Ink Review #1434: Ferris Wheel Press Sweet Honeydew

Ferris Wheel Press Sweet Honeydew is from the Spring 2020 collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The color:

Sweet Honeydew is a light Honeydew green.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink shades to grey.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry time: 15 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering and bleeding in all nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Sweet Honeydew is more yellow than Sailor Ink Studio 167 but not quite as yellow as Tono & Lims Shine Muscat. Click here to see the Ferris Wheel Press inks together, and click here to see the green inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Kaweco Sport Sage with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, this color is interesting, but way too light for everyday use. It’s also very dry, so this ink is a no for me.

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