I was surprised to find that this old favourite ink has only one review on the FPN, and that has unfortunately lost its picture. Time, I thought, to post my own - especially now I have access to a flatbed scanner!
Waterman's Havana Brown is a great ink. The colour is a lovely reddish brown, reminiscent of cigars and rosewood. It's readily available - almost as common as bottles of Quink - and comes in distinctively chiselled 30ml bottles at a fair price. Here, I've given comparisons of PR's Copper Burst and diamine's Sepia and Monaco Red.
The pen is The Shendish Pen (a wonderful old BHR Flexi) and the paper is Oxford's Optik 90gsm, which I think is an excellent staple.
This is my first review - I'm about to post six - and I'd appreciate feedback and questions.
Nice review of an old favourite of mine. I havent used this ink for a while as I am using Diamine Saddle Brown, which I think is very similar. I still have a bottle of Havana Brown though so I must load up a pen and try it again. I can't use this colour at work as I have had too many comments about it, so I am using Diamine Damson for work. Outside of work brown ink is still a love of mine.
I look forward to reading your other reviews
David
PS Love your hand writting
Edited by david6, 31 July 2008 - 17:00.