Ink Review #1396: PenBBS 129 Xu Zhimo

PenBBS 129 Xu Zhimo is from PenBBS season 11. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The color:

Xu Zhimo is a very pale, unsaturated pink.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks very pale, almost a cream-grey.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 15 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering and bleeding in all nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Xu Zhimo is much paler than these other inks. Click here to see the PenBBS inks together, and click here to see the pink inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Kaweco Al-sport Rose Gold with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow. The ink is so pale it’s hard to even see it.

Overall, this ink is too pale for me to use as an everyday ink. I would use it for art, but not in any of the smaller fountain pen nibs.

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