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Here's another of the 4 samples I'd recently gotten from an FPN friend to try, Black Swan in English Roses.

As with the other 3 reviews I wrote yesterday, I stuck with the exact same pen/ nib/ paper each time to eliminate any discrepancies.

This is a beautiful ink, and I typically don't care much for reds when using to write letters, but this is one of those exceptions I can definitely live with...

 

http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu56/InkaFX/Noodlers_BSiER_Review.jpg

 

Now for my wash-test, and with this I was completely surprised!

Most reds don't fair well with even water droplets, let alone a scalding HOT full pressure water rinse and complete paper soaking!

Not only did 90% or more of the red ink stay intact with that HOT blasting, it withstood swabbing with 92% Isopropyl, pure clear ammonia, and most interestingly of all is what happened when swabbed to the core with 100% pure Clorox bleach that I was sure would totally obliterate any trace of this ink!...

 

http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu56/InkaFX/BSiERWashed02.jpg

 

OK, so the red did get wiped out by a heavy swabbing/ soaking using pure Clorox bleach and letting it dry.

The thing is that even that beating left behind completely legible gray text despite all the red having been bleached out.

This ink isn't marketed as being bulletproof, at least I don't believe so, but after seeing this with my own eyes and having done the testing myself this to me is pretty darned close!

Not only a beautiful ink that shades nicely, it's a red that I could actually see myself writing letters with, and even labeling addresses on envelopes or packages without worry that the ink could be completely destroyed by the rain!

An awesome ink, now I can't wait to try is semi-twin or Black Swan in Australian Roses and compare the two side-by-side!

“I view my fountain pens & inks as an artist might view their brushes and paints.

They flow across paper as a brush to canvas, transforming my thoughts into words and my words into art.

There is nothing else like it; the art of writing and the painting of words!”

~Inka~ [scott]; 5 October, 2009

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Another super review! I'm going to order this one right away! I love the dark, almost black shading with this ink.

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Another super review! I'm going to order this one right away! I love the dark, almost black shading with this ink.

Thank you for the kind words.

I do try and keep my reviews simple, short, yet informative.

I'm very happy to hear that you like my work, keeps me coming back with more!

“I view my fountain pens & inks as an artist might view their brushes and paints.

They flow across paper as a brush to canvas, transforming my thoughts into words and my words into art.

There is nothing else like it; the art of writing and the painting of words!”

~Inka~ [scott]; 5 October, 2009

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Love this color of ink and also the name of it! Thanks for the great review. I will be putting this one on my "to buy" list!

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Oh that is a lovely colour! Must... resist... urge...

 

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