Pelikan Brown

[WillSW]

Ah, Pelikan Brown. A favorite of mine. I find it is less dry than Pelikan Blue-Black, and always flows well for me. In the sample my pen was writing wetter than usual at first, and then resumed its normal state, so you can see the many characters of this ink. Less red and more orange than Waterman Havana. Takes about 5 seconds to dry on Rhodia (as I was using a fairly flexible nib, I timed a sideways stroke). Lovely shading. I consider this ink a must, it's my most often used brown, and if they ever discontinue it I'll definitely stock up.

 

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[drifting]

Nice! Thanks!

 

Way back when I was a one pen, one bottle of ink at a time kinda guy (can you imagine?), I alternated between bottles of Pelikan Blue-black and Pelikan Brilliant Brown in my Waterman Laureat. When I started exploring other options, pen and inks both kind of fell by the wayside: I viewed Pelikan inks in much the same light as the brass bodied, steel nibbed, c/c Waterman - something I'd never go back to (guilt by association, I suppose). However, about a year ago I started using the Brown again because I liked the shading I saw while perusing some fifteen-year-old notes. I haven't taken up the Blue-black, though: my old notes just looked an unhappy grey.

 

Ryan.

 

ps. Are the comparison inks Walnut and Café des Iles?

[Ondina]

I like how it shades, Will. Nice way of demonstrating what the ink can do.

[WillSW]

 

ps. Are the comparison inks Walnut and Café des Iles?

 

Ah, forgot to mention that. They're actually Brooklyn Brawn and Lie de The. Comparison shots are always hardest to get correct color.

[Ed Ronax]

Great colour of ink, thanks for this review.

[drifting]

 

ps. Are the comparison inks Walnut and Café des Iles?

 

Ah, forgot to mention that. They're actually Brooklyn Brawn and Lie de The. Comparison shots are always hardest to get correct color.

 

I was way off! I've never seen the Brooklyn Brawn (just found your new review!) - it looks like a great brown. My Lie de Thé seems greener than that, which is why I hazarded a guess at CdI.

 

It's weird, but I like the red/orange in Pelikan Brown, and I've just discovered Sailor Red-brown and really like it, but the red tones in Waterman Havana and even Noodler's Walnut put me off a bit. Those last two rarely make it into the rotation, and when they do, they don't merit a second fill.

 

I really enjoyed all three of your reviews today!

 

Ryan.

[gross]

Good review! Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Brown is one of the two non-black inks I use. After years of using only black inks, I now have two other color inks that I use. I really do like Pelikan Brilliant Brown and your review showed it to good advantage in my opinion. Thanks for the good review.

[Vincent1278]

Looks an awful lot like orange

[WillSW]

Looks an awful lot like orange

 

It definitely qualifies as a burnt orange, but I think reads as brown.

[bphollin]

...it's my most often used brown, and if they ever discontinue it I'll definitely stock up.

Same here. It is one of my Pelikan M605's favorite inks. It doesn't hurt that it's so cheap, too! Thanks for the pics and review.

[bphollin]

Looks an awful lot like orange

 

It definitely qualifies as a burnt orange, but I think reads as brown.

Sitting next to PR Orange Crush, it's easy to see which is brown and which is orange. They are close, though. If you don't like one you won't like the other.

[PianoMan14]

Is it as dry as Pelikan 4001?

[Jason Oliver]

It's probably one of the most well behaved Pelikan inks. I've always found Pelikan Brown to be slightly dry and with really good shading characteristics, but no where near as dry as their blue-black

[Ondina]

It's probably one of the most well behaved Pelikan inks. I've always found Pelikan Brown to be slightly dry and with really good shading characteristics, but no where near as dry as their blue-black

 

Thank you Jason, I do agree with the observation. Not as dry as other Pelikan inks.