Standardgraph Feigenbraun

[chromantic]

 

I'm really at a loss for words here. Bad batch, maybe?

[visvamitra]

I remember it as definitely darker.

[chromantic]

Yes, your scans in the Standardgraph comparison show something close to Cacao du Bresil or Macassar.

 

When I loaded the 2 pens and tried them on the cheap memo, it was so light I thought at first they had sent me Schilfgrun by mistake but the bottle is labeled Feigenbraun. The ink in the bottle is very dark. The bottle was maybe 2/3 to 3/4 full, definitely a lot of empty space in it.

 

I let the ink sit in the pens for 5-6 hours before doing the review.

[Guardy]

Yes, your scans in the Standardgraph comparison show something close to Cacao du Bresil or Macassar.

 

When I loaded the 2 pens and tried them on the cheap memo, it was so light I thought at first they had sent me Schilfgrun by mistake but the bottle is labeled Feigenbraun. The ink in the bottle is very dark. The bottle was maybe 2/3 to 3/4 full, definitely a lot of empty space in it.

 

I let the ink sit in the pens for 5-6 hours before doing the review.

 

I think Standardgraph may have had some labeling issues lately - I bought a bottle of, uh, "coffee brown" from my local brick and mortar store, and it was only a touch darker (and of a similar shade) than J. Herbin's Ambre de Birmanie.

I'm relatively sure that bottle is actually maize yellow.

 

Did you compare your sample to other Standardgraph inks? Because that looks a lot like some coffee brown scans I've seen, actually.

[chromantic]

Not, in person, no, but I have repeatedly referenced visvamitra's review, both before, when I was considering ordering the Feigenbraun, and after receiving it and the color appearing so off.

 

It's actually kind of hard to describe; when compared to the written page, the scan above looks pretty close while, at the same time, it also looks 'browner', the written has a yellowish cast to it, not reddish like the Kaffeebraun. Comparing it with visva's scans, the written page looks like the Schilfgrun.