Ink Review #2850: KWZ Grapefruit

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This week we are looking at some orange inks, starting with KWZ Grapefruit. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers, my sample came from Vanness Pens.

The color:

Grapefruit is a bright red-orange.

*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 looks more red than on the Col-o-ring swab.

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: 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 had feathering in all nib sizes and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Grapefruit is a little more saturated than Monteverde Mandarin Orange. Click here to see the orange inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Pelikan M600 Vibrant Orange with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow.

Overall, I like this ink! It’s a pretty red-orange, and it looks more red or more orange depending on the paper.

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