Ink Review #1850: Inkebara Brown Gray
/Inkebara Brown Gray is from Inkebara’s Soft Tones collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.
*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 little bit of shading.
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:
Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)
Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)
Dry time: 40 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 behaved well-no issues.
Comparison Swabs:
Brown Gray is much lighter than these other browns. Click here to see the brown inks together.
Longer writing:
I used a TWSBI Eco Cement with a broad nib on a Taroko Breeze notebook. The ink had an average flow.
Overall, this ink is very pale. I like it best in a broad nib, but I do really enjoy the color.
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