Ink Review #1823: Laban Hermes Sky Blue

Laban Hermes Sky Blue is from Laban’s Greek Mythology collection. Thanks to Goldspot for sending this ink over for review!

The color:

Hermes is a light sky blue.

*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 nice 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:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry time: 60 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Low

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper there is some feathering in all nib sizes as well as a bit of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Hermes is lighter than Birmingham Ice Age. Click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Leonardo Mother of Pearl with a medium nib on a Taroko Breeze notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, this ink is a bit light for me-I would stick to medium nibs or larger. Also, this ink is rather dry for me, I wish the flow was a bit wetter.

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