Ink Review #1500: KWZ Forest Park Green

The 2021 St. Louis Pen Show starts this weekend and this year it’s virtual! I get excited to see the show exclusive KWZ ink each year. The 2019 show ink Butterscotch is still one of my all-time favorite inks. This year is KWZ Meet Me in St. Louis 2021 “Forest Park Green” and it’s a beauty! You can order this ink at the virtual pen show!

The Color:

Forest Park Green is a bright grass green.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some black sheen where it pooled.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On Walmart 20lb copy paper there was quite a bit of feathering and bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Forest Park is darker than Robert Oster Ryde Green and lighter than Robert Oster Evergreen. Click here to see the KWZ inks together, and click here to see the green inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Sailor Pro Gear Sparkling Shamrock with a broad nib on a Taroko Odyssey notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, I loved this ink. It’s a great color, flows well and has some lovely shading. I would absolutely recommend picking up a bottle at the pen show!

Disclaimer: This ink was provided by the organizers of the St. Louis Pen Show for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.