Ink Review #2888: Dominant Industry Bog Sage

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Today’s ink is Dominant Industry Bog Sage from the Twilight Garden collection. This ink is scented, it’s supposed to smell like bog sage (I have no idea what bog sage actually smells like) but I didn’t notice much of a scent when filling or writing with a pen. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Bog Sage is a bright sky blue.

*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 shades to a darker, more muted blue.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

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

Comparison Swabs:

Bog Sage is similar to Diamine a Dip in the Pool. Click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Pelikan M600 Turquoise White with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a slightly dry flow.

Overall, this ink is pretty well behaved for a scented ink! Most scented inks feather and bleed all over, even on good paper, but this one doesn’t do any of that. It didn’t have a lot of scent to my nose-maybe they put less fragrance in it than other brands so it behaves better.

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