Chech out my signature in the avatar, the only scan I got before the scanner fuzzed.
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I made this mix of maybe a 10:1 or so of red Skrip and black Quink. Not sure of the exact ratio, but a few drops of the black into a cart-ful of the red.

This was in actually an experiment to see what type of shading I can get from dark hues in the fine-nibbed Pelikan.

Whaddya think?

Quite pretty. Grape purple. Seems to shade nicely.

I LIKE it!

Cool!

Very nice shading on that ink. Cool signature also.

I am on a quest for the perfect balance between dramatic shading and looking washed out. I am leaning towards dark hues for this (except black). Browns, purples, dark reds, they are all on my list.

I think the shading is due to using two "thinner" inks, Skrip and Quink.