Ink Review #2719: Ink Institute Jadeite

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Today’s ink is Ink Institute Jadeite from the Premium Sheen collection. You can find this ink for sale at mosts retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Jadeite is an emerald green with a ton of pink sheen.

*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 a lot of sheen.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: There’s some bleeding in the flex nib and swab on Rhodia, but I think that’s due to a flaw in the paper rather than the ink. I’ve had this happen with most inks on this most recent batch of paper.

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

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

Comparison Swabs:

The base color is closest to Van Dieman’s Sea Turtle. Click here to see the green inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Pilot Custom 743 Verdigris with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow.

Overall, this isn’t an ink for me. Frankly I’m over monster sheeners- there’s just so many of them out there now. There’s nothing about this ink that distinguishes it from the ones already available.

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