Ink Review #2562: Papier Plume Black

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Today’s ink is Papier Plume Black from the Classic collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens or directly from Papier Plume. I love that this ink is available in 15 and 30ml bottles, and is pretty affordable too.

The color:

Black is a classic medium black.

*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 black sheen.

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: no shading, low black sheen, and no shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink worked pretty well, just a little bit of feathering and bleeding in the flex nib.

Comparison Swabs:

Black is closest to Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black. Click here to see the black inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Pelikan M205 Petrol Marbled with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow.

Overall, this is a good average, affordable black ink with a little bit of sheen in large nib sizes on Tomoe River paper.

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