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This series is a celebration of the Taipei metro. The colour represents red of the colour of the Tamshui-Xinyi Line. This is how the bottle looks like, curtesy of Shigure inks. I really like the colour. It’s spot on what I like in a red. It looks spectacular with the wide fude nib: HP 32 paper- Fude/ Fine nibs TR 68gr paper - M/F/Fude nibs Unfortunately for some reason it takes its sweet time to dry, on Rhodia and it's even worse on good Japanese paper.Dry time is alright with fine nibs. Rhodia Midori It has absolutely no water resistance. Not the best ink to write your shopping list/love letters on a rainy day…. You’ll have a Casablanca moment. The ink is slightly on the dry side and needed to be cajoled with a #6 fude nib. But with the other nibs I tested, it had no problems. Though don't expect Doyou style lubrication. I would say it has restrained lubrication Cheap paper: Comparison: • Pen used: Jinhao 450 fude / Lamy Safari • Ghosting: some on thin paper • Bleed through: With a wide nib on cheap paper, yes, otherwise none. • Flow Rate: Alright • Lubrication: Alright • Nib Dry-out: No. • Start-up: Only with a #6 fude nib. • Saturation: yes • Shading Yes. • Sheen: No • Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Nope. Maybe on cheap paper with a wide nib • Nib Creep: Nope. • Staining (pen): To be seen.. • Clogging: None. • Water resistance: None • Availability: Only in 30 ml bottles

Ink Institute – Cat at Noon I got this ink on a whim. I have nothing to compare it with. It's very pale, almost transparent. The bright colour was a drop of ink that never got absorbed by the paper. This ink had flow issues. Lamy did not like it. I had to prime it often. For Ahab after a couple of days, it was acceptable. The writing experience was akin writing with water. I use quite a bit of iron gall inks. Essri/Scabiosa are Doyou compared to this one The intense coral colour you see, is done with extreme flex, on a thick absorbent paper. The nib scratched out the paper, for lack of lubrication. Pity the colour is really nice, almost a golden, orange, salmon. The line below is without any pressure, with a Lamy Safari broad. The colour is really nice in absorbent paper, this is on Field Notes: Ink had difficulty to dry even fast even on copy paper. Normally ink drops splatter, this one curls into a ball. The one good experience I had was sketching, when there was ink flow. This colour would probably be very nice in a room but not for writing or on very absorbent paper. Here is a photo: Ironically this ink has some water resistance: I am sure, there are many creative members who can make this ink work. If you had a different experience please let me know. · Pen used: Noodler’s Ahab / Lamy Safari Broad · Ghosting: None · Bleed through: None · Flow Rate: It took a day to work in Ahab… Needed constant priming in Safari · Lubrication: Non existent · Nib Dry-out: Not noticed. · Start-up: Difficult to say. As the ink is so pale that at time I wasn't sure if I was writing at all · Saturation: n/a · Shading Yes. · Sheen: No · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: See for yourself · Nib Creep: Nope. · Staining (pen): One of the easiest inks to clean. · Clogging: None. · Water resistance: Ironically it has some water resistant. · Availability: Only in 30 ml bottles