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A couple of weeks ago, I posted this review of Rohrer & Klingner Salix, a blue-black iron gall ink that I had purchased to tame my very wet Pelikan 140. At the same time I ordered that bottle, I also ordered a sample of Rohrer & Klingner's other iron gall ink, Scabiosa.

 

I'm pleased to say that the Scabiosa is almost (but not quite) as dry as the Salix, and is about equally saturated. Instead of blue-black, this is more of a reddish-brownish-purple-black. Too bad about the name though.

 

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With both the Salix and this ink, running it under water washes away the dye component, leaving just the black iron gall part. Unlike the Salix, the Scabiosa tends to leave a little dye behind in the vicinity of the writing. Notice the reddish stains around the text in the water test.

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Nice review and I like this ink a lot. Salix just has the edge for me though but it's a colour thing; nothing to do with the name!

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I actually like this one better than Salix...but both are nice inks!

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Nice colour and being an avid gardener, I really love the name! I have several varieties of Scabiosa flowering in my garden... :)

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After using the Scabiosa for about six weeks, I'm starting to not like it as much as the Salix. I was drawing some diagrams on the cheap graph paper pads my company buys, and the Scabiosa started to feather in some spots. So, I cleaned out the pen, put in Salix, and made some marks right next to the feathered ones, and the Salix did not feather. So for bad paper at least, the Salix wins.

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