PenBBS Season 27 Part 2

Let’s take a look at five inks from PenBBS Season 27 today. I purchased these inks from Vanness Pens, but they recently stopped carrying the brand so I’m unsure where you can buy them.

Swabs:

Left to right: Wisteria, Lily of the Valley, Corn Poppy Flower, Honeysuckle and Hollyhock.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 20-40 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: Low-medium shading. Wisteria had low gold sheen.

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

Comparison Swabs:

Wisteria is a little less saturated than these other purple inks.

Lily of the Valley is brighter than Tono & Lims U & I.

Corn Poppy Fields is closest to Colorverse Hubble Zoom.

Honeysuckle is a little ligher than Inkebara Grass Green.

Hollyhock is closest to Ferris Wheel Press Beaver Dam.

Longer Writing:

All had average flows except Honeysuckle, which was dry.

Overall, Lily of the Valley is my favorite just because I like the color the most.

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