Ink Review #2413: Ferris Wheel Press Glistening Glass

Today’s ink is Ferris Wheel Press Glistening Glass from the FerriTales collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Glistening Glass is an unsaturated steely blue.

*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 plenty of 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: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

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

Comparison Swabs:

Glistening Glass isn’t super close to any of these other blue shimmer inks, but it’s closest to Dream Inks Xiang. Click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a TWSBI Eco Indigo with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a dry flow.

Overall, this ink is way too dry for me. It could use a drop of White Lightning to make it flow better.

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