Sheaffer Skrip Yellow Cart Mini Review

[chromantic]

Did this little written review since there wasn't one up in the list for this ink.

 

Here is the scan (I tried to take photos but the ink came out too dark in all of them)

This is small BnR spiral notebook using Jinhao Safari knock-off, fine nib.

 

The ink is kind of watery, at least the Jinhao laid down a very wet line that took a while to dry; didn't try smearing it, just eye-balled it, it seemed to take much longer to dry than the orange did. Show- and some bleed-through on both the cheap memo and the thicker Strathmore Sketch. Doesn't look as 'flat' when it dries as the orange, it seems to hold a little depth. You can see a couple little hints at shading here and there, a slightly darker yellow - 'Pretty' and 'read' in 6th line, last paragraph - 'I', 'reviews' and r in 'there', l in 'list', i in 'is'. The color in the scan is pretty spot on.

 

The color, well, this is a very bright yellow, like a lemon. Unless you're holding it under a bright light, you won't be able to read it; anything else, all you'll be able to distinguish is that there's writing on the paper. I find the color very interesting, but I'm not quite sure why. It's certainly bright. Other than mixing or highlighting, though, I can't really see what you'd use it for.

[visvamitra]

Hmmm, looks too weak to serve as EDCI. Recently I use Taisanji Yellow in medium Pelikan M205 nib and I enjoy it quite a lot in most situations. This however - I doubt I would find use to this one.

[swanjun]

Thanks for this. I've had a pack of these cartridges for a long time but always suspected they'd be too light. Sheaffer's King's Gold, now discontinued, was a fabulous yellow, lovely and legible. Why on earth did they get rid of it in favor of this?!

[lgsoltek]

My eyes!

[amberleadavis]

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