Ink Review #2581: Wearingeul Anna Karenina

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Wearingeul Anna Karenina is from the World Literature collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Anna Karenina is a burgundy red with red shimmer.

*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 has lots of shimmer but it’s hard to see in the photo.

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:

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

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

Comparison Swabs:

Anna Karenina is closest to Diamine All the Best. Click here to see the red inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Pelikan M205 Star Ruby with a fine nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an dry flow.

Overall, I like the color but the flow is too dry for me. The only other red ink with red shimmer that I know of is Diamine Bah Humbug, so it’s not a very common combo.

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