Standardgraph Feigenbraun

[Sandy1]

☞ For convenient viewing of the images, you may wish to scroll to the menu at the very bottom of this window then ensure the FPN Theme is http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/ecb8726d-1.jpg

 

☞ Please take a moment to adjust your gear to accurately depict the Grey Scale below.

As the patches are neutral grey, that is what you should see.

• Mac
• Wintel PC

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN_2013/27ddb717.jpg

 

☞ As Photo*ucket has lost the functionality to depict thumbnails as required, and to conserve bandwidth, Hi-Res scans and inky comparisons will be provided on request only.

 

-:||:-

 

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN_2013/Ink%20Review%20-%20Standardgraph%20feigenbraun/a2c9e419-94a1-4c80-83b6-31c0909fbe45_zpsf51f6e35.jpg

Fidelity

The ink used here may be compared to the depiction on the site standardgraph dot de LINK

 

Figure 1.

Swabs & Swatch

Paper: HPJ1124.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN_2013/Ink%20Review%20-%20Standardgraph%20feigenbraun/INK038_zps127d7767.jpg

Figure 2.

Nib-ism 1 ✑

Paper: HPJ1124.

Depicts nibs' line-width and pens' relative wetness.

Distance between feint vertical pencil lines is 25mm.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN_2013/Ink%20Review%20-%20Standardgraph%20feigenbraun/INK037_zpse1317c20.jpg

L ➠ R: PCP, P99, Skyline, 45, Phileas, Prelude.

 

WRITTEN SAMPLES - Moby Dick

Ruling: 8mm.

 

Figure 3.

Paper: HPJ1124.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN_2013/Ink%20Review%20-%20Standardgraph%20feigenbraun/INK040_zps6db3f75b.jpg

 

Figure 4.

Paper: Rhodia.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN_2013/Ink%20Review%20-%20Standardgraph%20feigenbraun/INK041_zps98b71212.jpg

Figure 5.

Paper: G Lalo.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN_2013/Ink%20Review%20-%20Standardgraph%20feigenbraun/INK042_zps299e673b.jpg

 

Figure 6.

Paper: Royal.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN_2013/Ink%20Review%20-%20Standardgraph%20feigenbraun/INK043_zpsb2553b33.jpg

Figure 7.

Paper: Staples.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN_2013/Ink%20Review%20-%20Standardgraph%20feigenbraun/INK046_zps4c84cf86.jpg

Extended Sampling

• As the ink was not generating a fully saturated line with the usual array of pens, wetter pens were used for these samples. (The C74 and the Sonnet appear in some of my previous Ink Reviews.)
• Also, to see if greater shading could be generated from such wet pens, another paper with a smooth coated surface was added

Figure 8.

NIB-ism 2 ✑

Paper: HPJ1124.

Depicts nibs' line-width and pens' relative wetness.

Distance between feint vertical pencil lines is 25mm.

 

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN_2013/Ink%20Review%20-%20Standardgraph%20feigenbraun/INK049_zps912c22c3.jpg

L ➠ R: Estie, C74, Sonnet.

 

Figure 9.

Paper: HPJ1124.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN_2013/Ink%20Review%20-%20Standardgraph%20feigenbraun/INK044_zpscf21cd6d.jpg

Figure 10.

Paper: Clairefontaine Triomphe.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN_2013/Ink%20Review%20-%20Standardgraph%20feigenbraun/INK045_zps638cc17a.jpg

 

OTHER STUFF

 

Figure 11.

Smear/Dry Times* & Wet Tests.

* May be of particular interest to left-handed over-writers.

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN_2013/Ink%20Review%20-%20Standardgraph%20feigenbraun/INK039_zpsb280c3fc.jpg

 

Figure 12.

Bleed- Show-Through on Staples.

(Obverse of Figure 7.)

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/FPN_2013/Ink%20Review%20-%20Standardgraph%20feigenbraun/INK047_zpsb6ab0a73.jpg

 

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

 

Type:

• Dye-based fountain pen ink.

Presentation:

• Bottle, 30ml.

Availability:

• Available at time of writing.

Daily writer?

• Quite possible.

A go-to ink?

• When a robust low-chroma Green-leaning Brown ink is desired.

USE

 

Business:

(From the office of Ms Blue-Black.)

