PenBBS Season 30 Part 2

Let’s take a look at four inks from PenBBS Season 30. I purchased my inks from Vanness Pens, but they are no longer carrying the brand so I’m unsure of where you can purchase them.

Swabs:

Left to right: 437 Yangzhou, 438 Snow Night, 439 Dunhuang, and 440 Ginger.

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: Yangzhou and Dunhuang had medium shading. The other two had low shading. Snow Night had low black sheen.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size and few dots of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Yangzhou is lighter than Sailor Manyo Ayame.

Snow Night is a little darker than Pure Pens Llanberis.

Dunhuang is a little lighter than PenBBS Magnolia.

Ginger is lighter than Diamine Sand Between.

Longer Writing:

Yangzhou and Ginger had dry flows, the rest were average.

Overall, I think Snow Night is my favorite out of the four. Yangzhou and Ginger can both be light in smaller nib sizes so I would stick to medium and broad nibs.

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