Standardgraph Reed Green

[Cubane]

Another personal favourite.

 

Paper: Oxford spiral pad

Pen: Lamy AL-Star (M nib)

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/Em3fZnJ.jpg?4

 

 

Colour: 4/5

 

Shading: 5/5

 

Flow: 5/5

 

Feathering/Bleeding: 5/5

 

Dry time: 4/5

 

Water test: 4/5

 

Price/Availability: 3/5 - inexpensive (ca 4€ for 30ml), but can be hard to find online and potentially pricey when shipping is included.

 

 

Overall Impression: 4,5/5

This is a wonderful ink for dip pens and anything flexy! It looks similar to Rohrer&Klingner's Alt-Goldgrün, except with more dramatic shading.

In a non-flex fountain pen, it behaves excellently, but isn't saturated enough for me to use for long passages of text. It does make a very nice highlighting/annotations ink though.**

The colour is perhaps not for everyone, but I kind of love it. I like that it's at the same time vibrant and unobtrusive, making it useful for many different tasks from lecture notes to personal correspondence.

All in all, I think Reed Green is a great ink, but perhaps not terribly unique. If you already have Alt-Goldgrün or something similar and are happy with it, I don't think you need this one. If not, it's definitely worth a try.

 

**This review is of the original ink as found in the bottle. I'm letting it condense over the next few days to see if it improves the saturation.

 

 

I hope this was helpful to some of you!

[K. Cakes]

What a fresh, interesting color! Looks quite a bit like Herbin's Vert Olive, no?

[wastelanded]

Very nice! I too was reminded of Alt-Goldgrün. Thanks for the review!