PenBBS Season 17 & 18

PenBBS has so many inks! Let’s take a look at three inks from Season 17 & 18: Phoenix Dance, First Love and Flower’s Reflection. I got these inks from Vanness Pens but they no longer carry them.

Swabs:

Left to right: Phoenix Dance, First Love and Flower’s Reflection

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 30-40 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: First Love and Flower’s Reflection have medium shading and Phoenix Dance has gold shimmer.

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

Comparison Swabs:

Phoenix Dance is similar to a lot of other yellow inks.

First Love is closest to Colorverse Opportunity.

Flower’s Reflection is lighter than these other grey inks.

All three inks had a dry flow.

Overall, out of the three First Love is my favorite, but all three inks are too dry for me.

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