De Atramentis Document Ink - Red

[visvamitra]

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. Brown
3. Dark Blue
4. Fuchsia
5. Green
6. Red
7. Turquoise
8. Yellow

Red has rather uninspiring color. I do realise that after mixing it with other DI inks you may create interesting shades but I'm not into mixing thing. Therefore I rate this ink low in terms of color, saturation and writing properties - it tends to dry on nib strongly after two days of not using it)

Ink splash

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Drops of ink on kitchen towel

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Software ID

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Oxford Recycled, Kaweco Sport Classic, B + Platinum Preppy, F

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CIAK, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

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[lgsoltek]

This is the ugliest red Ink I've seen, on a par with Sailor Fire Red.

[penswordnoassemblyrequired]

A light brick red. Not my kind of red.

Maybe it's for mixing?

[Axial]

What about the bleedthrough? Is it as bad as the Document Green?

[Abner C. Kemp]

Awful. Thanks for the great review though!!

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks for the review.

Not an ink for me. I tried a sample of it awhile back and could not get past the color. Not red to my mind at all. Salmon pink maybe, but not red. Too bad, because I recall it being pretty water restistant/waterproof.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[amberleadavis]

What it is good for is mixing. It will make another ink more permanent and the mix is not murky.