Today’s ink is Papier Plume Cafe Diabolique from the New Orleans collection. My sample of ink came from Vanness Pens.

*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 is darker than on the Col-o-ring swab.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

Cafe Diabolique is lighter than Sailor Jentle Doyon. Click here to see the brown inks together.

I used a Kaweco Al-Sport Copper with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a slightly dry flow.

Overall, I like the deep brown color. I wish the flow was a little wetter, but I enjoyed using it in a broad nib.

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