Andrinople - L'artisan Pastellier

[visvamitra]

L'Artisan Pastellier is french ink / calligraphy materials producers. They offer two lines of inks suitable for fountain pens: CALLIFOLIO (inks made for fountain pens, neutral PH and so on) andENCRES CLASSIQUES (not all of them may have perfect properties however I've tried most of them and had no issues in my fountain pens).

L'Artisan Pastellier inks don't get much love or attention here. I understand this as they're not easily obtainable. You may buy them directly from the producer's on-line/stationery boutique. The best thing to do is to organize group buy (I've done it twice last year for polish sountain pen board). It's nice thing to do - you get to meet a lot of people to exchange inks and the shipment cost becomes really friendly.

I must admit I'm huge fan of Callifolio series. They have cool names and some trully unique colors. They're nor super-saturated but I like them this way.

Soon I'll prepare comparison of all 36 colors (there are two new Teodora and Olivastre) but it'll take time. Maybe November?

I'll make reviews of some of them.

Andrinople is pink-red. Not my piece of cake.

INFO

Producer: L'Artisan Pastellier

Color: Andrinople

INK SPLASH

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DROPS OF INK ON KITCHEN TOWEL

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SOFTWARE ID

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COLOR RANGE

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Calendar - Kaweco Classic Sport, Broad nib, eyedropper mode

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[inkstainedruth]

Wow. Um, yeah. That is pink alright....

Thanks for the review. It's interesting to see brands (like Callifolio) that I'm not familiar with.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Hallel]

I love your reviews, I'm not sure if I love this ink though, it stricken me as a very dusty Rose. Nicely saturated though.

[Sakura FP Gallery]

Very pinky. I'm sure some people might like to use it in a creative way.

[amberleadavis]

This one calls out for a CRV. Thanks for a great review!

[visvamitra]

Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, Eyedropper mode, broad nib

[Cyber6]

OMG Vis.. I think I am going to faint.... 1.5 years later... you still using Andrinople !!!!!!!....

 

 

 

C.

[saskia_madding]

I totally love this ink. It is entirely responsible for my conversion to a pink ink lover.

[visvamitra]

Nah C - I was just finishing old sample

[KyleKatarn]

Nice review, as always. I bought some callifolio inks a couple of months ago and, unfortunately, I don't like them so much. I find them too watery and under saturated for my tastes, and with an excessive drying time. For me they are a million miles from, say, KWZ... Did others tought the same?

 

I can send some samples, if someone wants to try, because I think I will never finish them over. I have Violet, Bleu Mediterranée, Inti, Anahuac and Canelle.

Edited February 20, 2016 by KyleKatarn

[visvamitra]

Hi KyleKatarn. Personally I like Callifolio inks however I perfectly understand why others don't. They start looking well in broad nibs. I've organised three Callifolio group buys in Poland in recent years and there are peole who dislike them and people who ask me to organise next group buy Everything depends on what and with what do you write. I've seen this inks in flex pen and the results are stunning. In drier pens they won't look really interesting though.

[KyleKatarn]

I agree with you that these inks look really well in flex nibs. I have adapted a Zebra G nib to Jinhao x450 pen and it is a joy to use these inks with it. Other than that I don't really like it, not even with B, BB, italics or stubs... As for the paper, I mostly use good one, Clairefontaine, Rodhia, Tomoe River, G. Lalo, Canson, Fabriano, Midori... So, I think that the quality of the paper hasn't influenced my opinion.

 

EDIT: I forgot to mention one thing I actually like a lot about these inks. They are all intermixable, so you can make your own concoctions and unique colors, if you feel like doing that kind of thing.

Edited February 21, 2016 by KyleKatarn