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De Atramentis Document Ink - Green


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De Atramentis is german manufacturer of calligraphy and writing ink. The inks are hand made (the entire production process is done manually in their manufacturing center) by i's founder - Dr. Franz-Josef Jensen. I believe he uses high quality dyes from well established European companies like BASF and Bayer.

De Atramentis offers a variety of "traditional" fountain pen inks and a broad selection of special and scented inks. I believe they should get more attention as the quality od these fluids is rather good and many of the colors are simply stunning.

Document inks are permanent and waterproof. I confirm - water does nothing to them. Time will tell if light influences them in any way.

The colors are:

  1. Blue
  2. Blue-Black
  3. Brown
  4. Fuchsia
  5. Green
  6. Red
  7. Turquoise
  8. Yellow

Green is fairluy well saturated and lubticated ink although you'll see significant saturation difference betweek Kaweco Classic Sport broad nib and Waterman Hemisphere's fine nib. It's natural but I've decided to show it to you anyway. The color is OK but I prefer greener greens. This one leans too much toward blue. Drying time is excellent but there's a drawback to it - the ink tends to feather on some papers, especially when used in broader nibs.

Ink splash

http://imageshack.com/a/img538/5725/8BDstr.jpg

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

 

http://imageshack.com/a/img909/1703/5sUYES.jpg

 

Software ID

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/3038/qgCNXx.jpg

Waterproofness (I soaked it for 20 minutes. Water is powerless to distort the text)

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/2164/uGGbRj.jpg

 

Oxford Recycled, Kaweco Sport Classic, B + Waterman Hemisphere, F

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/7021/9jo8fM.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/4150/JcTYWi.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img912/6500/BiqEeC.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img673/5830/AfpFcR.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img540/6866/yDiOu3.jpg

Lyreco Budget notebook 60 g, Waterman Hemisphere, F

http://imageshack.com/a/img540/1373/1g4wZp.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img909/2898/pdV0IZ.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img910/3913/Af97W5.jpg

CIAK, Kaweco Classic Sport, B + Waterman Hemisphere, F

http://imageshack.com/a/img910/1736/XYCXfU.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img540/4521/hwgerj.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img673/2209/BH0Yan.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img673/2408/qB1m9a.jpg

Poljet 80 g - Waterman Hemisphere, F

http://imageshack.com/a/img540/1146/IApe5z.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img540/751/fuFIX7.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img910/5874/IghVad.jpg

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Thanks for this post. I agree, I prefer greener greens.

"One can not waste time worrying about small minds . . . If we were normal, we'd still be using free ball point pens." —Bo Bo Olson

 

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I believe this review misses one crucial feature of this ink - it bleeds copiously through pretty much everything. I found it usable only with XF nib (which it makes write like a medium, that's how wet it is).

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Bleedthrough, Pigna paper (I diidn't set white balance well, so I had to overcook photos in PS; the ink isn't as saturated. But don't look at color, check the degree of bleedthrough - not massive, but present).

 

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/6003/a8iPZd.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img633/2863/WUuFM7.jpg

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The bleedthrough is deal breaker. The color has some characteristics, but with feather and bleedthrough, it is a big no no for me as i prefer to write in wet nib.

 

Thank you for your detail review.

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  • 2 years later...

It's a green I might have liked, because I like blue greens, and even gray-greens, and this ink seems to have both of those happening.

 

The bleedthrough is a deal-breaker, though. Pass.

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Not a green for me -- in any way, shape, or form.

Thanks for the review -- this is one I can definitely save my money on.

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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You missed one "l" at one "still".

Sorry, old habbits. :lol:


Nice review, as always. I always enjoy reading your review threads. :)
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