Lennon Tool Bar Formosa Inks

Today we are going to take a look at the Lennon Tool Bar Formosa inks: Hehuan Blue, Hobe and Shuishalian. Thanks to Shigure Inks for sending the inks over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Hehuan Blue, Hobe and Shuishalian. Hehuan Blue is a medium, slightly unsaturated blue. Hobe is a darker blue and Shuishalian is a light, brighter blue with a slight green tone.

Writing samples:

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

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as a lot of bleeding, so I would not recommend these inks for cheap paper.

Comparison Swabs:

Hehuan Blue is a bit darker than Sailor Ink Studio 240 and a bit lighter than Vinta Lucia. Click here to see the Lennon Tool Bar inks together.

Hobe is in-between Sailor Ink Studio 340 and 640.

Shuishalian is darker than both J Herbin Diabolo Menthe and Vinta Perya.

I used a Lochby Lined Refill A5 notebook (Tomoe River 68gsm). All of the inks had a wetter than average flow, almost a bit thin and watery.

Overall, these inks are wetter than the average ink but are well behaved-no feathering or bleeding. They even have a little bit of shading. So far these inks are a little bit better behaved than the other Lennon Tool Bar inks I’ve tried, but aren’t as water resistant as the Atmospheric collection I reviewed earlier today.

Disclaimer: These inks were provided by Shigure Inks for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.