Chelpark is one of the oldest brand of Ink in India. And the company is staring the closure at the moment and it is difficult to get stock of the inks easily now.
My earlier Ink reviews are listed as below:
BRIL ROYAL BLUE
CAMLIN SCARLET RED
Chelpark is currently manufactured by PG Stationary in Bangalore and as per local availability following inks can be found in market:
- Black
- Blue Black
- Washable Blue
- Turquoise Blue
- Crimson Violet (Old stock available only)
- Ruby Red
- Emerald Green (Not available anymore)
- Sapphire Blue (Not available anymore)
The Chelpark Black Ink which i will be reviewing today comes at price of Rs. 20 for 60 ml glass bottle.
However this bottle was gifted to me by my friend Prithwijit.
Chelpark Black - 60 ml Glass Bottle
Its a dye based ink and comes with so called Cleen-X technology which prevents clogging. Chelpark inks used to be most widely used ink in the India but lately the production is on and off and the supply is not regular. Even their are speculation that company is getting closed.
This ink is actually not black at all rather the faded black and is very diluted. One can easily say it is more of a grey rather than black.
INK SPLASH
Chelpark Black - Ink Splash on Bilt Matrix paper - 70 gsm
I am pretty much disappointed with the color of this ink. It is no where near black rather it is grey. If one is intending to use the ink as grey one might be pleased. But i am not.
DROP ON PAPER NAPKIN
Chelpark Black - Ink drop on paper napkin
COLOR MATCH
Chelpark Black - Color Match
WRITING SAMPLES
On Century Copy Paper
Chelpark Black - Writing sample on Century Copy Paper - 70 gsm
Chelpark Black - Writing sample on Century Copy Paper - 70 gsm
Chelpark Black - Writing sample on Century Copy Paper - 70 gsm
On BILT Matrix Paper
Chelpark Black - Writing sample on BILT Matrix Paper - 70 gsm
Chelpark Black - Writing sample on BILT Matrix Paper - 70 gsm
Chelpark Black - Writing sample on BILT Matrix Paper - 70 gsm
On Camlin Kokuyo School Notebook
Chelpark Black - Writing sample on Camlin Kokuyo School Notebook
Chelpark Black - Writing sample on Camlin Kokuyo School Notebook
Chelpark Black - Writing sample on Camlin Kokuyo School Notebook
The handwritten samples clearly shows the darkness of color. It is a light grey ink and perform substantially okay with wet medium nib like Jinhao X750.
Also we can see a bit of shading on a very lighter side.
INK SWABS
Chelpark Black - on Camlin Kokuyo Notebook (from top to bottom , 1 Swab, 2 Swabs, & 3 Swabs)
Chelpark Black - on BILT Matrix - 70 gsm (from top to bottom , 1 Swab, 2 Swabs, & 3 Swabs)
Chelpark Black - on Century Copy Paper (from top to bottom , 1 Swab, 2 Swabs, & 3 Swabs)
WATERPROOF TEST
Chelpark Black - Waterproof Test
It is clear that ink is not completely washed out. The paper directly was run through tap water for 60 seconds.
BLOW UP WRITING SAMPLE
Chelpark Black - Zoomed in Writing Sample on Century Copy Paper
Chelpark Black - Zoomed in Writing Sample on BILT Matrix Paper
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CONCLUSION:
The ink is not what you expect from a black ink.
Its very faded and not light in color more towards grey. I beleive Camlin Black is far better than Chelpark Black,
I beleive this ink can be avoided totally if you are looking for Black Ink but at the same time if you are game for grey ink at cheap price this is for you.
