Ink Review #1444: Kaweco Midnight Blue

Kaweco Midnight Blue is from Kaweco’s standard lineup. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers like Vanness Pens.

The color:

Midnight Blue is a medium blue black.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some interesting shading.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 10 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

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

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

Comparison Swabs:

Midnight Blue is closest to Sailor Nano Souboku. Click here to see the Kaweco inks together, and click here to see the blue black inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Franklin-Christoph 46 in Diamondcast Blue with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, this is a lovely blue-black ink with some shading and a tiny bit of sheen in large swabs. It’s a great color for the office.

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