London - De Atramentis

[visvamitra]

De Atramentis fountain pen inks are hand made in Germany by Dr. Franz-Josef Jansen, and come in a 35ml glass bottle. The company has been producing inks for about 30 years so there is a proven track record here. These inks are said to be hand made - the entire production process is done manually in the manufacturing center. The thing that influence their quality and, sadly, price is the fact that Dr. jansen uses only dyes from well established german companies like BASF.

De Atramentis inks are sold in 35 ml glass bottles. I enjoy the way this bottle look and I find them practical. Some of DA inks come in black glass that's supposed to protect the ink from light.

I enjoy trying products of smaller companies, especially the ones that creators put a lot of heart and energy in developing their business and products. I believe Dr. Jansen is such a person. He's developed literally hundreds of inks indifferent categories. I've tried just a small quantity of his inks. I've enjoyed some and disliked some. It's normal. I\m still eager to get to know most of DA inks.

De Atramentis inks are grouped into categories like Sstandard inks, Document inks, Black Edition inks. Also on De ATramentis website you can find a lot of topic related inks (places, signs of zodiac, history, business, music, literature etc.). Most of them are renamed standard inks.

So London from Places series (Paris, London, New York) is actually Royal Red. And here my problem starts as Royal Red isn't listed anywhere on De Atramentis site. It can't be find in online shops. I would guess it has to be different color. In the beginning I thought it was Oriental Red but I'm not sure, I don't have this one.

Let's assume then it's Royal Red at least until the moment Mr. Jansen answers my mail (hopefully he will).

London isn't as wet as Paris but I can't say it's dry ink.It's average. The flow is nice, it didn't cause any issues in few pens I've filed with it. No hard starts, no skipping.

Mmg122 - thank you for sending me sample of this ink.

Ink splash

Ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Midori, Lamy Al-Star, broad nib

Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, broad nib

Lyreco budget 60 mgsm, Senator Windsor, medium nib

Oxford Paper, Hero 5028, stub 1,9

Water resistance

Edited August 15, 2016 by visvamitra

[Kenlowe]

Great interesting review, thank you.

[Cyber6]

 

London isn't as wet as Paris

 

 

 

I am sure the Londoners will disagree....

[amberleadavis]

 

 

I am sure the Londoners will disagree....

 

I was just getting ready to comment. This is also so not the color I thought of as London. I would have used his Fog color for London.

 

I guess I should start asking about what color of Vegas - New Orleans already has a great lock on the bright purples. It would have to be retina searing.

[Cyber6]

 

I guess I should start asking about what color of Vegas - New Orleans already has a great lock on the bright purples. It would have to be retina searing.

 

 

Agree... Vegas should be a Neon something....

[Old_Inkyhand]

This is the Red of London for me

http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/10000/nahled/buckingham-palace-guard-11279634978qKKd.jpg

But a fog colour would be more interesting!

I have yet to visit Vegas.

[visvamitra]

I would like to see Warsaw in this line It could be brick red but not necesarrily. As for Vegar I'm not sure Dr. J has something sufficiently neon-like.

@C - and what would be your color choice for Toronto?

[Cyber6]

I would like to see Warsaw in this line It could be brick red but not necesarrily. As for Vegar I'm not sure Dr. J has something sufficiently neon-like.

@C - and what would be your color choice for Toronto?

 

Oh.. we already have it.... is MAPLE RED !!!.. \

 

 

[visvamitra]

 

Konrad promised to give me some some time ago but we both forgot about it. A mistake.

[Old_Inkyhand]

I wonder what could it be for Cracow. There are so many colours that I could create a separate line But there is no dominating one. Chapel Brown, University Red, Dome Gold, Patina Green, Town House Grey, Planty Park Green and Kościuszko Mound Olive Green would probably be among my favourites!

[visvamitra]

Kościuszko Mound Olive Green sounds pretty cool the thing is Dr. J doesn't have interesting murky greens (as far as I know). He needs to create them

[Old_Inkyhand]

He surely has to! But it shouldn't be a scented ink. The smell of smog doesn't sound good.

To be honest, Kościuszko Mound is a cleaner place than the Old Town and the more populated/industrial areas. I live very close to the Mound and I commute to the Old Town every day - and in the winter, when Cracow has those pollution problems, the air is really cleaner where I live.

[amberleadavis]

I think we have ins with Dr. Jansen, Robert Oster and Konrad, they might do our special requests.

[lapis]

This is Royal Red for me:

http://previews.123rf.com/images/iwonawawro/iwonawawro1303/iwonawawro130300005/18216534-Red-Mail-Box-England-London-Icon-sehr-detailliert-zu-isolieren-Vektor-Illustration-Lizenzfreie-Bilder.jpg

[lgsoltek]

Smog grey for Beijing then...

[mmg122]

Detroit - Motor Oil Brown/Black (like El Lawrence)

 

Thanks for the review, Vis. His "city" colors are strange. I'm not sure what criteria he uses for naming his inks. Maybe Peter (Morbus Curiositas) has insight.

[PaperDarts]

I'd expect a red more like the pillar post boxes too - but "London" is still a great red. Thanks for the review!