Quick Review Of Platinum's Pigmented Sepia

[DwarvenChef]

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I just got my "Ivory Darkness" flex pen and a bottle from Goulet Pen Co today (no relation). I have not seen much written up about this ink so here goes. Soon I'm going to be doing side by side tests with all the brown inks I have so I don't have side by sides here.

 

Pen: Noodlers "Ivory Darkness" with Flex nib.

Ink: Platinum's Pigmented Sepia

Paper: Moleskine and Clairfontain graph

 

I'm still playing with the fit of the nib to get a good flow, that is why the saturation got funny in the middle of the recipe. As far as a "Sepia" color, it seems to come back away from the black side, not much black in the shading at all. Dry time was a bit on the long side as can be seen on the 10 second dry time smear. The Qtip smear was done after 15 minutes of dry time, I also seemed to rub the paper a bit harder than I think was called for, may need to test that more. The water drop and soak where both done for 20 minutes. Nothing moved or came off in the water, seems after about 30 minutes this ink in glued to the paper and is not washing off

 

I like the color on some yellow pads I have but the pen does not I'll have to wait for yet another pen that may work with these cheap yellow note pads. I'm going to be working all week with this pen and ink to see how I feel about them

[Ada]

Thanks for posting this; I have been wondering what this ink looked like and how it performed.

[Pepin]

Very interesting. Thanks.

[amyx231]

um.. not to get you down, but you know that pigments can settle, right?

pigments go into water as a suspension - they are solid powders, they don't dissolve.

so, it can clog your pen, if you arent careful. but it'll probably be fine sitting for a week, a month might be pushing it.

 

but i dont see any pigment-like characteristics - well, i wouldnt, i dont really know how to tell.

Edited February 4, 2011 by amyx231

[DwarvenChef]

I've had the ink about 2 weeks now and still no sediment in the bottle.

[drifting]

um.. not to get you down, but you know that pigments can settle, right?

pigments go into water as a suspension - they are solid powders, they don't dissolve.

so, it can clog your pen, if you arent careful. but it'll probably be fine sitting for a week, a month might be pushing it.

 

but i dont see any pigment-like characteristics - well, i wouldnt, i dont really know how to tell.

 

I kludged a Rotring Art Pen with Higgins Sepia learning the dangers of pigmented ink, many years ago.

 

However, these particular pigments are 'nano-particle' pigments, designed specifically for fountain pen use: yeah, yeah, the Higgins inks say "safe for fountain pen use" on the bottle, but unless you rinse the ink from the pen right away, they ain't - these ones are. I don't have any of the Platinum ones (yet), but I do have both Sailor's 'nano' offerings, and there aren't any of the issues a more common pigmented ink shows, though good pen hygiene and regular cleaning don't hurt.

 

Ryan.

 

edit: Where are my manners?

 

Thanks for the review: I've been wanting another look at this ink. I'm kind of on the fence about the colour, though it certainly suits the ivory paper.

 

R.

Edited February 4, 2011 by drifting

[DwarvenChef]

I did have reservations about getting this ink due to the clogging issue. With my experience with the nano carbon Ink won me over so I got it and tested it. I'm still rotating out a few pens seeing how it works in different pens.

 

So many browns, so few pens...