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This ink is stunning. It shines like crazy.

Thank you Cyber6 for sending me a sample.

http://imageshack.com/a/img673/7595/yRGhzG.jpg

I thought I wasn't cheap but this gold bought me. I need a bottle. Darn.

Stormy Grey in Pasteur pipette

http://imageshack.com/a/img537/15/uxbQK1.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img909/518/p8zW3p.jpg

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In Kaweco Sport

http://imageshack.com/a/img537/7083/SZP3PU.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img673/9182/KIRMX8.jpg

It may look odd but Stormy Grey is easy to clean.

Now to ink splashes

http://imageshack.com/a/img538/4153/DNx13i.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img537/8964/GpLilu.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/3851/j2K2m1.jpg

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

http://imageshack.com/a/img901/2788/LD3mv1.jpg

Software ID:

http://imageshack.com/a/img540/2076/gX9Oc1.jpg

Color Range

http://imageshack.com/a/img674/821/tHHmWR.jpg

CHROMATOGRAPHY

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/8268/ylCktR.jpg

Calendar - Kaweco Sport, B

http://imageshack.com/a/img908/8985/XmuEJo.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img538/861/2nqhz8.jpg
Franklin-Christoph notebook
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http://imageshack.com/a/img905/8118/fS9vS8.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img538/5109/x0lFza.jpg
Thick Layer of ink on Clairefontaine 120 g paper
http://imageshack.com/a/img673/8936/jg42v1.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img661/5125/PvDmcT.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img673/7595/yRGhzG.jpg

 

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stevesurf Vintage

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This ink is stunning. It shines like crazy.

Thank you Cyber6 for sending me a sample.

http://imageshack.com/a/img673/7595/yRGhzG.jpg

I thought I wasn't cheap but this gold bought me. I need a bottle. Darn.

Stormy Grey in Pasteur pipette

http://imageshack.com/a/img537/15/uxbQK1.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img909/518/p8zW3p.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/8619/Bbkkqt.jpg

In Kaweco Sport

http://imageshack.com/a/img537/7083/SZP3PU.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img673/9182/KIRMX8.jpg

It may look odd but Stormy Grey is easy to clean.

Now to ink splashes

http://imageshack.com/a/img538/4153/DNx13i.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img537/8964/GpLilu.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/3851/j2K2m1.jpg

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

http://imageshack.com/a/img901/2788/LD3mv1.jpg

Software ID:

http://imageshack.com/a/img540/2076/gX9Oc1.jpg

Color Range

http://imageshack.com/a/img674/821/tHHmWR.jpg

CHROMATOGRAPHY

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/8268/ylCktR.jpg

Calendar - Kaweco Sport, B

http://imageshack.com/a/img908/8985/XmuEJo.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img538/861/2nqhz8.jpg
Franklin-Christoph notebook
http://imageshack.com/a/img631/3021/uQd3uw.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img905/8118/fS9vS8.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img538/5109/x0lFza.jpg
Thick Layer of ink on Clairefontaine 120 g paper
http://imageshack.com/a/img673/8936/jg42v1.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img661/5125/PvDmcT.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img673/7595/yRGhzG.jpg

 

 

 

Amazing! Glittering! Scientific! Could be the best pictorial ink review ever, thank you!

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penultress Extremely Rare

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Beautiful! I did get Stormy Grey and I love it. I agree with you that it's easy to clean. I've only had it in my Faber Castell Ondoro with .75mm Binder CI and it cleaned very well. Now I just need a wetter pen!

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Ooh! It looks so good. Why can't anyone at Canada get them in sooner?! :(

Pelikan 140 EF | Pelikan 140 OBB | Pelikan M205 0.4mm stub | Pilot Custom Heritage 912 PO | Pilot Metropolitan M | TWSBI 580 EF | Waterman 52 1/2v

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I received my bottle yesterday and inked it in my Parker Sonnet today.

 

I really like this ink - my Sonnet is quite a wet writer, so the golden flecks can be seen easily on the page, providing a wonderful subtle sparkle when viewed under light.

 

However, it's also really well behaved - it hasn't feathered on school books (which is the worst paper I write on), yet dries surprisingly quickly on much better paper (tested on Rhodia and Oxford Optik) - much faster than Diamine Majestic Blue, which I have inked in my TWSBI.

 

It also lubricates the pen really well - I can only compare it to Diamine and Lamy inks, but the pen seems much smoother when writing on better paper with Stormy Grey.

 

All in all, I'm very happy! Going to use it as my go-to note-taking ink, as it's subtle enough not to distract from what is being written, yet has a wonderful character that no other ink I own has.

Parker 75, Ingenuity, Premier, Sonnet, Urban | Pelikan M400 | TWSBI Diamond 580 | Visconti Rembrandt



Currently inked: Diamine Apple Glory (Rembrandt), Pelikan 4001 Turquoise (M400), Lamy Black (Diamond 580)

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Cyber6 Donor Pen

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Ooh! It looks so good. Why can't anyone at Canada get them in sooner?! :(

 

Huh??... I placed my pre-order in the first week of September... and got my bottle (actually two bottles) the first week of October.. That's the sample Vis is using...

 

If you are willing to pay for shipping.. you can get it at the same time as the US (and even before since most people in the US are still waiting for it) ;)

 

 

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:puddle:

 

 

Until you ink a pen, it is merely a pretty stick. --UK Mike

 

My arsenal, in order of acquisition: Sailor 21 Pocket Pen M, Cross Solo M, Online Calligraphy, Monteverde Invincia F, Hero 359 M, Jinhao X450 M, Levenger True Writer M, Jinhao 159 M, Platinum Balance F, TWSBI Classic 1.1 stub, Platinum Preppy 0.3 F, 7 Pilot Varsity M disposables refillables, Speedball penholder, TWSBI 580 USA EF, Pilot MR, Noodler's Ahab 1.1 stub, another Preppy 0.3, Preppy EF 0.2, ASA Sniper F, Click Majestic F, Kaweco Sport M, Pilot Prera F, Baoer 79 M (fake Starwalker), Hero 616 M (fake Parker), Jinhao X750 Shimmering Sands M . . .

31 and counting :D

 

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Stunning review. Thank you for all the work you do!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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I have this in a Pelikan m100 with a 1.0 mm stub, and it's just wonderful. My only quibble is how quickly the dust goes out of solution. So I have to keep shaking the pen, and last week had some, er, spatter.... :angry: And it's kind of an expensive ink to waste on gratuitous spatter (as opposed, of course, to visvamitra's obviously *non*-gratuitous spatter -- i.e., spatter in the interest of a thorough review :thumbup:).

Glad to hear that it is easy to flush out of pens, because I haven't done that yet -- I just keep refilling the pen with the lovely ink.... :wub:

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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