Kaweco - Palm Green

[AgentVenom]

*originally posted on my Instagram.

 

Ink Review: Kaweco - Palm Green.

Grade: 76.25%.

Paper Tested On: Norcom Composition, Staples 20lb, 85g Clairefontaine.

 

Kaweco Palm Green (KPG) has been a very interesting ink for me to use. I initially bought this ink because I needed a backup (for refilling) to the cartridge that came with my Kaweco Sport. I chose green because it's not a color that I would normally pick for every day office use and thought it would be a nice change of pace. So far I have been very pleased with KPG. At first it really surprised me how much this shade of green reminded me of Noodler's Gruene Cactus (NGC); it's not as wet or smooth as NGC, but it's shorter dry time and less propensity to bleed may make it an alternative to NGC for you.

 

KPG isn't prone to feathering (even in a flex pen) and I have to say I've been very happy with how much shading you can get out of it. The ink may not be the wettest out there, but I didn't have any issues with the ink being dry either. I don't recall it ever skipping or railroading as I did some Spencerian practice. It just did the job without any issues. KPG is not a waterproof ink by any means and should clean easily. I've used it in an ink wash on some fairly heavy paper and it washed away readily.

 

Don't let the dry time in the picture fool you. I did the "dash and wipe" test using a Noodler's italic nib and it can lay down a lot of ink. In my fine nib on my Kaweco Sport I usually get between 4-5 seconds, which I find very acceptable. KPG is a nicely saturated ink, but it doesn't bleed into the page unless I'm using a flex pen, so you shouldn't have many problems using the back of the page to take notes on.

 

Overall, KPG can be an everyday work horse when you need it, but just don't forget KPG can play in the "shade" too.

 

[visvamitra]

Excellent review, I'm surprised it feathers a little on copy paper. One never know for sure

[northstar]

Hello,

 

Thank you for the review, very nice ink, the color very nice, and also good shading.

 

Best regards.

[AgentVenom]

Excellent review, I'm surprised it feathers a little on copy paper. One never know for sure

Hello,

Thank you for the review, very nice ink, the color very nice, and also good shading.

Best regards.

Thank you both very much.

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I forgot to post the chromatography.

 

[Safari_Camo]

Nice colour, like greens