Ink Review #1695: Van Dieman's Leatherwood Honey Amber

Van Dieman’s Leatherwood Honey Amber is from the Colors of Tasmania collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Leatherwood is a medium honey brown.

*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 looks much darker.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry time: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Medium

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper there was some feathering and bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Leatherwood is darker than Robert Oster Muddy Sand, and more golden than Robert Oster Khakhi. Click here to see the brown inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pelikan M400 White Tortoise on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, I enjoyed this ink on Tomoe River paper, but it does have a fair bit of feathering on other papers. I love the color but the performance is a bit off for me.

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