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Chelpark Crimson Violet: Short Review


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Chelpark is a well known pen and ink manufacturer in India. They had 8 shades of ink in production, few of which have been discontinued.

 

Below is a small handwritten review of Chelpark Crimson Violet.

 

Saturation: Good

 

Drytime: Less than 5 seconds but this can be due to the dry climate of Bangalore or the soaking power of copier paper :)

 

Feathering: Negligible on even cheap paper

 

Water resistance: Yes

 

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Hello Mesu,

 

Nice review! I often use this color to mark my students work, I find it so much better than using red! :)

 

Do you also have Chelpark Emerald Green? Have been looking for it for a while now in Bombay, but no luck so far.

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Hello Mesu,

 

Nice review! I often use this color to mark my students work, I find it so much better than using red! :)

 

Do you also have Chelpark Emerald Green? Have been looking for it for a while now in Bombay, but no luck so far.

 

Thanks for the lovely comments Hema.

 

I have all the colors except Emerald Green :( I have been trying for sometime without success.

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Nice short review, and a beautiful color.

Last year, I bought a bottle of Chelpark royal blue from FPR, and there was just one problem: that metal cap is not water(or ink!) tight. It leaked enroute.

There was a little left in the bottle, and it is a nice color, but I have very little left!

Also, be aware that your "cheap" copy paper is probably better than what most of us see when we use cheap copy paper. Most of the paper from India in my stash is very inexpensive and very fountain pen friendly - even the recycled filler paper!

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Sorry to hear about the leak.

 

Most inks manufactured in India, including Chelpark, Bril, Camlin, come in glass bottles with metal caps, which are not airtight. I put a small polythene sheet on the mouth of the bottle before closing the cap, especially for rarer colours. Prevents the ink from drying up.

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I use a plastic cap that magically was the same size on the bottle with what was left of the Chelpark, so that problem has been solved. Also, my bottle of Camlin Royal Blue, which also has a metal cap, did not have this problem. It's very similar in color to Quink washable blue, but it flows much better!

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FWIW, I have found Camlin and Bril ink bottle caps entirely satisfactory(strong steel, plastic coated natural cork inner liner). Chelpark has always been deficient from as far back as I can remember.

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For Camlin and Bril bottles Pepsi cap will do the job!

 

The cap on my Camlin Royal Blue doesn't seal well. This might just be the solution.

 

FWIW, I have found Camlin and Bril ink bottle caps entirely satisfactory(strong steel, plastic coated natural cork inner liner). Chelpark has always been deficient from as far back as I can remember.

 

Never had a problem with Bril but recently got Camlin blue and black with defective caps where the caps just wont seal. A simple pull is sufficient to release the cap. Might be from a defective batch.

 

I was informed during the factory visit that the caps of Bril are aluminium alloy.

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Great review of a lovely colour Mesu. Gorgeous handwriting too. Can we look forward to more reviews?

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Great review of a lovely colour Mesu. Gorgeous handwriting too. Can we look forward to more reviews?

 

Thanks for the lovely comments Bhavna. Your handwritten reviews are my inspiration.

 

More reviews of Camlin, Bril and Chelpark inks on the way :)

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I was informed during the factory visit that the caps of Bril are aluminium alloy.

surely, i think even Camlin must be the same, not steel as I wrote. :)

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Thanks for a view of India's inks.

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I was asked not to get the camera when i called Bril regarding the tour. After the tour started, i realized the cameras are not allowed only near the manufacturing process.

 

Planning another trip soon. Will post when i get the pics.

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Great Review

 

few months back I was hunting for Chelpark Turquoise in Delhi and scored10 bottles each of turquoise and crimson Violet after searching various markets,

Running on last bottle of emerald green

 

I found Chelpark inks to be best bang for bucks spent, There are many better inks available but in terms on money Indian inks are most VFM in my opinion

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