Today’s ink is De Atramentis Slate Grey. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

*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 just a little bit of shading where the ink pooled.

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: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Slate Grey isn’t remotely close to any of these other inks, but Krishna Pencil is a similar purple-grey. Click here to see the grey inks together.

I used a Kaweco Al-sport Akkerman Navy with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a wet flow.

Overall, I could take or leave this ink. I like the wet flow and it’s well-behaved, but it’s very purple compared to other grey inks.

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