Private Reserve Chocolat redux

[handlebar]

Having read Bill's review of this delightful ink awhile back

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...showtopic=13979

 

 

i decided to air my thoughts and try a few differet paper samples.Bill hit on the high and low points perfectly.The drying time was fast in my opinon and the saturation was good.

 

I used a Stipula Etruria Amber with fine nib for these samples.

The first here is on #20 white Hammermill paper:

 

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h93/n7myw/Pens/SC4small.jpg

 

Came rather nicely i think.So up next was it's affect on #20 Ivory Hammermill.The colour still looks great!!

 

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h93/n7myw/Pens/SC5small.jpg

 

 

And now here is the same on #60 Astroparch Vellum paper from Wausau papers:

 

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h93/n7myw/Pens/SC21small.jpg

 

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h93/n7myw/Pens/SC11small.jpg

 

 

 

In closing,a very nice brown.I use brown ink most of the time and count 5 different versions/brands in my collection now.I will have to do a comparison between all of them sometime soon.I still have a few more i would like to add like Golden brown from Noodlers.

 

JD

[johnr55]

Pretty pen, nice brown. Thanks for the review and pix!

[yiterp]

one of my favorite colors--use it daily

[lefty928]

Nice! Thanks for the set of scans. I've been trying to decide between Noodler's Walnut and PR Chocolat, as I keep searching for a brown I really like. Time for me to order another set of brown ink samples from James P. and then next month that blue-black ink sampler ...

[vagabond]

Very nice--I love brown ink. PR Copper Burst is my daily user; the Chocolat looks wonderfull as well.

Edited January 25, 2007 by vagabond

[OldPott]

Very nice. I use two browns, both Herbin: black tea and terracotta. I'm going off the black tea (too much green?) and the terracotta is nice but still not quite what I want.

 

I've been eyeing up the PR Chocolat on The Writing Desk's website for a week or so and it's starting to call to me...

[Walter's daughter]

Your post had the "Awe and Wonder" effect on me.

I love brown inks and pens!

 

 

Angela

[Tricia]

Nice! Love the saturated color in the first image. The only brown I have is Mont Blanc's Season's Greetings, which is currently in my Pelikan White Tortoise. I'm loving it (and the scent) so I may have to branch out and get another brown ink. Thanks!

[Stephen-I-am]

Can anyone compare and contrast with Noodlers walnut? From the scans the colors look close.

 

Stephen

[sonia_simone]

Noodler's Walnut is really dark, almost a brown-black. I don't have PRC (although I would like to), but I don't think it's as dark.

[Stephen-I-am]

Hi Sonia. I have been using walnut for quite a while and love it. I don't see any black in it at all. It's not even as dark as dark chocolate, and appears just a hair darker than the PR chocolat scan. I don't find it as dark as this image that Viseguy made of his FPN/Noodlers black mix, for example.

 

I might have to dig out my camera and post a scan.

 

Stephen

[CAA]

How does it compare with PR Copper Burst?

[handlebar]

Copper Burst has slight greeninsh tint.But i love both of them.

 

JD

[Frisky Willy]

Very useful review! 'Particularly like your mixing the different shades of paper and writing styles: it shows how the ink performs in various"environments". I wasn't thinking of using a brown ink but now PR will have another bottle sold.

[georges zaslavsky]

very nice brown, thanks for sharing

[Soundsider]

A great brown with a round, fine nib....but no shading for B or higher.

 

/Soundsider

[mirosc]

Best brown for me, especially when compared to others.