Jump to content

Kwz Ink Iron-Gall Green #2

lgsoltek

By lgsoltek
in Ink Reviews

 Share

Recommended Posts

lgsoltek Antique

lgsoltek

Posted
Posted

IG Green #2 is a nice ink with wet flow and lubrication. The water resistance is very good. Dry time could be a bit slow with a wet pen. The colour is a bit too blue for my taste, but should be a perfect choice for those who love this hue.

 

Splash

fpn_1505584163__igg2_spl.jpg

Sample

fpn_1505584061__igg2.jpeg

fpn_1505584050__igg2_folded.jpeg

Comparison

Personally I prefer the yellower IG Green #3.

fpn_1505584066__igg2_3.jpeg

fpn_1505583226__jpeg_image-11338bda7660-

All my inks, with ink splash and links to my reviews

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 9
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • lgsoltek

    2

  • NicolausPiscator

    2

  • inkstainedruth

    1

  • Intensity

    1

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

crahptacular Rare

crahptacular

Posted
Posted

This one looks nice, but I think I'd prefer #3 as well. Is that a silver sheen in the splash? And if so, does it show up anywhere else?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
NicolausPiscator Extremely Rare

NicolausPiscator

Posted
Posted

Thank you, Lgsoltek! Nice ink snail house, a good idea to present and compare inks. ... I have to confess: I love the ink splashes! There is purple in it! ... although not my green, but the splash is great! I have to think of a way to write with splashes...

Link to comment
Share on other sites
lgsoltek Antique

lgsoltek

Posted
  • Author
Posted

This one looks nice, but I think I'd prefer #3 as well. Is that a silver sheen in the splash? And if so, does it show up anywhere else?

 

 

Thank you, Lgsoltek! Nice ink snail house, a good idea to present and compare inks. ... I have to confess: I love the ink splashes! There is purple in it! ... although not my green, but the splash is great! I have to think of a way to write with splashes...

 

 

Hmm that I don't consider as sheen. KWZ inks are not sheenful inks. Some of them, at a large amount, will show something like the splash, a kind of paint-like reflection.

All my inks, with ink splash and links to my reviews

Link to comment
Share on other sites
NicolausPiscator Extremely Rare

NicolausPiscator

Posted
Posted

a kind of paint-like reflection.

 

 

Oh! I never have seen something like this before, so I should test KWZI. It sounds interesting. ... I should check your CRV.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 3 years later...
Flaxmoore Extremely Rare

Flaxmoore

Posted
Posted

Am I seeing this right that it could basically pass for black when it dries and sets?

Physician- signing your scripts with Skrips!


I'm so tough I vacation in Detroit.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
tim77 Rare

tim77

Posted
Posted

Am I seeing this right that it could basically pass for black when it dries and sets?

 

A single line of writing might, but the colour is more obvious on a full page. The same goes for many of KWZ's darker IG inks.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
A Smug Dill Museum Piece

A Smug Dill

Posted
Posted

A single line of writing might, but the colour is more obvious on a full page.

 

 

@Flaxmoore would be well advised to also keep in mind that marks made with iron-gall inks on the page do have a general tendency to lighten in colour over time. I have no idea what his 'work appropriate' criteria are exactly, in terms of hue but also remaining so for the useful lifetime of the handwritten content.

 

I recently found a sheet on which I wrote with various iron-gall inks last December, lost among piles of paper on my 'desk'. (It isn't any of those sheets shown in the photos, but a companion sheet on Rhodia Dotpad paper.) The colour of every ink on it is now noticeably lighter; and KWZ Ink IG Green #3 is, well, green.

I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct, and valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Intensity Collectors Item

Intensity

Posted
Posted (edited)

All of my IG inks have either gotten darker or at least changed hue a bit; Ive tried around 15 now, from KWZ, Stipula, R&K, Platinum, Montblanc. Thats without light exposure. Some inks have poor fading resistance when exposed to daylight regularly.

Edited by Intensity

“I admit it, I'm surprised that fountain pens are a hobby. ... it's a bit like stumbling into a fork convention - when you've used a fork all your life.” 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
inkstainedruth Ancient Artifact

inkstainedruth

Posted
Posted

This is too blue leaning a green for me. But I rather like IG Green #3.

Thanks for the review (somehow I missed this thread before now).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33580
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26770
    5. jar
      jar
      26105

  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      Links to web pages or articles about Chinese typesetting, signwriting, etc.

      By Shanghai Knife Dude · Posted

      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o

  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More

  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...