Organics Studio - #1 - Lab Series

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Picked up a bottle of ink at Vanness the other day and I'm really loving it. My wife loves it too - so I get to share! She doesn't normally like the inks I like. She likes purples a lot, and then green - which is good b/c green is one of my favs.

For this I had inked up a Pilot Parallel and a kit pen made for me by a friend of mine - a local turner named Pete. Really cool guy. The pen was a surprise and a very welcome one - it's quite nice! And I love the magnetic cap.

So the ink - wet but not over saturated. On better paper than the laser jet stuff it shows better shading which is nice. On cheap copy paper it's not so hot - a bit of feathering - but on the nicer Norcom comp books, laser printer paper, and then of course Rhodia and CF and all, I'm sure it's fantastic.

 

Flow - generous. I'm really liking this stuff quite a bit.

 

Water resistance -wow. 30 seconds under water and the paper looks like it would fall apart before the ink. I dripped some coffee on there too and it did well there as well. A little bit of spread - but not lots. Acceptable to me at least. Why just water and coffee? What else am I going to have on a table top? I certainly won't be drinking ammonia, vinegar, bleach, naptha, mineral spirits, or any other weird chemicals, so I could care less how it does there. What about checks? Use a more permanent ink if you're worried about that.

And some pics -

 

 

 

 

Parker Blue Black (which I also love) and the Organics next to it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[wastelanded]

Ooh, nice ink! Thanks for sharing.

[TMac]

Nice review. I really like the color. I have 2 Organics inks now, and one of their pens, and I love all three.

[vannesspen]

Great Review- I think that ink is one of my favorites too. I have it in my Newton pen! The Mark Twain is another great color.

[watch_art]

So you're using that pen again?! Cool. Glad I was able to get it back together. What do you think?

[seapin]

Love how ink looks coming out of the Parker Parallel! Also a huge fan of the less saturated Organics Studios Inks! Work great with flex nibs

[watch_art]

I'm definitely going to be picking up some more of these inks. I really really like how they behave.

[amberleadavis]

Very interesting.

[Brian C]

Is that Pete's Pen pictured in the review? I like that. Does he sell them?

[watch_art]

I bet he does - I'll forward his email address to you.

[Awordworth]

I like the style of your reviews, and in particular this one and the ink being discussed, but I'm not as keen on how they leave me feeling regards the consequential trepidation and the inevitable associated look at my bank account they can cause.

 

Like life in general, sweet and sour.

 

Thanks for the taste.

[amberleadavis]

I like the style of your reviews, and in particular this one and the ink being discussed, but I'm not as keen on how they leave me feeling regards the consequential trepidation and the inevitable associated look at my bank account they can cause.

 

Like life in general, sweet and sour.

 

Thanks for the taste.

 

 

I decided that I have very few vices in a city that revels in vice. Hence, my inky purchases are my budgeted vice. I don't spend the kids milk money on ink so I think I'm still okay.

[ztfw]

The colour reminds me of Diamine Indigo.