Red Inks For Document Marking

[SeeksAdvice]

After having gotten rid of my bottle of Diamine Poppy Red due to contamination, and mostly going through my stock of reddish ink samples, I have come to the conclusion that I am looking for a strong red for document markup and trial work. Contemplating:

Skrip red looks pretty vibrant, and cheap. I am guessing that the downside is durability and possibly poor performance?

Iroshizuku Momiji. My sample proved itself to be well behaved, though not terribly water resistant. A bit pink for my tastes.

DeA Oriental Red. Never tried this one.

 

Thing is, Diamine Poppy Red and Wild Strawberry met the requirements for contrast, but all of my Diamine inks developed problems. Wild strawberry came the closest to what I was looking for in a red (bought a bottle of Poppy Red too soon).

 

I don't do Private Reserve, so that one's out.

[dan in montreal]

Hi there. Skrip red has become my go-to marking ink. It's super well behaved on pretty much every paper and every pen I've used it with, seems to hold up well over time. It's also super cheap. A nice vibrant red-red. It's really good stuff. Just wish the bottle was more practical.

[SeeksAdvice]

Bottles are fixable with other containers.

[katerchen]

Hero Red (#231)

 

It's a surprisingly fun little red. $7 with free shipping on fleabay.

[Flaxmoore]

Skrip Red is my go to. Bright, clean red.

[Frank C]

My new favorite red is Mont Blanc Corn Poppy Red. It is a serious red red. (Can I use the same word as an adjective and a noun back-to-back?)

 

Here's a review: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/279387-montblanc-corn-poppy-red/

[fountainpenlady]

My new favorite red is Mont Blanc Corn Poppy Red. It is a serious red red. (Can I use the same word as an adjective and a noun back-to-back?)

 

Here's a review: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/279387-montblanc-corn-poppy-red/

I like corn poppy also. Yet, I love using red ink normally for everyday ink for usage. For the intended purpose of document marking, I am unsure whether corn poppy would work. Corn poppy is that perfect color of red, but a little subdued purpose of highlighting. When I think of a color for document marking, I think of that loud, killer red which is used by a teacher or professor, who wants to make sure you see what they find incorrect on your assignment.

[Arkanabar]

Skrip red demonstrated "Good" lightfastness in Amber's 2013 fade olympics, and to me, it looks like a straight-up no nonsense totally pure red. But my local pen shop doesn't carry Sheaffer pens or inks. My wife bought Noodler's Widow Maker instead, and it's working ok for markup.

[SeeksAdvice]

Corn poppy red looks interesting. I just don't see many options for purchasing it yet.

[Frank C]

Corn poppy red looks interesting. I just don't see many options for purchasing it yet.

 

I bought mine at the local Mont Blanc Store; we are very fortunate, we have two of them. Anderson Pens and Fountain Pen Hospital both sell MB Ink, but neither had Corn Poppy on the website. A google search brought up a couple of prospects, though.

[Brian Anderson]

 

I bought mine at the local Mont Blanc Store; we are very fortunate, we have two of them. Anderson Pens and Fountain Pen Hospital both sell MB Ink, but neither had Corn Poppy on the website. A google search brought up a couple of prospects, though.

Plenty in stock right now.

[NCGibbon]

Plenty in stock right now.

With you both being Upper Midwest people, I think that might work.

[kestrel]

Noodler's Nikita has my grading ink of choice for five years. Well behaved, bright. Blackstone Red comes in a close second.

[Tanzanite]

My favourite red is Kaweco Ruby red. The swabs on the web looks pinkish but the ink is a deep ruby red when you write with a pen.

[stonezebra]

How about Noodlers Rattler Red? Just inked up my Lamy Vista 1.5 with it and WOW!

[Runnin_Ute]

When I was looking at reds I was looking for a nice "true" red. My top two? Diamine Classic Red followed closely by Sheaffer Skrip Red.

 

Bought Classic Red, Never an issue with it Have had it about two years now.

 

For something to the darker side? I have Levenger Pomegranate and BlackStone Red Cashmere.

[Arkanabar]

Noodler's Nikita has my grading ink of choice for five years. Well behaved, bright. Blackstone Red comes in a close second.

Blackstone red? Which series, and at what dilution? I have ~2.5ml of Cashmere at 8%, and 3ml at 16%.

[kestrel]

Blackstone red? Which series, and at what dilution? I have ~2.5ml of Cashmere at 8%, and 3ml at 16%.

I'm still using one of the original test sachets of Red Cashmere and am real happy with it at 8%. It doesn't dry out in the nib when I go a short period without marking anything and it seems a little brighter than the 13% or 16% dilutions so it is easier to see when my eyes are tired. Dry times are good and it handles cheap student notebook paper about as well as Nikita. I have been using 8% in an Estie J with a 9788 nib for a couple of months and at least a dozen fills.

[Runnin_Ute]

Blackstone red? Which series, and at what dilution? I have ~2.5ml of Cashmere at 8%, and 3ml at 16%.

I mixed mine at 8% (50 ml Levenger bottle) (Cashmere)

Edited February 28, 2015 by Runnin_Ute

[Runnin_Ute]

I'm still using one of the original test sachets of Red Cashmere and am real happy with it at 8%. It doesn't dry out in the nib when I go a short period without marking anything and it seems a little brighter than the 13% or 16% dilutions so it is easier to see when my eyes are tired. Dry times are good and it handles cheap student notebook paper about as well as Nikita. I have been using 8% in an Estie J with a 9788 nib for a couple of months and at least a dozen fills.

It regularly goes into my P45 with a F, but not solely. I don't have it in anything currently. I have Pomegranate in that pen right now.