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Very difficult color to "catch", scanner didn't succeed so it is a picture...
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Ink Review of Levenger Forest Green. Levenger markets a variety of high end items including leather briefcases, purses, etc., desk accessories, stationery items, pens and ink for the discerning affluent. While I am certainly not affluent, I do like several of their products. Levenger makes a number of different color inks, most of which have been reviewed by others. I purchased a box of standard international cartridges in Forest Green prior to Christmas and wanted to try the ink. Levenger Forest Green is a very dark green, tending towards black. It does have cyan undertones (see Water Test), and does have a red sheen in heavy concentration (see ink drop), but the sheen isn't seen in writing, even when I used it with Tomoe River paper. The color is satisfying to the eye, but, sadly, the ink is not well behaved. It bleeds through on most papers, as well as shows through on most. It feathers badly on poor notebook paper, and even shows some feathering on better papers. I used my Delta Journal with wet fine nib for the review below. This pen works well with almost every ink I have, except for this ink. The ink does not flow well to the nib, causing the pen to drag and skip. I also used this ink in my Lamy Studio with 14K nib (another wet nib), and had the same issues. Here is my hand written review. I am sad to say that I was not impressed with this ink.
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Ink Review: Robert Oster River of Fire Robert Oster is an Australian ink manufacturer and has developed a large number of colors in recent years. I have tried several of these inks, and have found most of them to behave quite well. Some of the colors are unique, and have unique names. Overall I like the brand and the inks that I have tried. River of Fire is a lovely dark green ink with a very nice red sheen, especially when used on Tomoe River paper. I purchased a sample of this ink from Anderson Pens last fall during a period of time when I was trying many dark green inks. This ink does not disappoint. It behaves very nicely in every pen I have tried with it. It is deeply saturated and flows well. There are some not so positive issues with the ink. It does show through on lesser quality papers, and also bleeds through when pooled. While I would likely not use this ink to take notes at a conference (conference materials are generally printed on very cheap paper), I would not hesitate to use this ink at work on even good copy paper. While it does have a nice sheen, it does not shade well. Here is my handwritten review of the ink: This is a very nice ink which I do recommend.
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For the last couple years KWZ and BauerInks.ca have collaborated in producing an ink for the Scriptus Pen Show in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2015 was Maple Leaf Red. 2016 resulted in the fabulous Northern Twilight. 2017 produced an ink commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation. There were many homages to this event, usually in precious things you could buy, such as commemorative currency, stamps, etc. For Scriptus, it was an ink. A brown ink. Or maybe it's a green ink that wants to be a brown ink. Or maybe the reverse, green that wants to be brown. For this reason alone the ink could be divisive. The ink has decent flow, and OK lubrication. This particular nib was originally quite problematic, but was worked on my Linda Kennedy of Indy-Pen-Dance to "Binderize" it. It writes much more smoothly now, but some inks can bring out a less smooth writing experience. The 150th shows much more feedback than some other inks. But it's not outside a normal range of expectations. I do get some hard starts when left uncapped for 15 seconds or so. Not very hard, but you lose part of a stroke. It's not as much of a problem as I have with KWZ Baltic Memories at all, just a minor issue. I'm still trying to decide if I like the ink: I think the answer is leaning towards yes. The Tomoe River image is very good as a representation of the ink showing it's green side. Depending upon the light it can appear more brown or more green. Both MvL images are too dark, but they show the brown side with a bias to the green. The Rhodia images, while a little dark shows the color on it's green side, which is what I see on the paper. I admit when I first started using the ink last night under artificial lighting the ink didn't seem very interesting. But the same things I wrote last night now appear more brownish-greenish, and more interesting. I know the light is natural now. So will I see things as more green at night? I don't know. As I mentioned in another thread some will call the color "fallen leaf brown" and others "pond scum green". Where you fall on that scale probably will determine whether you'll like the color or not. When placed against a brown ink it definitely appears greenish, and when