• As ever, I have trouble considering Brown for business correspondence, so typically suggest that the ink be run at high density to somewhat submerge the colour.
• Feigenbraun might be used for internal lateral and downward correspondence, and occasionally appear on brief upward memos addressing non-routine matters with an air of calm enthusiasm.
• May prove to be quite acceptable for personal work product. Readability is high, and line quality remained very good on all papers used, so will do the necessary for marginalia and annotation.
• The writing experience is quite acceptable but not not luxurious, so may not suit those who write at length, especially if using hair's-breadth nibs on common copy/print papers.
• That said, those who write in a small hand or whose work includes fine detail may find the low lubricity enhances control.
• Has neither the zip nor zap required for dedicated forms use, mark-up, editing, error correction or grading.

Illustrations / Graphics:

• Rather interesting.
• May replace a colour that was previously mixed.
• The quite neutral low-impact colour seems best suited to holding space rather than claiming space.
• Should do nicely for labels and taut lines.
• Dry times seem quite short, so should support rapid reworking.
• As a watercolour, the dye/s behave quite uniformly, so soft gradient washes should hold no untoward surprises. There is a strong but soft remnant after the dry ink is exposed to water, so might be useful when indistinct foundation lines are preferred when overworked with wet media.

Students:

• Hmm.
• Would certainly suit general notes, but there may be risk of virga during stop-start note taking.
• Performance on the Stables 20lb was very good, but there was a bit too much bleed- show-through for two-sided use except in a pinch. (Try inverting the nib to lower the amount of ink applied.)
• Water resistance should be sufficient to salvage what was not safeguarded from exposure to common fluids.
  

Personal:

• While I am still a relative new-comer to Brown inks, I've come to prefer those that are not too warm, but are either fairly neutral, or quite rich & lustrous. Sfbrn is a bit of a departure from those preferences, so it appears I am making progress in broadening my palette.
• There is a certain appeal to the combination of softness and stability, so I'll be exploring this one a fair bit more.
• I do not think the colour itself is so striking that it would evoke an 'automatic' response in the reader, but does that make it an uninteresting ink? Or one that slips into the background?
• I like to think this ink could be used for even quite long letters - it just rolls along.
• There didn't seem to be anything unusual in the ink itself that would preclude any particular pen or paper, though the samples from the PCP seem to indicate that I need pointers from Members who have more success with such narrow nibs.

PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE & CHARACTERISTICS

 

Flow Rate:

• Quite shy.

Nib Dry-Out:

• Not seen whilst writing, but the nib tip became dry more quickly than usual when the pen was left uncapped.

Start-up:

• Immediate from a pen in use.
• There was a bit of virga from the P99 on HPJ1124: 'Aloft,'
• Low confidence from a pen left uncapped or unused.

Lubricity:

• Lean.
• Feedback wasn't bothersome.
• Narrow nibs were just OK on toothy / textured papers.

Nib Creep:

• Not seen.

Staining (pen):

• Not seen after five days.

Clogging:

• Not seen.

Bleed- Show-Through:

• On HPJ1124 - Extended Sampling: Estie, C74, Sonnet.
• On Staples: 45 & Prelude. (See Figure 12.)

Feathering / Wooly Line:

• Not seen.

Aroma:

• Very faint inky goodness.

Hand oil sensitivity:

• Not seen.

Clean-Up (pen):

• Quite prompt.
• For recently inked-up pens, the use of a pen cleaning solution did not release any visible residue after the usual regimen of water flush, short soak, flush.

Mixing:

• No stated prohibitions.

Archival:

• Not claimed.

THE LOOK

 

Presence:

• Soft.
• Stable.

Saturation:

• Rather low.

Shading Potential:

• Surprisingly low.

Line quality:

• High for a simple dye-based ink.

Variability:

• Pen+nib combos used:
  • Less than expected, considering the extended range of writers used.

  [*]Papers used:

  • Less than expected, considering the extended range of papers used.

Malleability:

• Modest.
• My initial impression was that as the ink was not too saturated, there would be considerable opportunity for manipulation. But such was clearly not the case.
• It seems that the choice of paper will be the fulcrum to move feigenbraun: both absorbency and base-tint should be carefully considered.
• While it seems typical that more highly saturated inks are often a shoo-in for a daily writer ink, feigenbraun may well fit the bill.

PAPERS

 

Lovely papers:

• Most!

Trip-wire Papers: ☠

• Not seen.

Copy/Printer Paper:

• Quality of the writing is very good indeed.
• From what's shown, a slightly dry pen would have a good chance of enabling two-sided use on 'lowest bidder' papers.

Tinted Papers:

• Not really.
• I wouldn't go too much warmer than Ivory, and Sfbrn should handle a pale Buff/Chamois.

Is high-end paper 'worth it'?

• Not particularly.
• From what's seen above, this ink shows most of what it can do on the penny-a-page HPJ1124, though when viewing the ink-on-paper samples, feigenbraun does a bit better on papers without optical brightening agents, OBAs.
  

