Octopus Fluids Phoenix is from the Octopus Fluids Sheening collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

*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 lots of sheen but it’s hard to see in the photo.

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: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: no shading, monster gold sheen, and no shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and a dot or two of bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Phoenix is closest to Aurora Red. Click here to see the red inks together.

I used a Pilot Vanishing Point Coral with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow.

Overall, this ink is an interesting ink. This is the first red monster sheener I’ve found, so it’s rather unique.

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