Scribal Work Shop Kraken Black

[crazystan]

This is one of the more interesting blacks in my stable. I love the fact that it shades, though it is still fairly saturated. In the review I note that it shares this similarity with Dark Matter, though after seeing the swabs (which are here), the undertones are completely different. Kraken has this really gorgeous purpley-grey thing going on that is really hard to capture in a scan. It comes through pretty clear though in the water tests.

 

Despite not being resistant to water in the least, this ink is most definitely going to be in heavy rotation.

 

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Scribal Kraken by crazystan 77, on Flickr

Edited August 28, 2012 by crazystan

[LucasT]

Thanks for the review!

[crazystan]

Thanks for the review!

 

My pleasure!

[Uncle Red]

Thank you for this review and the others of the Scribal Workshop inks. This is showing the line variation from your stub which is impresive. Have you tried it in a flex pen?

[crazystan]

Thank you for this review and the others of the Scribal Workshop inks. This is showing the line variation from your stub which is impresive. Have you tried it in a flex pen?

 

Thanks!

 

I love how this ink stays really tight to the width of the nib on paper, while not being dry. I took it out of the Pearl last night to do the Siren review, so I haven't used it all day. But now that I am home I really think I want to get that back in there. I really want to play around with it more.

 

I haven't tried it in a flex. I think I am going to load it up in my Ahab in a bit and play around. I am not sure how it would do with a dip nib, but I will give that a shot as well. If anything good comes of it, I'll put it up here.

[Plumdragon]

This black is BLACK. It's not any sort of dark grey, washed out, nada. It's B-L-A-C-K to the max. I've stuck it up against several other brands (no Noodlers however) and it's got them beat on sheer light absorption alone

 

Also, I had it on a steel dip nib, and it's really nice there, too. Quite a bit of flex on my pen so even black has shading, who knew? Almost reminds me of a sumi ink, thinking about it.

 

I've got the whole set, FWIW. Finding the time to properly review them all is another matter entirely...

[crazystan]

This black is BLACK. It's not any sort of dark grey, washed out, nada. It's B-L-A-C-K to the max. I've stuck it up against several other brands (no Noodlers however) and it's got them beat on sheer light absorption alone

 

While Kraken does shade, it is definitely does not come across as washed out. I will say that while really black, next to Noodler's Borealis Black, the shading really comes out.

[ajzeller]

I just finished a review of Kraken today (going to be on my blog in a few days,) and I would say that the shading with this ink is really dependent on the nib that you're using. With a medium to fine nib, it's definitely a great solid black - a little lighter than noodlers borealis and black, and not even close to Aurora black (but can anything really be that close to the black void of Aurora black? ) but when used with a wider nib, such as a 1.5mm, the shading is much more evident and does actually begin to appear more as a dark grey over a black. (Especially if the nib is set for a lighter flow.) It's still awesome overall though and going to be a regular use ink for me.

[countrydirt]

 

 

 

 

I am learning how to use my scanner (not well!) here are a couple of scans I made of some writing I did this morning. The second attachment shows that the Kraken has absolutely no bleed through, compared to my favorite Noodler's Midnight. This is cheap paper, so I am impressed with the Scribal Cryptid inks.

 

Sorry about the upside down attachment - just click 'view' on your Adobe Reader to rotate it.

Edited December 30, 2012 by countrydirt