PenBBS Season 27 Part 5

Let’s take a look at four inks from PenBBS Season 27. I purchased my inks from Vanness Pens, but they are no longer carrying the brand so I’m unsure of where you can purchase them.

Swabs:

Left to right: 521 Heavy Snow, 522 Winter Solstice, 523 Slight Cold and 524 Great Cold

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 15-40 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: All four had low shading. Great Cold had low copper sheen.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size and few dots of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Heavy Snow is lighter than Diamine Robert.

Winter Solstice is brighter than Diamine Music Strauss.

Slight Cold is similar to Colorverse Schrodinger.

Great Cold is less saturated than Robert Oster Thunderstorm.

Longer Writing:

I used a Mabie Todd Swan with a Taroko Enigma Notebook. All four had average flows.

Overall, I think Great Cold is my favorite out of the four-I just really like the color and it’s well behaved.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.

PenBBS Season 27 Part 1

Let’s look at five inks from PenBBS Season 27. I purchased my samples from Vanness Pens, but they are no longer carrying the brand so I’m unsure where you can purchase them.

Swabs:

Left to right: Spring Festival, Sakura Flower, Rose Powder, Magnolia and Azalea.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 20-40 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-High

Feathering: Spring Festival had high feathering, but the rest had none.

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: All but Spring Festival had low shading.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Spring Festival is similar to Pilot Iroshizuku Daikokuten.

Sakura Flower is more olivey than Kobe Sorakuten Tea.

Rose Powder is close to Pilot Iroshizuku Kosumosu.

Magnolia is lighter than Vinta Fortaleza.

Azalea is darker than Birmingham Chrysanthemum.

Three inks had an average flow, Spring Festival had a wet flow and Magnolia had an average flow.

Overall, Azalea is my favorite out of the five simply because I like the color the best.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.