I recently tried Private Reserve Sherwood Green for the first time and, while I really like the vibrant color and the saturation, I don't like the smudging. This is my first PR ink, adn the Sherwood Green definitely takes longer to dry than any other ink I've used. Is there any other green out there that's close to PR Sherwood Green, but without the extra drying time and smudging potential? Or are extra drying time and smudging just the price you have to pay for these deep, rich colors?

Try this first - take some of the Sherwood and put it in a separate container. Add some water. Let's start with 1:4 (1 water to 4 ink) or something fairly conservative like that. Mix it well (don't need to shake like mad, just a little swishing) and load your pen. Try that for a few days to see if it still flows well, has the color you like, but doesn't smear as much.

In *general* most of these smearing inks are leaving excess dye on the top of the paper rather than soaking in. *In general* many of these inks have enough dye in them that even a 1:2 mix doesn't grossly alter the color (but might alter flow and bleeding/feathering properties.) I think someone here mixes water and PR Plum 1:1 or 1:2 and still gets a bright saturated color - someone can correct me on that if I'm wrong.

Give it a shot. If 1:4 doesn't work, adjust it whichever direction and if none of that works then I have no recommendation other than Diamine Woodland green with a dash of black ink.

just some thoughts.