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I'm not a fan of brown colours, but I entered the other day in an old stationary store and saw some old Parker ink bottles getting dust. http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Parker_01.jpg http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Parker_02.jpg http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Parker_03.jpg You can see a Sapphire bottles besides the Brown colour. Only major brands are available in my country: Parker, Waterman, Lamy, Rohrer & Klingner and Faber Castell. Fountain pens are also in the same brand offer, so if you use a FP you are "out of this world". The price per bottle was an interesting bet for testing, almost $5, the bottles have been sitting for a long time in the shelves,the store owner could not give me an estimate how many years were "getting older", after opened some bottles most of them were half full, the content must be evaporated through the years. http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/brwn_parker_09_zps8afb9691.jpg This is my first ink review, tried to make an scan but this colour is very difficult to reproduce the exact hue, most of the written samples were snapshots from camera photo. The test was made using a Lamy Safari with different nibs: EF,F,M. Paper used: 80 grms. Photocopy paper (Atlas) , a commond peruvian brand. Ink used: Permanent Brown (UK) Photo size: 800x600 (if you like bigger size i could consider posting some of them). Enjoy! http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/brwn_parker_15_zps48af5a74.jpg http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/brwn_parker_11_zpse2e742fa.jpg Full Scan http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/INK0100_zps860788d9.jpg http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/brwn_parker_07_zps82ef318b.jpg Close Up http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/brwn_parker_04_zps29e4d3e3.jpg http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/brwn_parker_05_zps7146de31.jpg http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/brwn_parker_02_zpsa15d6505.jpg http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/brwn_parker_01_zps0e5fceee.jpg http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/brwn_parker_08_zpsa4be0756.jpg http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/brwn_parker_03_zpsac5ae5c7.jpg Water Test Well... no so Permanent http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/brwn_parker_14_zps1771fe47.jpg Conclusion: Not a bad bargain I returned to the store for second time and purchased another bottle to complete the contents of the first one. I'm using this ink more frequently and in my opinion, this ink have some special characteristic, as a result of the special hue, it can be similar to black colour, but this ink is unique, it has some redish hue that is not visible in the photos, tried to simulate the colour using photoshop, but the paper turns red.