Ink Review #2859: Ink Institute Siebold's Lily

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We are focusing on orange inks this week, starting with Ink Institute Siebold’s Lily from the Meander collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers, my sample came from Vanness Pens.

The color:

Siebold’s Lily ranges from a peachy orange to yellow to orange-red.

*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 is more red where it pooled.

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: None

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

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

Comparison Swabs:

Siebold’s Lily is closest to Maruzen Athena Doukan. Click here to see the orange inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a TWSBI Eco-T Coral with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a slightly dry flow.

Overall, I love the color with the shading that ranges from yellow to red. I really enjoyed the combo pictured above-the TWSBI Eco-T with Siebold’s Lily on Tomoe River paper. Even though the flow is a little dry it made for a lovely writing experience.

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