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Hello all!

 

This is my first ink review, so I hope you'll pardon me if this is not up to standard! ><

 

Now for some background. I fell in love with this ink once I saw it a few months back. I decided there and then that I would be getting this ink once it came out! Our local dealer said it would be coming in October, and I reserved a bottle. Fast forward a few months later. I got a call from our dealer today, and there I went, to get this ink.

 

And look at how pretty it is! I am in love :wub:

 

First, the exterior packaging.

 

 

 

 

All that gold!!! <3

 

 

 

 

To the actual review!

 

 

 

 

And finally, closeups of the gold!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you've enjoyed my little review! Have a great day everyone!

 

 

 

EDIT: I realised this should be under Ink Reviews. Could I trouble a mod to move it please? Thank you! ^^

 

~Epic

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A sincere man am I
From the land where palm trees grow,
And I want before I die
My soul's verses to bestow.
 
All those moments will be lost in time.
Like tears in rain.
Time to die.

 

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Oh, wow. Just... I have to get a bottle of this as soon as possible before my head explodes. Really :))

 

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

Kevin

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Oh, wow. Just... I have to get a bottle of this as soon as possible before my head explodes. Really :))

 

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

Kevin

 

Oh I know how that felt. It ain't a good feeling. I felt like that before today also... Hopefully you'll be able to get one before the first batch runs out!

 

 

~Epic

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A sincere man am I
From the land where palm trees grow,
And I want before I die
My soul's verses to bestow.
 
All those moments will be lost in time.
Like tears in rain.
Time to die.

 

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Ooh, who's the local dealer? Fook Hing?

 

Yes! Get it quickly if you're interested, this is one hot item! :D

 

 

~Epic

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A sincere man am I
From the land where palm trees grow,
And I want before I die
My soul's verses to bestow.
 
All those moments will be lost in time.
Like tears in rain.
Time to die.

 

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Got my bottle yesterday. Inked up a twsbi 580 def looks cool all that glitter once it settles out. make sure you shake bottle well to get the gold dispersed because it settles very quick. like everyone else states this is a real cool ink and looks great with all that glitter but....upon uncapping my pen this morning I had to pull the nib and clean all the caked up gold which had clogged everything up. I'd just make sure what ever you ink up you can pull the nib and feed easily.

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Thanks for the review. It'd be interesting to see a writing sample after the pen has been unused for a while to see if there is big difference if used without being shaken in the pen. I really liked the sneak peak that was released here before it became available in the U.S. I figured I'd wait to see more reviews and it's just as well because it sold out the first day it was available at Goulet.

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Thanks for the review. It'd be interesting to see a writing sample after the pen has been unused for a while to see if there is big difference if used without being shaken in the pen. I really liked the sneak peak that was released here before it became available in the U.S. I figured I'd wait to see more reviews and it's just as well because it sold out the first day it was available at Goulet.

 

I believe there is going to be a significant difference, since all the gold will sink to the bottom. More concentrated gold :puddle:

 

Thing is, it settles real quickly heh.. need to keep shaking the pen!

 

 

 

~Epic

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A sincere man am I
From the land where palm trees grow,
And I want before I die
My soul's verses to bestow.
 
All those moments will be lost in time.
Like tears in rain.
Time to die.

 

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Thing is, it settles real quickly heh.. need to keep shaking the pen!

 

 

 

~Epic

 

Yes, I'd think so. I just wonder how long it would take to settle out. 10 minutes, an hour? Even without the gold, it does look like a very intriguing grey. But then, of course, it'd be an awfully expensive grey!

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Oh. My. Gosh!!! I love this ink! You've got me hooked, LE :P PS: lovin' the gold :D

 

Thanks! :D

 

Oh, this ink is selling like hot cakes! If you have a chance of getting one bottle from the first batch, please do! It wouldn't be until December before a second batch is ready, so I heard!

 

 

~Epic

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A sincere man am I
From the land where palm trees grow,
And I want before I die
My soul's verses to bestow.
 
All those moments will be lost in time.
Like tears in rain.
Time to die.

 

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I've been enjoying this ink. Inked up a TWSBI 580 Broad nib; I figure it will be harder to get clogged up and hopefully easier to clear/clean if it does!

 

If I have a pause in my writing, the first few words come out with heavy gold and it settles down pretty quickly. In lower light, it's easy to miss the gold, but it's there if you look for it.

 

I will say, don't leave a pen nib-down overnight! I did and enough gold particles settled down to clog the nib. I didn't need to work too hard to clear it up though. Forced a bit of ink though (enough to make a single gold infused drop) and a tiny drop of water on the nib got it back to flowing. After the first bit of "I'm writing with liquid gold" cleared out, then pen behaved fine. Even after letting it sit (tilted slightly nib up!) for a few hours, it started up without a problem. I find that to be most impressive, really.

 

As for shaking a pen before use, I've found that instead of twisting the cap off the pen, rotating the body of the pen out of the cap is enough to get the settled out gold back in action.

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I've been enjoying this ink. Inked up a TWSBI 580 Broad nib; I figure it will be harder to get clogged up and hopefully easier to clear/clean if it does!

 

If I have a pause in my writing, the first few words come out with heavy gold and it settles down pretty quickly. In lower light, it's easy to miss the gold, but it's there if you look for it.

 

I will say, don't leave a pen nib-down overnight! I did and enough gold particles settled down to clog the nib. I didn't need to work too hard to clear it up though. Forced a bit of ink though (enough to make a single gold infused drop) and a tiny drop of water on the nib got it back to flowing. After the first bit of "I'm writing with liquid gold" cleared out, then pen behaved fine. Even after letting it sit (tilted slightly nib up!) for a few hours, it started up without a problem. I find that to be most impressive, really.

 

As for shaking a pen before use, I've found that instead of twisting the cap off the pen, rotating the body of the pen out of the cap is enough to get the settled out gold back in action.

 

Sadly, I can't rotate my pen... it has a magnetic cap... what I do is I roll the pen, or shake it.

 

 

~Epic

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A sincere man am I
From the land where palm trees grow,
And I want before I die
My soul's verses to bestow.
 
All those moments will be lost in time.
Like tears in rain.
Time to die.

 

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If I have a pause in my writing, the first few words come out with heavy gold and it settles down pretty quickly.

 

As for shaking a pen before use, I've found that instead of twisting the cap off the pen, rotating the body of the pen out of the cap is enough to get the settled out gold back in action.

 

Wow, that's quick! Thanks for letting us know.

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