Blue - Yiren

[visvamitra]

Yiren is chinese producer of fountain pens. They offer also ink in cartridges. I'm not sure whether they produce it or just resell. Anyway I've received their blue ink, so let's take a look at it.

http://imageshack.com/a/img537/4672/6MldJb.jpg

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

http://imageshack.com/a/img903/5508/bc2UAD.jpg

Software ID

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/5123/1p8XIa.jpg

Oxford, kaweco Sport Classic, B

http://imageshack.com/a/img538/2434/kisv2D.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/6471/4CxUpN.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/9586/g55Lvk.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img673/8586/yfZXdp.jpg

It's not particularly exciting ink. I find it boring, but it serves it puspose rather well. It writes, has decent flow and drying time. It smells bad, though. I've tried it from sheer curiosity and once is enough in this case

[lgsoltek]

I've never heard of this brand before in China...

[Morbus Curiositas]

Hi Vis

 

That is the same for me. Cannot say I dislike blue inks but they are so standard...

 

And usually what looks nice in swap is not so sparkling in the pen..... If you have to advice on a blue or 2.... What is your advice I do not like turquoise or blue azure....

 

Another question How do you get your pics so nicely small. Mine are huge

[visvamitra]

Well - it's easy. I use printscreen, paste it to paint and save to small .jpg. I know that professionals among us wouldn't recommend this technioque but ir works fine

[amberleadavis]

Thank you.

[jmccarty3]

Reminds me a bit of J. Herbin's Blue Myosotis

[mmg122]

Typical boring blue. Sure doesn't stand up to Blue Velvet...which is stunning. Thanks for reviewing this "never heard of before" ink.

[jasonchickerson]

Reminds me a bit of J. Herbin's Blue Myosotis

 

Indeed. Also, yuck.

[truthpil]

I've never heard of this brand before in China...

Yiren produces lots of really cheap pens in China and their quality is not that great. I bent the nib on an Yiren pen in no time,but the metal was so thin and soft that I could easily bend it back. The pen's body is brass so I just stuck an Indian flex nib in it and now it's a decent cheap flex pen.

[xiewei1987]

Yiren produces lots of really cheap pens in China and their quality is not that great. I bent the nib on an Yiren pen in no time,but the metal was so thin and soft that I could easily bend it back. The pen's body is brass so I just stuck an Indian flex nib in it and now it's a decent cheap flex pen.

sorry, i never heard of that fp brand though i live in china. could u plz give me the Chinese name?

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks for the review.

I like the sort of crisp dark edge on the lines (I think some people are referring to that as "haloing") but overall the ink may be a bit too light to be legible in the long haul. What sort of water resistance (if any) does this ink have?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[truthpil]

sorry, i never heard of that fp brand though i live in china. could u plz give me the Chinese name?

 

I think the Chinese is 依人, but the pens usually only have "Yiren" written in cursive writing on the pen cap and nib. Where I live in the north of the country, they are one of the most prevalent brands in the shops near schools.

[visvamitra]

@TruthPil - thank you for answering this

[truthpil]

@visvamitra - glad to be of help. thank you for all your lovely reviews and recommendations that cause me to spend more money