Private Reserve Black Cherry

[Fountain Pen Mike]

Hi, guys and gals! Back with an ink review.
This time we are reviewing Private Reserve Black Cherry.

Pen is a Sheaffer Touchdown, medium nib. Paper is Tomoe River.

Ink is in my opinion a nice dark, almost maroon red. Hints of brown edging towards black.
This ink flows very smoothly, and has a nice, silky feel under the nib as I write with it. Does not hurt that the nib on the Touchdown used is a quite smooth one as well.
So far as I know, this is not a waterproof ink, but taking a wet piece of tissue and smearing the paper shows that it retains it's legibility when wet.
Speaking of wetness, it is in my opinion on the wet side, taking 20-25 seconds to dry on this paper, from this pen. All said, i like this ink very well.
This was one of several samples PIFed to me early on on one of the Fountain Pen boards . I will be reviewing as many of these as I can, as long as there is sufficient amount of ink in the sample to use the ink for a few days and still be able to do a review of it at the end of things. Some are bigger than others, but it is a wonderful thing to be able to try so many different ones.
I intend choosing a few of the inks in these samples that I think are above average, for me. This ink is a contender in that regard.
If you like darker, reddish inks, I think this one is a winner.
Thanks for reading, Very much appreciated.

 

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[PAKMAN]

I like black cherry, but it does indeed take a long time to dry!

[arrScott]

I'm a big fan of Black Cherry. Personally, I think of it as a brown that leans toward red. I've found it slow to dry, but as a color it has strong presence but still feels conservative enough for formal or professional use.

[Fountain Pen Mike]

PAKMAN, arrScott, thanks for reading and replying.

arrScott, I agree. A very strong presence, but I would not be hesitant to use this ink in a professional setting. IMO, it has a ton of character.

[Laertides]

Black Cherry was the first ink I ever bought. I still love it. So beautiful.

[Heck9821]

Thanks for the review.

 

Black Cherry was the first Private Reserve ink I purchased. Use it in my TWSBI Vac 700 with a medium nib. I agree it dries slowly but looks great on the page.

[Alexandra]

It looks similar to Diamine Oxblood.

[visvamitra]

I had bad experience with this ink - I know that in the past there were some differences between PR inks batches and maybe I was just unlucky. Anyway Black Cherry I tried was extremely dry and clogged every pen I've filled with it.

[Alexandra]

I had bad experience with this ink - I know that in the past there were some differences between PR inks batches and maybe I was just unlucky. Anyway Black Cherry I tried was extremely dry and clogged every pen I've filled with it.

That is not good.