Ink Review #1783: Esterbrook Lilac Shimmer

Today’s purple ink is Esterbrook Lilac Shimmer. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Lilac Shimmer is a medium purple with gold shimmer.

*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 shading and gold shimmer.

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: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

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

On 20 lb copy paper there is some feathering in all nib sizes and a few dots of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Lilac Shimmer is closest to J Herbin Amethyste de L’oural. Click here to see the purple inks together.

Longer writing:

Somehow my longer writing sample disappeared and I don’t have enough ink to do another one.

Overall, there’s a little more feathering and bleeding than I prefer, but the color is nice and the shimmer is pretty. I prefer J Herbin Amethyste de L’oural over this one.

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