Ink Review #2422: Rohrer and Klingner Scabiosa

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Rohrer and Klingner Scabiosa is from the R&K Iron Gall collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens. This ink requires a bit more care and maintenance because it’s an iron gall ink.

The color:

Scabiosa is an unsaturated violet.

*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 looks darker than it does in writing.

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:

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Scabiosa is lighter than Robert Oster Claret. Click here to see the purple inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Kaweco Al-sport Violet with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a dry flow.

Overall, I like the color but it’s way too dry for me. For an iron gall I expected it to be a bit more water resistant than it is.

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