Ink Review #1738: Pelikan Edelstein Golden Beryl

Each year Pelikan releases an Edelstein ink of the year. 2021’s ink was Golden Beryl. I purchased my bottle of ink from Pen Chalet.

The color:

Golden Beryl is a bright yellow with gold shimmer.

*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 a little bit of shading and lots of shimmer.

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:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper there is some feathering and bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Beryl is closest to Diamine Gold Star. Click here to see the yellow inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pelikan M200 Gold Marbled with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, this is a nice shimmer ink. It flows well and is well-behaved. If you want to give this ink a try snag a bottle before it’s gone.

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