Toucan Turquoise Ink

[Jamerelbe]

This is the third in a series of reviews of the new Toucan Ink range produced by Tintex, Dye Manufacturers of Australia. I have no connection to the manufacturer, or to the distributor (http://www.justwrite.com.au), other than as a satisfied customer. I have been trialling these inks for roughly three months, and have become a huge fan. I wish they were waterproof - that would make them more useful to me in the workplace! - but these inks perform well in the (admittedly limited) range of pens I've used them in, and are well-behaved on good quality paper (notably Rhodia and Reflex 80gsm copier paper - a well-known brand in Australia at least!). I've also tried them on 100gsm HP copier paper, with similarly good results.

 

Toucan Turquoise is a really nice ink - I don't use it much personally, but my school-aged daughters both have a fountain pen permanently inked up with this colour. I don't have any other Turquoise inks, unfortunately - so the comparisons on the page are to a few of the blue inks I have in my possession.

 

Please forgive the abominable handwriting - I was going for speed over style, which made it even worse than usual!

 

http://i.imgur.com/iPiRTuT.jpg

 

Another view - this time a photo:

 

http://i.imgur.com/RgtIOVD.jpg

Edited March 11, 2014 by Jamerelbe

[hbyu]

thank you

first time to know this oz seller, looks like got some interesting budget pens

[swanjun]

Thanks for the review! I continue to hope that Just Write will one day offer shipping to the US.

[Jamerelbe]

thank you

first time to know this oz seller, looks like got some interesting budget pens

Yup, who says lower prices always mean poor quality - in addition to the inks, I've bought several of their lower end Chinese and Indian pens, and on the whole I've been seriously impressed. The Jinhao and Baoer pens especially, but I've grabbed 3 Hero 616s too, not one of them a dud. If you have an Australian postal address (or NZ), here's a local business that provides a warranty on most (if not all) of its pens.

[Jamerelbe]

Thanks for the review! I continue to hope that Just Write will one day offer shipping to the US.

I asked the distributor if he was happy for me to do these reviews before posting them, and asked specifically about international sales. He told me it's not on the cards right now, as his focus is on providing a low cost range of inks to Australian customers, who get slugged big time with import / postage costs for overseas inks (don't I know it! - a Kaweco pen that sells for US$28ish in the US will cost a cool AU$50 over here - and pens are cheaper to ship!). That said, I don't think he'd rule it out if there was sufficient interest...

[amberleadavis]

Great reviews. Keep up the good work.

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