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In case you are wondering, that's a Wapi straight razor with custom scales.

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Thank you for a great review! I like the color and have found 5 o'Clock Shadow to be a very well behaved ink in every pen I have tried it out with. Does well on the paper from my Rhodia No. 18, onion skin and even my cheap printer paper that was just under $3 for a ream.

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USMC Mom,

 

Can you attached photo of the 5 O'Clock Shadow on onion skin paper? That's the first time I ever read about onion skin paper. I've heard of sugar cane paper, but not onion skin.

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USMC Mom,

 

Can you attached photo of the 5 O'Clock Shadow on onion skin paper? That's the first time I ever read about onion skin paper. I've heard of sugar cane paper, but not onion skin.

 

USMCMom doesn't mean paper literally made from onion, onionskin paper is a type of very thin paper that used to be used for carbon copies and the like. (I see it at work often in old files, it's a PITA because it always jams in the scanners.)

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Nice review! I really like the subtle dark bulletproof inks from Nathan.

 

BTW- Nice razor! I have 3 wapienica's that still have the super heavy ss scales. I haven't swapped any of them out. :( Thanks for reminding me of a future project.

 

Cheers,

rj

 

What brush is that?

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I'm liking the ink, but find it to be similar to Zhivago and Squeetague, even. Seems everyone notices a similarity to Zhivago. I find this works a lot better diluted, though. For me, at least.

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Nice review! I really like the subtle dark bulletproof inks from Nathan.

 

BTW- Nice razor! I have 3 wapienica's that still have the super heavy ss scales. I haven't swapped any of them out. :( Thanks for reminding me of a future project.

 

Cheers,

rj

 

What brush is that?

 

I got the brush from here, a silvertip badger brush.

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Thank you for your review of this ink!

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. - Mark Twain

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I love that this is a classically bulletproof ink, that is utterly unaffected by water, unlike the newer "tamper evident" inks that have a component that runs off the paper when wet.

 

Where can I get this ink?

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Where can I get this ink?

 

It's a WestCoastShaving exclusive. They are a one-man run, good-guy business. It's good ink, I have 3 bottles. In water, the green runs off, but there's so little, it's barely noticeable and it doesn't redeposit in a way that obscures the black below. To me, it looks 98% waterproof and I love it.

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I love this ink! Thanks for the great review...you really do a great job evaluating inks.

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Thank you so much for the review Signum!!

 

- Big fan of the classic shaving myself, and this ink is a must-have with that relation, colour and waterproofness!! :thumbup:

 

 

Morten

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Let me chime-in: wonderful ink; quickly becoming my No. 1 go-to ink. The flow is generous even in my 'driest' pens. I just added my name on the waiting list to pick-up a second bottle.

 

My best,

 

Paul

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

 

~ Oscar Wilde, 1888

 

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Looks like some great ink!

Your handwriting is amazing too. Mind sharing how you learned?

 

Welcome to the ink reviews!

 

To begin your journey to learning the Italic script, which you see in this ink review, you need two things.

 

1. An edge pen. A good fountain pen to start off would be a Lamy Safari with either a 1.1mm or 1.5mm calligraphy nib. I suggest the 1.5mm, so you can see your mistakes more clearly as you learn the Italic script. The Safari can use a converter, which opens the opportunity of trying a variety of bottle inks. An extra bonus is that the Safari comes in different colours.

 

2. I learned the Italic script from "Italic Letters: Calligraphy and Handwriting." The authors were Inga Dubay and Barbara Getty. You'll find four different variations of the Italic script in that book. Our Ink Moderator, Ann Finley, has posted in the Penmanship forum FREE lessons on Chancery Italic.Click here. All in all, with practice you'll acquire this handwriting for them saucy Christmas cards! lol

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Not familiar with this one.  Is it some exclusive? 

Oh, never mind -- I didn't see the beginning of the thread....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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