Octopus Fluids x Fountainfeder Inks

Today’s inks are six Octopus Fluids x Fountainfeder inks. These inks are exclusive to Fountainfeder, and can be purchased in their online store. Thanks to Fountainfeder for sending these inks over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Midsummer, Schietwetter, Grunkohl, Nordlichter, Ostsee and Nordsee.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 30-40 seconds

Water Resistance: Medium

Feathering: Medium-they feathered quite a bit on Rhodia.

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Medium-there was some bleeding on Rhodia and Leuchtturm.

Other properties: The three teal-ish inks all had pink sheen.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was quite a bit of feathering and bleeding in all nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Midsommar is closest to Backpack Amsterdam Orange.

Schietwetter’s lighter shading is similar to Robert Oster Sydney Darling Harbour, the darker part of the shading is closer to Diamine Dark Forest.

Grunkohl is similar to Kobe 15 Maiko Green.

Nordsee is on the blue side of teal and is closest to Diamine Yuletide. Ostsee is more of a true teal, and is similar to Diamine Aurora Borealis. Nordlichter is on the green side of teal and is darker than Colorverse Pale Blue Dot.

Overall, I love the colors of these inks. The teal ones are obviously my favorite since I love teal, but the other colors are just as good. Schietwetter is probably the most unique, and the one I would pick to get a full bottle of if I had to pick one. I would stick to nicer papers like Tomoe River though because there was some feathering and bleeding on Rhodia and Leuchtturm.

Disclaimer: These products were provided by Fountainfeder 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.