Ink Review #1393: Krishna After Dark

Today we are going to look at another reader request: Krishna After Dark. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens. Thanks to the reader that sent this ink in for review!

The color:

After Dark is a dark cobalt blue.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks darker.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering but no bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

After Dark is close to Private Reserve DC Supershow Blue. Click here to see the Krishna inks together, and click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a TWSBI Eco Transparent Blue with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, this ink is much better behaved than some of the Krishna Super Rich series inks I’ve tried in the past. It’s a nice color, well behaved and has some nice shading, but there are a lot of other inks out there in a similar color-there’s nothing about this ink that stands out from the crowd for me.

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