Noodler's Suffragist Carmine (Exclusive)

[glorfindel]

Recently Noodler's have introduced 3 new exclusive inks for the Commonwealth Pen Show.

 

The three are:

 

1. North star liberator

2. Suffragist Carmine

3. Proctor's ledge.

 

I've already done a review of the North Star Liberator.

This review is for the Suffragist Carmine.

 

I gotta admit that I'm not a huge fan of pinks and the only reason I bought this ink is the history it came with. Check out Nathan's video where he goes into the detail of the history behind it, but suffice it to say here that he tried to re-create the color of the ink that the first women suffragists were forced to used when they voted for the first time in Massachusetts. Pretty exciting history.

 

I was very pleasantly surprised when I opened the ink at home to find a pretty complex pink. Not pleasantly enough to change my mind about pinks, but enough to say that this is probably the best pink I have in my [limited] collection. It has a plumish tinge that makes it quite interesting. I would say that this is a color of a sweet red plum. The flow is generally good, however my Ahab was railroading heavily with it. Unflexed it wrote just fine. A bit chalky, which I don't like. The chalkiness is much more pronounced on the scan than it is in real life. It dried reasonably fast on Rhodia dotpat. I was surprised how long it took to dry on Tomoe River. Not very water resistant.

 

Here it is scanned on the Rhodia DotPad:

 

 

 

And on the Tomoe River:

 

 

The paper towel blotch.

 

 

And some chromatography (notice yellow components):

 

 

As I said earlier, the chalkiness is much more pronounced on the scan than it is in real life.

I'll attach some photos in the next post.

[glorfindel]

Here are the photos of the pages from the previous post:

 

Rhodia:

 

 

Tomoe River (white):

 

[mallymal1]

Thank you for the review.

[visvamitra]

Not my color but it's great to have it reviewed here.

[mehandiratta]

nah... not at all my types...

thank you for the review...

[ethernautrix]

This color appeals to me -- perhaps not in large text blocks, but for highlighting here and there and maybe drawing. It's pretty! Thanks for the review!

[justaninker]

It's too soft and slow drying, not my cuppa.

[Octo]

Thank you very much for reviewing this interesting ink. Much appreciated.

[chromantic]

I was thinking that this was much lighter than I remember Carmine being from my watercolor days but checking on-line it does correspond to the lighter end of Windsor & Newton's swatch and is a dead ringer for Daler-Rowney's.

[lapis]

Good review. Sorry to reiterate but also not my cup o' beer. What I do love is your comparison with real, matching colleagues. Plus, scans versus photos. Thanks!

 

Mike

[arrScott]

Excellent review - thanks! Makes me think that I really need to pull the trigger and buy a bottle of Ottoman Rose.

[Behike54]

I like the history behind it and that it wasn't chosen because pink is usually (not always) associated with women.

 

Hey, I had a pink Guess button-down shirt in the 80's, I'm not hating or being misogynist!

[Cyber6]

It looks like Goulet was able to grab some Suffragist Carmine bottles... If anyone is interested, head there.. I am sure there are limited quantities.

 

Once is gone.. is gone.

 

 

 

C.

[bluerroses]

Suffragist carmine is currently available at Pure Pens in South Wales.

Thanks for the great review, Glorfindel.

[inkstainedruth]

The ink got resurrected for last fall's Commonwealth Show. I don't know how it compares to the original batch. The label definitely says 2018 on it. I like it, and ran it through my TWSBI 580-AL for a couple of months.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth