Stipula Ebony Black

[kronos77]

I couldn't find any reviews for this ink. It isn't new. so what's going on? It looks like a blue based black but I would like information as to flow and water resistance.

 

Thanks

[lapis]

Stipula (Calamo) Ebony Black (Nero ebono) has a half a hint of blue and possibly a quarter of a hint of brown (if you work on it enough). A nice black, IMO, reminiscent of ebony itself.

With an Herbin glass dip pen on Rhodia 90 g/m² paper, it looks like this (in a dry state, har, har): This scan (on my screen) looks just like the ink on the paper itself.

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/peli46/Stipula_Ebony_Black.jpg

 

It has a very good flow, dried in 12-15 seconds, but is totally water-unresistant as you can see here; the paper above was soaked in water for exactly 60 seconds:

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/peli46/Stipula_Ebony_Black_soaked.jpg

 

IMO a "nice" black (in that it it not a 100% blackest black) but as regards water resistance, nothing useful. Possibly of interest, it bleeds very little or not at all.

 

Mike

[kronos77]

Thanks! Very helpful. I like the way it looks on your scan, though here in the US it is expensive. I think I'll give it a try.

[Tas]

Thanks lapis.

 

I've often thought about trying this ink as I like the colours that wash away and the one that's left behind.

 

On the list it goes.

[lapis]

I'm not trying to butt in but based on price per ml, it isn't all that expensive (again, here, in Germany, for an ink out of Italy including our 19% sales tax); I see a list price of about 14.00 Euros. Coming in a 70-ml bottle, that makes about 0.20 Euros/ml. To see how much of a bargain that might be, here's a recent list (again for Germany):

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Ink List Price Bottle Price/ml

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Hieronymus 48.20 50 ml 0.96

Vuitton 36.00 50 ml 0.72

Caran d'Ache (new) 29.50 50 ml 0.59

Iroshizuku 24.90 50 ml 0.50

Caran d'Ache (old) 13.95 30 ml 0.47

Montegrappa 14.00 42 ml 0.33

Graf von F-C (new) 25.00 75 ml 0.33

Pelikan Edelstein 14.90 50 ml 0.30

Herbin 8.70 30 ml 0.29

Akkerman (60 ml) 15.00 60 ml 0.25

Montblanc (regulars) 14.50 60 ml 0.24

Lamy T52 8.50 50 ml 0.17

Waterman 7.90 50 ml 0.16

Pelikan 4001 4.30 30 ml 0.14

Rohrer & Klingner 6.50 50 ml 0.13

Parker Quink 6.00 57 ml 0.11

Akkerman (150 ml) 16.50 150 ml 0.11

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I know, I know... Iroshis cost more in the States than in Japan, and Noodler's vice versa....

[kronos77]

Lapis,

 

I completely missed the size of the bottle when I was looking at different websites. It certainly does bring the price per ml down. Still on the high side but not as much.