Forest Green - Levenger

[visvamitra]

It seems Levenger is family company that offers a wide variety of products. Levenger designs many of its products, with approximately 75% of its product line being proprietary. The company describes itself as a champion of Slow Tech. Levenger CEO and co-founder Steve Leveen has aligned the company with the Conscious Capitalism movement. To that end, the company has created an initiative called Partnering for Good, which pays product-based royalties to nonprofit institutions whose missions are connected to reading or learning.

Among other things the company offers a line of fountain pen iks.

1. Amethyst
2. Blazing Sunset
3. Blue Bahama
4. Cardinal Red
5. Claret
6. Cobalt Blue
7. Cocoa
8. Empyrean
9. Forest Green
10. Gemstone Green
11. Greystoke
12. Pinkly
13. Pomegrenate
14. Raven Black
15. Regal
16. Shiraz
17. Skies of Blue
18. Smokey (discontinued)
19. True Teal

Levenger Forest is a dark green ink with some shading. The color is nice enough to become an everyday dark green for many. Sadly it doesn't behave amazingly well - it tends to cause bleedthrough on some papers. Also it doesn't give smooth feel I've got from other Levenger inks.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software I

Tomoe River, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

Midori, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

 

[lapis]

For me it's sort of a "funny" ink. I like the green in the best of the shaded parts but the blue makes it too tealy for me. Otherwise, it does remind me at least a bit about White Forest which I still adore, absolutely.

[namrehsnoom]

I appreciate the green on the yellowish paper, but I think it looks rather boring on the white paper. To make a green look good on white paper, it needs to be more vibrant - I guess.

[jasonchickerson]

What a strange green. The blue component is obvious, and appropriate for a "forest"green, but somehow it doesn't work. I find the shading quite distracting, as well.

 

Thanks for another informative review!

[bone215]

Time to revisit my bottle. I remember it as being a nice color. I will pay more attention to things/feel other than color.

[chromantic]

I appreciate the green on the yellowish paper, but I think it looks rather boring on the white paper. To make a green look good on white paper, it needs to be more vibrant - I guess.

 

I'm of the opposite opinion - I think it's much nicer on the white and appealing enough to want to give it a try.

However, after my experience with Claret, I'm unlikely to buy any more Levenger inks due to the show/bleed issue.

[visvamitra]

Well - this one can also cause some potent bleedthrough. Not all of them are like this but Forest Green tends to act in nasty ways on some papers.