Rohrer & Klingner Fernambuk

[visvamitra]

Rohrer & Klingner operates since 1892. At the moment it's the fifth generation of the family that manages the company. I guess that after 122 years they know what they are doing.

R&K inks offer amazing quality for amazing price. In my country a bnottle of R&K ink costs 5-6 $. I know it's a bit more expensive in America, yet I believe the price is still reasonable.

I find it interesting that Rohrer & Klingner seems to focus mainly on the content and not on the bottles. Inks come in industrial looking bottle taht is quite handy but there's just nothing fancy about it. It's surprising.

Anyway they offer eighteen colors, some stunning, some boring but all have good qualities and are easy to clean.

1. Alt-bordeaux
2. Alt-Goldgrun
3. Blu Mare
4. Blue Permanent
5. Cassia
6. Fernambuc
7. Helianthus
8. Leipziger-Schwarz
9. Magenta
10. Morinda
11. Royal Blue
12. Salix
13. Scabiosa
14. Sepia
15. Smaragdgrun
16. Solferino
17. Verdigris
18. Verdura

It's time to re-review these inks.

Fernambuk is an interesting color but it's difficult to say / decide if it's red or pink. I don't mind the color but I can understand those of you who think about dumping it out of the pen a second after putting the nib to paper. I have such reaction to cyano-turquoises.

Flow: the Ink feels wet. Not as wet as J. Herbin Eclat de Saphire but it's very wet ink.

 

Saturation: level of saturation is satisfying for my needs. The ink doesn’t look oversaturated, it remains fully legible in all light conditions.

 

Lubrication: good

 

Drying time: rather reasonable. 15-20 seconds on Rhodia, 10 – 15 seconds on absorbent paper.

 

Clogging issues: None experienced. The ink may dry in the nib but only after few minutes. You can leave the pen uncapped for 2-3 minutes and everything should be fine.

 

Feathering: visible feathering on Moleskine.

 

Bleedthrough: experienced strongly on Moleskine

 

Water resistance: this ink isn't water resistant.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Color range

Leuchtturm1917, Kaweco Skyline Sport, double broad

Maruman, Kaweco Skyline Sport, broad

Moleskine, Kaweco Sport, broad nib

Bleedthrough on Moleskine

Rhofia DotPad, Kaweco Sport, broad nib

Rhodai, Kaweco Sport, broad nib

[ca49reber]

Thank you for the review. This is so not a color that I like. Thank you for saving me money.

[lgsoltek]

I think it's my first pink.

[ErrantSmudge]

This looks a lot better than the samples I saw in Amberlea's CRVs, which were so uneven and washed-out I immediately wrote off this ink. This review makes me more likely to consider this ink, as I don't have a pink yet.

Edited April 27, 2017 by ErrantSmudge

[Rhincodon]

Ooh, thank you for this look at the ink! I love pink inks, and this one reminds me of ripe, juicy fruit and looks gorgeous.

[ErrantSmudge]

I recently picked up a bottle from Goulet Pens on Fountain Pen Day and I really like it. I have it loaded in a Lamy Dialog 3 with a F nib.

 

Fernambuk varies between red and pink with the paper you use. It appears more pink on more absorbent papers. At first I thought it needed more saturation, but after some more writing I now think the saturation is quite acceptable, and can be used for everyday writing. It is not retina-searing, but it is bright and colorful and would also work well as a markup ink.

[DrDebG]

OH YEAH! My favorite "in your face" red/pink! This is almost always loaded in one of my pens. This is one of my "happy" inks!

[inkstainedruth]

It would be interesting to see side by side with some other pinks and pink-leaning reds. Right now I've got the re-issued (reformulated?) Noodler's Suffragist Carmine that was for this year's Commonwealth Pen Show, and also this year's Lamy LE, Vibrant Pink. But I'd love for someone to also do a comparison between this ink and Iroshizuku Tsutsuji and/or Momiji.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[amberleadavis]

I could probably ink up Tsutsuji and Momiji and last years Saffragist Carmine - we should also do Cape Cod Cranberry and I'll ink up the Vibrant pink. It will take me awhile but if you agree to CRV with me, I'll do them.

[lapis]

I don't like this ink for two reasons:

1. It's too pink and I'm just not all that hot about pink (my problem). (Vis' shots above come in close and my writings with it on my paper are practically the same.)
2. Now don't get me wrong because I'm not criticizing R&K but this is a poor rendition of Fernambuk, a type of tree where its wood is often used e.g. for the bows of violins. I.e. less pink but rather a golden dark red.