compared to a green ink, it appears brownish. In value it is similar to many other green inks in middle range. It is not dark like KWZ Midnight Green. The ink is not waterproof and not water resistant. So if that's an important criteria for you, exercise caution, or buy permanent inks. I'll have to post the water resistance test and the simple chromatography images later, after they dry. This ink was limited edition for the Scriptus 2017 pen show. Bauerinks.ca purchased the remainders of what didn't sell at the show. I don't know if there are any bottles left, but they ask interested parties to make an inquiry. I think the biggest issue for those outside Canada will be shipping charges since mailing inks apparently is more expensive there. Pen: Edison Mina (M-steel) Papers: MvL=Mohawk via Linen, TR=Tomoe River, Hij=Hammermill 28 lb inkjet, Rhodia=Rhodia 90g ivory. Camera: iPhone 7 using Camera+ app
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When I first started reviewing Monteverde's reformulated ink line about a year ago, there was not much awareness of Monteverde inks and there were close to no reviews on FPN. Since then, several FPN reviewers have sampled Monteverde ink, and it has been recognized as a brand offering good quality at a reasonable price, as well as a wide range of hues. Monteverde touts their "ITF Technology". From Monteverde's promotional material, here's how it claims to benefit us writers: Yosemite Green Yosemite Green is part of Monteverde's standard line of colors. It is a medium-green with a tree-leaf hue. Sample Clairefontaine paper Fabriano EcoQua paper Shading and Sheening I really like the shading this ink exhibits on most papers. On Tomoe River paper, the ink sheens reddish-purple but this ink isn't a real big sheener. Tomoe River paper Flow This ink is a free-flowing, fairly wet ink. I definitely noticed it flowed freely from my Lamy Safari. Lubrication Monteverde inks are earning a reputation for being very lubricated, due to their proprietary ITF addititve. That said, while this ink does have a lubricated feel to it, it doesn't seem as highly lubricated as some of Monteverde's other inks, such as Horizon Blue. Dry Time On Clairefontaine paper, dry time is about 30 seconds which places it about average for the inks I have reviewed. Feathering Yosemite Green does very well in the feathering test, on this cheap office notepad as well as on copy paper. The Cross ATX with M nib used in this test is a very wetpen and puts down a generous line of ink on the page. Ampad office notepad Hammermill Copy Plus 20 lb copy paper Bleedthrough/Showthrough Yosemite Green performs about average in the bleedthrough/showthrough test. On copy paper, you can probably get away with using both sides with F or XF nibs. On cheap office notepads, it's one-sided use only. Ampad office notepad With the copy paper the ATX feed had been fully primed at the start of writing, as I had just used it to make some ink drops for the sheening test. So this bleeedthrough represents a worst-case sample in terms of ink flow to the page. Hammermill Copy Plus 20 lb copy paper Water Resistance Yosemite Green shows no special water resistance in the 10-second immersion test. Clairefontaine paper Comparison with Other Inks Yosemite Green is in the center, surrounded by some other green inks for comparison. Note that the ink directly to its left, "Monteverde Green" is in fact a separate color of ink also offered by Monteverde. You can read my review of it here. Fabriano EcoQua paper
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The name means 'colour of mysterious beauty'; the beautiful, subtle light-green colour resembles the delicate colour of Celadon pottery.
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I got a bottle of this ink at list price when it first came out as I missed the Lamy Dark Lilac. Then some people decided to succumb to greedy desires to buy up as much of the supply as they could and resell it on ebay. I am not one of those people. A friend in Japan really wanted a bottle and so we traded. This is quite a blue-leaning green. It seems quite close to Sailor Miruai, a readily available ink. KWZ Foggy Green is also similar but less leaning towards blue. There are probably other inks in other brands that are similar to this ink. My original pics made the ink look almost black and these are better, but I don't think the ink is still this dark. It handled perfectly well with no bleed through or show through. Some sheen on Tomoe River paper, and some nice shading which the images mostly don't show. This was a perfectly reasonable ink to buy for $10.50. I'll probably sit out the next frenzy over whatever ink Lamy announces as it's LE for 2018. The ink definitely bleeds through to the verso on the droplet test. Somewhat resistant to poured water. But remember this is not labeled as water resistant ink. Pen: Aurora Ipsilon Deluxe (M-14kt) Papers: MvL=Mohawk via Linen, TR=Tomoe River, Rhodia=Rhodia 90g ivory. Camera: iPhone 7 using Camera+ app
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