Feigenbraun (Fig Brown) - Standardgraph

[visvamitra]

I believe Standardgraph inks are quite populat in german speaking countries. They offer 22 colors - I'll try to make comparison of the full line, however it'll take time because at the moment I have samples of only five of their inks. But I believe I'll be able to gather some more.

Anyway Fig Brown is really nice, dark brown. It's not eye-catching but I wouldn't call it boring although I won't be surprised if some you will. It's earthy, not so strongly saturated ink.

The thing is I like calm sepias like Rohrer & Klingner Sepia or Fig Brown. I don't use them often but it's good to have one of these in stock. Just in case

INK SPLASH

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DROPS OF INK ON KITCHEN TOWEL

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CHROMATOGRAPHY

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SOFTWARE ID

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COLOR RANGE

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Calendar - Kaweco Classic Sport. Eyedropper mode, broad nib

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Edited November 7, 2014 by visvamitra

[Morphling27]

Had I imagined what the color 'fig brown' would look like, that's surely it.

 

Long dry times it seems, but any other good properites? Any water resistance?

 

Great review as always.

[Cyber6]

Love the color!!!!!... and you won't believe me, but I just bought a few samples of this from a fellow FPN'er...

 

I got them, but have not had the time to play with them... Great minds Vis... great minds..

[amberleadavis]

Thanks for the review!

[Biber]

Sort of like Herbin Cacao du Bresil?

[Michael R.]

Great review!

 

Feigenbraun is one of my favorite dark brown inks because it is very dark and less saturated than most other brown ink. Not very flashy but unique.

 

Cheers

 

Michael

 

PS: Standardgraph fountain pen inks are not seen more often in German stores compared to other ink brands :-(

[senzen]

Great review, as usual; the ink sorta looks like a watered down Yama Guri? Not that it's good or bad.

[visvamitra]

@biber and pseudo - I haven't used Cacao du Bresil nor Yama Guri so I find it hard to compare them