Ink Review #1935: Van Dieman's Tiger Snake

Van Dieman’s Tiger Snake is from the Tassie/Seasons collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The color:

Tiger Snake is somewhere in-between brown, yellow and green. It’s a tiny bit more brown so I’m gonna run with that.

*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 more brown than it does on the Col-o-ring card.

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: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering but no bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Tiger Snake is more yellow than Pilot Iroshizuku Ina-ho. Click here to see the brown inks together.

Longer writing:

I used an Opus 88 Green/brown with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, this is a really unique color, but the flow is too dry for me.

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