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The Anderson Pen shop at one time had a line of their own inks. As of this writing they have one or more bottles of the red and the black of these inks. This is a abbreviated review of the Appleton red. I really didn't care for the ink that much so didn't explore it extensively. I don't use red inks much at all.

 

It was quite difficult to get the color right in the image. On the page, the ink has a little more orange than shown here, and it's not as saturated as shown. If I tried to make it less saturated, everything went too dark. If I tried to lighten it, everything went too pale.

 

 

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Not water resistant, but that wasn't expected.

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Similar to Private Reserve Dakota Red?

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IIRC, these were made for Anderson Pens by Scribal Work Shops. I have a bottle of Green Bay, which I like a lot (much better than the sample I had of SWS Cryptid Leviathan). Haven't tried Appleton Red (although it can't be any worse than Cryptid Zhulong, which was a great color but seemed abnormally dry).

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Similar to Private Reserve Dakota Red?

 

Someone else will have to comment as I have only a couple Diamine inks, and that's not one of them.

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I have this ink in a Sheaffer No Nonsense with an F italic nib right now. I am glad I got a sample and not a bottle. It is unpleasantly dry. Writing feels like dragging the pen uninked across paper. It does do nicely on cheap paper, but the writing experience is unpleasant enough that I will not be refilling.

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