Ink Review #2075: Private Reserve Fast Dry Sherwood Green

Private Reserve Fast Dry Sherwood Green is from the Private Reserve’s Fast Dry Collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The color:

Sherwood Green is a dark emerald green.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some pink sheen.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Fast Dry Sherwood is a little darker than Diamine Sherwood Green. Click here to see the green inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Pelikan M600 Vibrant Green with an extra fine nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, this is a nice ink, but it’s definitely not fast drying at 40 seconds.

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