Deatramentis Black-Brown

[white_lotus]

This is one of the DeAtramentis inks I purchased as a sample. Again, it was different on two different web sites online shops. I kind of thought it would be a very blackish brown, and it appears to be more of a deep burgundy. In person, you'd never think of this as a black, though the iPhotos may give that impression.

 

This ink gave me some trouble on one paper, but I'm not sure if my altered fill technique was a factor. Usually I'd just dip the nib in the sample vial and fill as best as one can do. But I saw a mention by someone who simply filled a syringe and used that to directly fill a converter, or in my case, the ink chamber of a Pelikan. Then turn the piston down to force ink to fill the feed. Seemed brilliant to me. But I don't know if this was a factor in the odd performance. But it did seem that it was one sheet of the MvL that had the problem while another did not. So it could be a bad sheet of paper too.

 

MvL = Mohawk via Linen.

 

 

Not really black as in this pic.

 

 

Washes dirty red-violet. Somewhat water resistant. The black mostly stays behind.

 

 

[Tas]

Phew.

I'll pass on this fella.

(I do enjoy your reviews )

[white_lotus]

Yes I was hoping it would be something other than this with a name like "black-brown".