PenBBS Season 26 Part 1

Today’s inks are four PenBBS Season 26 inks. I purchased my ink from Vanness Pens, but they recently stopped carrying the brand, so I’m unsure where you can buy some.

Swabs:

Left to right: 381 Frosted Leaf in Autumn, 382 Gentiana Acaulis, 384 Blueberry and 385 Xin Qiji.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 20-50 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: Frosted Leaf and Xin Qiji had low shading. Gentianaa Acaulis had low shading and medium pink sheen. Blueberry had high gold sheen.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Frosted Leaf is closest to Sailor Ink Studio 830.

Gentiana Acaulis is similar to Robert Oster School Blue.

Blueberry is close to Rohrer & Klingner Aubergine.

Xin Qiji is similar in writing to Octopus Fluids Petrol Buffalo.

Frosted Leaf had a slightly dry flow and the rest had average flows.

Overall, all were well behaved and nice to use. Out of the four I think Xin Qiji is my favorite just because I like the color.

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