thanks to YAFA for sending a bottle over for review!

The color:

Vintage Purple is a vibrant medium purple.

*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 has pretty consistent color and lots of feathering.

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: 5 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Medium

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Vintage Purple is similar to Lamy Violet. Click here to see the purple inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Kaweco Al-sport Violet with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a slightly wet flow.

Overall, this ink is a nice color and it dries quickly but there’s way too much feathering. If an ink feathers on Tomoe River paper like this one does, then it’s not an ink for me.

Disclaimer: This product was provided by YAFA 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.