ETC.

 

Majik:

• Seems unlikely.

Billets Doux?

• Not from yours truly.

Personal Pen & Paper Pick:

• The 45 on Royal.
• The pen is very neutral, letting the ink stand alone, unadorned by a shaped / flex nib.
• The paper is rather absorbent, so the value of the ink is a bit dark, and at high saturation on the soft heavy paper.

Yickity Yackity:

• Feigenbraun is growing on me!
• Ah kushbaby, too calm for you?

======

 

NUTS BOLTS & BOILERPLATE

 

Pens

Written Samples:

A. Platinum Carbon Pen + g-p steel über-narrow nib.

B. Pelikan P99 Technixx + steel F nib.

C. Evershap Skyline + 14 nib.

D. Parker 45 + g-p steel M nib.

E. Waterman Phileas + duo-tone steel B nib.

F. Sheaffer Prelude + factory stock steel Stub nib.

G. Esterbrook J + 1461 Rigid Manifold

steel

F nib.

H. Pilot Custom 74 + № 5 14K Soft Fine-Medium nib.

J. Parker Sonnet + 18K factory Stub nib.

Lines & labels:

◊ OMAS Turquoise from a Pilot Penmanship + XF.

Papers:

• HPJ1124: Hewlett-Packard laser copy/print, 24lb.
• Rhodia: satin finish vellum, 80gsm.
• G. Lalo Verge de France: natural white, laid, 100gsm.
• Royal: 25% cotton, laser/inkjet copy/print, 'letterhead', 90gsm.
• Staples White: house brand multi-use copy/print, USD4/ream, bears FSC logo, 20lb.
• Clairefontaine Triomphe: brushed vellum, 90gsm.

Imaging:

• An Epson V600 scanner was used with the bundled Epson s/w at factory default settings to produce low-loss jpg files.
• NIB-ism images were scanned at 300 dpi; other Figures were scanned at 200 dpi & 24 bit colour.
• No post-capture manipulation of scanner output was done, other than dumb-down by Epson, IP.Board s/w, and your viewing gear; and mismanagement by Photobouquet.

Densitometer Readings on HPJ1124:

• Red 140
• Grn 127
• Blu 115
• Lum 125

Other Inks

• This Review uses the same Written Sample format, atrocious handwriting and some pen+paper combos common to most of my previous Reviews of Brown inks. Consequently, ad hoc comparisons through manipulation of browser windows is supported.
• Should that functionality not meet your requirements, I welcome your PM requesting a specific comparison. Additional scans may be produced, but the likelihood of additional inky work is quite low.

Fine Print

The accuracy and relevance of this Post depends in great part upon consistency and reliability of matériel used.

Ink does not require labelling/notice to indicate (changes in) formulation, non-hazardous ingredients, batch ID, date of manufacture, etc.

As always YMMV, due to differences in materials, manner of working, environment, etc.

Also, I entrust readers to separate opinion from fact; to evaluate inferences and conclusions as to their merit; and to be amused by whatever tickles your fancy.

 

-30-

Tags: Fountain Pen Ink Review Sandy1 Standardgraph feigenbraun Brown fullhaltertinte tinte 572202

Edited February 19, 2013 by Sandy1

[wastelanded]

My my. At first glance, this one comes off as almost too cool (and I like cool browns). But the more I look, it grows on me. It's very antique looking to me: on my monitor it reminds me of squid juice ink, at about 1/10 the cost.

 

I shall give this one a go. At the price, one can hardly go wrong. A nice ivory paper and I can kick it old school.

 

As always, thanks for the excellent review, much appreciated!

 

PS: Love the label on the bottle!

[Sandy1]

My my. At first glance, this one comes off as almost too cool (and I like cool browns). But the more I look, it grows on me. It's very antique looking to me: on my monitor it reminds me of squid juice ink, at about 1/10 the cost.

 

I shall give this one a go. At the price, one can hardly go wrong. A nice ivory paper and I can kick it old school.

 

As always, thanks for the excellent review, much appreciated!

 

PS: Love the label on the bottle!

 

Hi,

 

You're welcome!

 

This is a pleasant departure from the previous Brown inks that I've worked with - a bit more 'vegetal' if you will.

 

I hadn't considered a "very antique" look. But then again, to me 'antique' seems to be more of a Blue-Black thingy. (?) Though as the the colour of feigenbraun is low-chroma, not snappy & vibrant, perhaps there is an antique aspect, in the way that R&K Alt Bordeaux would look when set next to Diamine Syrah.

