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I am actually read sad about this ink. I wanted it to be amazing, but it's just not.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Bung%20Box/DSC09953_zps6f3bb4a7.jpg?t=1394136352

 

 

 

It's not that the colour isn't nice. It is. It's just that the ink behaves kind of terribly.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Bung%20Box/DSC09954_zpsf4514901.jpg?t=1394136360

 

 

It feathers on some papers, smudges a lot, and bleeds through others.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Bung%20Box/DSC09948_zpsbb107c04.jpg?t=1394136377

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Bung%20Box/DSC09950_zps6cfa5af9.jpg?t=1394136384

 

 

Admittedly that is a 1.1 stub, but still, a lot of inks I have don't do that, even in a 1.1 nib.

 

It looks nice on Rhodia ...

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Bung%20Box/DSC09956_zpsf1cd9e17.jpg?t=1394137674

 

... but smudges quite a bit on sketch paper and tomoe river paper.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Bung%20Box/DSC09959_zps53386771.jpg?t=1394137771

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Bung%20Box/DSC09960_zpsf90b017b.jpg?t=1394137765

 

 

And it feathers on Rhodia lined paper.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Bung%20Box/DSC09958_zpsa535cc96.jpg?t=1394137730

 

 

Shading is nice, but that doesn't make up for the bad behaviour.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Bung%20Box/DSC09965_zps97761c1f.jpg?t=1394137693

 

 

And to top it all off, this acts like a highlighter ink in the pen - hard to wash out, becoming fluorescent when it comes in contact with water. I tried mixing it with another ink and it seemed kind of okay in the pen, but the sludge it left behind on the silicone grease around the edge near the nib (inside the barrel) did not inspire me with confidence. I only kept it in there for a day once I had mixed it with a Sailor blue.

 

Overall, I am underwhelmed with this ink. I'll probably stick with Sweet Potato Yellow.

 

More pictures here.

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/261536-about-my-reviews/
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Bummer. Thank you for sharing.

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Not many inks actually manage to feather on Rhodia paper! That's something of an accomplishment. Though in a bad way.

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Maybe there's even the nano advantage that you didn't have to buy a 12-pack of that ink.

 

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