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bsiar10001 by kronos77, on Flickr

 

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bsiar10002 by kronos77, on Flickr

 

Black Swan in Australian Roses (BSiAR) is a Burgundy ink that shows more than a little variation in color under different lighting conditions. From a blackish red to a purple. It shows great shading too.

 

Flow is excellent.

 

The feathering and spreading may be an issue depending on the paper. Some people have said it feather a great deal and others say no. I think the shading this ink is intended to exhibit would make it necessarily an ink that spreads bit. I haven't noticed anything that would make it unusable in any way.

 

The water resistance isn't enough to stop the color from spreading, which is great if you like to sketch and draw.

 

This ink is also about 15% bulletproof, partially water resistant and therefore suitable for addressing envelopes and other such tasks that you might not do with other inks.

 

An ink that is beautiful, fun to use and versatile.

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+ 1 for swanzilla... oh and BSIAR too! :thumbup:

On a never ending quest for the 'perfect' pen, ink, paper combo... Then again where would the fun be in finding perfection!!

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This ink is one of my favorites. I have a pen inked with it all the time. The color looks somewhat pinkish here to me, but it's pretty close to burgundy in my medium-point Jinhao.

 

Swanzilla is awesome! :)

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I'm sorry & I can't be 100% sure as I can't tell how your scanner has changed the colour of your ink, but your sample does not look like its Black Swan in Australian Roses.

 

Here is a link to a sample text with the actual ink.

http://s3.media.squarespace.com/production/1431296/16917466/_PYw92neEA7o/TP4soTHCUeI/AAAAAAAAAFs/7_1zQbe7AcE/s1600/black%2Bswan.jpg

 

 

IMO your sample does not have the "Black Swan" undertones.

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As Kronos77 notes, the color varies wildly from pen to pen. I've had it show the lovely blackish purple as well as the equally lovely pinkish burgundy depending on the pen and paper I'm using.

 

Swanzilla. :wub:

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sirdj,

 

The color of the scan is very close to the way BSiAR looks in real life. I will say that it does look different than the original I scanned, which has more of a blackish look to it. The scan you see looks like BSiAR on Mead copy paper in sunlight. The blackish look comes out more on the Staples paper and also in artificial light.

 

Also, the scanner didn't pick up some of the halftones on the swan sketch. I don't know enough about this stuff to figure it out. Maybe I'll post a rescan tomorrow, using different settings and see if it changes much.

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In finer or drier pens you don't get the "haloing". Which is actually okay by me, since I like the color just fine without it.

Great review! I just LOVED Swanzilla (boy, if you animated it I bet you'd be a shoo-in to win the new Noodler's art contest, which is supposed to be done as a video entry...).

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Very very nice review! I love this ink, but must add that in my M nibbed TWSBI Micarta it looks much darker. The only think I dont like is the drying time.

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Good review and awesome Swanzilla! I'm scared of that big bird. I really want to like this ink, but I haven't found the right pen for it yet. It doesn't feel as nice as some inks, and the dry time can be a problem for this lefty.

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The water resistance isn't enough to stop the color from spreading, which is great if you like to sketch and draw.

 

This ink is also about 15% bulletproof, partially water resistant and therefore suitable for addressing envelopes and other such tasks that you might not do with other inks.

 

Just a quibble, but I wouldn't use a "partially water resistant" ink for addressing envelopes. A small amount of mist can turn the address into a muddled mess.

 

A real thorough soaking, on the other hand, will actually leave it more legible, since all the soluble stuff gets washed away and the bulletproof part holds fast.

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I have that exactly problem with noodler's Kingfisher, Black swan on the other hand doesn't seem to suffer quite as much. While the red part does spread with water it's slow and legibility doesn't seem to suffer too badly. I'd feel comfortable labeling non-critical mail and packages with it even if they got a little damp.

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I am reliant on cheap pens, and I just put this ink in a Nemosine 0.8mm stub. Results: fantastique, and for so little money overall. This ink is staying in this pen for the foreseeable future.

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