Ink Review #2272: KWZ Brown 4

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Let’s take a look at KWZ Brown #4 from the Standard collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Brown 4 is a dark red-brown.

*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 some black sheen.

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:

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, low black sheen, and no shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had just a little bit of feathering and a few dots of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Brown #4 is similar to Ink Institute Taipei Metro. Click here to see the brown inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Schon Design Ultem with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, this is a nice brown ink, perfect for the autumn season. I did notice the vanilla smell when filling the pen, and only occasionally when writing.

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