Jump to content

Red Garnet Rose - Dr. Ph. Martin's

visvamitra

By visvamitra
in Ink Reviews

 Share

Recommended Posts

visvamitra Antique

visvamitra

Posted
Posted

Dr. Ph Martin's products are manufactured in the USA by Salis International. The company's history is rather long, it started in 1934. Dr. Ph. Martin's has specialized in putting the tools in the hands of artists: liquid watercolors, inks, and other color products. Recently the company's intoduced pigment based Ocean Fountain Pen Inks that are lightfast, waterproof. Basically all-proof.

 

fpn_1463907188__beztytuu.jpg

At the moment the inks are available in three colors:

fpn_1463905073__martinsbottles2.jpg

  1. Dark Matter Black
  2. Edge Blue
  3. Red garnet Rose

I'll start with Red Garnet Rose. The ink has nice and highly saturated color that can be described as pinkish red. Happpily it's strong color that I rather enjoy. The ink doesn't cause feathering or bleedthrough and dries rather quickly. It feels well lubricated and smooth. It does however tend to clog pens. I've used it in Kaweco Sport Classic used as an eyedropper and Jinhao 590. The ink clogged Jionhao and caused almost impossible start in Kaweco. I believe it's ink that should be used with cheap pens. It would be interesting to try it in Platinum 3776 with great seal mechanism. I've filled two more pens with it (Jinhao x750 and Waterman Hemisphere) and I'm going to see if I'll be able to write with them after two days of not using them.

fpn_1463905045__garnetrosered_is.jpg

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

fpn_1463905059__garnetrosered_rk.jpg

Software ID

fpn_1463904754__garnetrose_leuchtturm_3.

Tomoe River, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

fpn_1463904892__garnetrose_tomoe_1.jpg

fpn_1463904913__garnetrose_tomoe_2.jpg

fpn_1463904905__garnetrose_tomoe_3.jpg

Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

fpn_1463904738__garnetrose_leuchtturm_1.

fpn_1463904746__garnetrose_leuchtturm_2.

fpn_1463904861__garnetrose_leuchtturm_4.

Oxford, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

fpn_1463904870__garnetrose_ox_1.jpg

fpn_1463904880__garnetrose_ox_2.jpg

Mini-comparison

fpn_1463904922__garnetrose_tomoe_comp.jp

https://wondernaut.wordpress.com/

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 4
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • visvamitra

    1

  • migo984

    1

  • lgsoltek

    1

  • Old_Inkyhand

    1

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Old_Inkyhand Extremely Rare

Old_Inkyhand

Posted
Posted

I didn't think I'd say that, but I like that it is both red and pink, like an actual rose. Very pleasant shading.

 

Your reviews are always great.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
migo984 Antique

migo984

Posted
Posted

Nice colour but no way that ink would go in one of my 3776s. As you rightly initially suggested, Vis, use in cheapies only.

Verba volant, scripta manent

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 2 months later...
amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

The ink is now $5 with free shipping for Prime Members on Amazon. I have enjoyed it.

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0143CRS78/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33583
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26772
    5. jar
      jar
      26105

  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      Links to web pages or articles about Chinese typesetting, signwriting, etc.

      By Shanghai Knife Dude · Posted

      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o

  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More

  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...