Ink Review #2483: Private Reserve Lake Placid Blue

Today’s ink is Private Reserve Lake Placid Blue. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Lake Placid Blue is a medium royal blue.

*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 a little bit of shading.

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: 15 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and a few dots of bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Lake Placid Blue is less saturated than Monteverde Horizon Blue. Click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used an Esterbrook Estie Peacock with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow.

Overall, I like the color but there’s too much bleeding and feathering for me. There are better blues out there.

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