PenBBS Season 11

Let’s take a look at 4 inks from PenBBS Season 11: 131 Eagles Over London, 132 American Volunteer Group, 138 Spessartine and 141 La Libert e Guidant le People. I got these inks from Vanness Pens, but they no longer sell them so I’m not sure where you can pick some up.

Swabs:

Left to right: 131 Eagles Over London, 132 American Volunteer Group, 138 Spessartine and 141 La Libert e Guidant le People

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 20-30 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: Three inks had medium shading and Eagles Over London had low shading.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Eagles Over London is lighter than Monarca Mar Caribe.

American Volunteer Group has more green in it than these other browns.

Spessartine is close to Kobe 25 Tarumi Apricot.

La Libert is close to Monarca Arena Blanca.

All the inks had a dry flow except Eagles Over London which had an average flow.

Overall, none of these inks wow me. Out of the four I think Eagles Over London is my favorite, but all are pretty well behaved.

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