Ink Review #2347: Pelikan Edelstein Apatite

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Pelikan Edelstein Apatite was the ink of the year for 2022 so I’m abysmally late with this post. You can still find this ink for sale at some retailers including JetPens.

The color:

Apatite is a medium teal.

*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 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:

Dry time: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Apatite it a bit more blue than Sailor Ink Studio 464. Click here to see the teal inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Kaweco Al-sport in Red with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a dry flow.

Overall, this is a lovely ink. It’s a little dry, but other than that it’s really well behaved.

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