Ink Review #2721: Endless Alchemy Raven Blue

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Today’s ink is Endless Raven Blue from the Alchemy collection. My sample of ink came from Vanness Pens.

The color:

Raven Blue is a deep navy blue, almost a blue black.

*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 some medium black sheen.

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: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

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

Comparison Swabs:

Raven Blue is closest to Teranishi Guitar Smoky Navy. Click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Pilot Vanishing Point Wish with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow.

Overall, I really like this ink. It’s well behaved, a lovely color and nice and smooth. When compared to its closest colored ink however, Teranishi Smoky Navy, I prefer Smoky Navy just a little bit more.

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