Let’s take a look at three Van Dieman’s Birds of a Feather inks. You can find these inks for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: Duck Wing, Duck Nape, Duck Breast

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 40-60 seconds

Water Resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: All three had medium shading. Duck Nape had low pink sheen. Duck Breast had high bronze sheen and copper shimmer.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Duck Wing is darker and less saturated than PenBBS Midnight.

Duck Nape is similar to Sailor Ink Studio 764.

Duck Breast is darker than Colorverse Hayabusa Glistening.

All had average flows.

Overall, Duck Nape is my favorite out of the three, but all are well behaved and interesting.

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