Ink Review #2157: KWZ IG Violet 3

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Let’s take a look at KWZ IG Violet 3. This ink is from KWZ’s Iron Gall collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The color:

IG Violet 3 is a deep aubergine purple.

*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 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:

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

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

Comparison Swabs:

IG Violet 3 is just a little lighter than IG Violet 2. Click here to see the purple inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Kaweco Sport Lilac with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, like IG Violet 2 that I reviewed earlier this week-this is a nice ink but not amazing. I expected it to be more water resistant because it’s an iron gall, but it only had medium water resistance. I also wanted a bit more shading than I got.

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