Wahl-Eversharp Wahlberry

[musicman123]

I believe this is one of the inks that Amber sent me a while ago, and I have just been terribly backlogged on reviews to post them in time. Well, this is one of Wahl-Eversharp's inks, called Wahlberry. The other ink is known as Everberry, and I have already posted a review on it.

 

This review will follow my normal standard format for reviews, with pictures following a small blurb. The pictures were taken with an iPhone 6, back camera, in artificial lighting. Effort has been made to show the true color, but your milage may vary depending on your monitor. If you would like to see all my ink images, you are free to go to http://files.goviralforyou.com/Inks/Reviews

 

Here is a preview of the ink. It is a solid blue ink, that has a little bit of a purple tinge to it.

 

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This review was written in my Waterman Hemisphere with a stock Medium nib. I normally don't use this pen, but I felt weird and decided to pull it out of storage to play with.

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/Wahl-Eversharp/Wahlberry/Nib.jpg

 

The review was written on HP 32lb Premium Laser Paper, which can be found at Staples for the whooping price of $19.99, or on Amazon for $15.39. This is my new "standard" paper I will be using for all my reviews, writing, and comparisons. I still have a bit of HP 28lb, which is now discontinued, but I am going to be moving to this one now, as it is much better, IMO.

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/Wahl-Eversharp/Wahlberry/Paper.jpg

 

Here is the swab of the ink. It was pulled from my latest project, a crowd-sourced ink swab database found here http://inkymadness.tk/. This is my own swab that I am using here, but many other people's swabs of lots of inks can be found there! You are free to contribute your swabs as well by emailing them to me at admin@inkymadness.tk.

 

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This ink is a solid blue ink that leans a bit on the purple side. The ink is quite wet, even thought it is coming from a relatively dry nib. There is a medium amount of lubrication, but still a bunch of feedback from the nib. I need to do some of my nib work on it one of these days. There is a bit of shading, from a light to a medium hue. No spread, feathering, show through, bleed through, or any other unusual behavior. It is quite a safe and standard ink.

 

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The ink takes a bit more time than other inks at roughly 18 seconds.

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/Wahl-Eversharp/Wahlberry/Dry%20Time.jpg

 

Here is a water test. The top grid had drops of water placed for 10 seconds, then vigorously wiped downwards. The bottom text did not receive any drops of water and was only wiped with in the same motion as the grid. There ink performed poorly on this test. There was noticeable lifting on the grid and a fair amount of wet smear. Do not use for documents.

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/Wahl-Eversharp/Wahlberry/Water%20After.jpg

 

Lastly, here is a scan of the review. Use the scan to read the rest of the review. I did not intend for it to show color accuracy. The pictures are the most accurate representation of the color.

 

http://www.inkyreviews.tk/Wahl-Eversharp/Wahlberry/Scan.jpg

 

That's all folks! I would give this ink a 7/10. If you liked this review, stay tuned for more to come!

[visvamitra]

Not really my color but thank you for the review.

[Abner C. Kemp]

It reminds me of Montblanc Royal Blue a bit but maybe with even a little more depth. Thanks for the review.

[Uncial]

Much deeper than MB's Royal Blue, and without that 'chalky' quality.