 

Bye,

S1

[The Good Captain]

Where do we get these Standardgraph inks in/from the UK?

[Sandy1]

Where do we get these Standardgraph inks in/from the UK?

Hi,

 

I am very reluctant to plump for a specific Vendor.

 

Standardgraph offers a catalogue ordering service:

http://www.standardg...ex_english.html

 

I also suggest contacting Standardgraph to determine local Distributors & Vendors, though perhaps only the national/regional Distributors would know the specific Vendors that handle their FP inks. info@standardgraph dot de

 

Also, perhaps a Want To Buy in the FPN Classifieds would draw more attention.

 

Bye,

S1

Edited February 19, 2013 by Sandy1

[Bo Bo Olson]

For Germany, www.Seitz-Kreuznach.de

also Omas, Cleo Skribent x 5 and 21 Standardgraph, 64 x DA, Stipula x 7, the regular 30 x Herbin, Edelstein x 9.

Cartridges too.

 

The bold underlined inks: the Cleo I'd never heard of, the Standardgraph, I'd heard folks asking every few months. Stipula only once or twice.

 

I just picked up my 5 R&K inks from there; so there was advertisement in the box on those inks.

[wastelanded]

No affiliation, but +1 for Seitz-Kreuznach. Good prices and service, very professional.

[The Good Captain]

Thanks Bo BO and wastelanded. I've had a look at the site and it looks a good set of prices to me.

Also, I don't give a damn about all this 'no affiliation etc etc etc'. If I like a site or supplier, I'll just go ahead and say so! Even if my brother owned it.

[wastelanded]

I know, Cap'n, it's silly isn't it? When one thinks about it, there are forum members who promote their businesses at every opportunity.

 

I always feel dumb putting that in, but don't want anyone having a go at me.

[The Good Captain]

I know, Cap'n, it's silly isn't it? When one thinks about it, there are forum members who promote their businesses at every opportunity.

 

I always feel dumb putting that in, but don't want anyone having a go at me.

I see your point and quite understand. It's just maybe something that we don't worry about as much here. Perhaps we just don't get sued as much!

[wastelanded]

I see your point and quite understand. It's just maybe something that we don't worry about as much here. Perhaps we just don't get sued as much!

 

Ah, I'm not worried about that. I meant people in here getting their knickers in a twist!

 

Anyway, I tell lots of people to go to Seitz, they're good folks.

[hilsedwards]

Many thanks Sandy1 I always enjoy reading your reviews. What a beautiful colour, top of my list of 'must have' inks.

 

However, where's the shopping list?

You always include a mouth watering shopping list which frequently inspires culinary experimentation

[Sandy1]

Many thanks Sandy1 I always enjoy reading your reviews. What a beautiful colour, top of my list of 'must have' inks.

 

However, where's the shopping list?

You always include a mouth watering shopping list which frequently inspires culinary experimentation

 

Hi,

 

You're welcome!

I'm glad you enjoy the ink and the wee Review.

 

Ah, the Grocery List was discontinued, amusing and inspirational as it was. I think it proved the point that with a narrow dry-ish nib, even scrap paper will often yield a readable result with most inks. In its place, I often include a Written Sample on Staples 20lb and the depiction of Bleed- Show-Through on that paper. For about the same amount of work and bandwidth, I think the value and relevance of the Written Samples as a whole was increased.

 

I've also dropped the Swab Swami : There are other online comparison tools that include a far greater gamut of inks than what is practical in my Reviews. Also, as I design my Reviews to enable pen on paper comparison to other inks I've reviewed, swab comparisons seemed of doubtful benefit and relevance now that I've posted a fair number of Reviews & Comparisons.

 

As ever, I am open to suggestions as to the content of the template, and preparation / presentation of the Written Samples - with the clear exception of metrics, scoring, etc.

 

Bye,

S1

Edited February 22, 2013 by Sandy1

[wastelanded]

I've also dropped the Swab Swami : There are other online comparison tools that include a far greater gamut of inks than what is practical in my Reviews. Also, as I design my Reviews to enable pen on paper comparison to other inks I've reviewed, swab comparisons seemed of doubtful benefit and relevance now that I've posted a fair number of Reviews & Comparisons.

 

I agree, Ms. S.: I don't see the usefulness of swabs, unless one is using a q-tip to write. Your reviews don't need them, as you always show an ink through a good variety of nibs, on a good variety of paper!

 

And the Staples bit is a perfect substitution for the shopping list. Maybe you could write your shopping list on that?

 

Etidtd fur de sleppins.

Edited February 22, 2013 by wastelanded