L'artisan Pastellier Callifolio Oconto

[white_lotus]

I know on occasion there is discussion of this brand, but I've never had the chance to try any of the inks until now. I received a sample of this ink and found it to be quite decent. L'Artisan Pastellier is a French company, and so I suspect their inks might be easy to obtain in the EU. Currently only Vanness carries them in the US afaik. They seem to have two lines: Classique and Callifolio. The former seems to be a more saturated, brilliant line, the latter more subtle.

 

This is a nice professional or school blue. Not bright, but not as dark as a blue-black. A dark, muted blue. It's not super saturated, not meant to be water resistant, but might have a little. I liked this ink quite a bit. It has some nice gentle shading, reasonable dry times, and worked on all the papers I tried without problems. The color I got in my writing wasn't quite like what I see in the Vanness swab. A most unusual ink droplet for a blue.

 

The inks come in 40ml bottle for $12, and a 50ml pouch for $8. Perhaps worth a try, especially if you haven't already built up an inky hoard.

 

Pen: Edison Premiere (F-steel)

Papers: MvL=Mohawk via Linen, TR=Tomoe River, Hij=Hammermill 28 lb inkjet, Rhodia=Rhodia 90g ivory.

Camera: iPhone 7

[lapis]

Thanks for the nice review. This color isn't my cup of ink but your information about the company is. AFAIK it's available here in Europe outside of France still only directly from the company itself. But... we'll see....

 

Mike

[namrehsnoom]

Thank you for the review - looks like a fairly neutral colour that is not misplaced for use at work. Time to give it a try :-)

 

@Mike - in Europe, also available at Sakura ( that's where I got them - well, easy for me since it's almost in my backyard :-)

 

Herman

[DrDebG]

Very nice review!

 

I am a huge fan of Callifolio inks. My favorites are Blue Seas series (Atlantique, etc.). All of their blues are wonderful. I also have many of the reds with Andrinople and Grenat as favorites. And I love the greens, particularly Olivastre and Teodora. I confess I am not as fond of the yellows, oranges and browns. There are others in those color categories that I like better.

[chromantic]

It looks more interesting here than in HJB's sample in the TOD - Blue thread earlier today.

[lapis]

@Mike - in Europe, also available at Sakura ( that's where I got them - well, easy for me since it's almost in my backyard :-)

 

Herman

Thanks, Herman! IIRC that was already stated here somewhere else a month or two ago... Hmmm, it's time to order now...

[amberleadavis]

WOW, White Lotus, you have been very busy, thank you.

[white_lotus]

Thank you for all the inky samples, even though I know they didn't all come from you. Only one was of an ink I already had, and only one was of a color I wouldn't normally use. So the least I could do was provide reviews.

[rudyhou]

nice teal-blue. reminds me of Noodler's Aircorp blue black.

[Cryptos]

Cool review! I didn't know there were two distinct lines from the company. Last year I was given a couple of samples - Bouton D'Or and Ochre jaune - neither of which I thought I would like but found that they grew on my somewhat. Alas, hard to get them to here a reasonable cost.

 

You know, this may be hard to imagine but it is actually cheaper for me to buy Sailor inks directly from Japan than pretty much any other ink brand? Good job I like them! However, it would be nice to try other brands from time to time.

[white_lotus]

Glad you liked the review. Even though the Callifolio ink is relatively inexpensive here, I spend so much time with Sailor, KWZ, and Noodler's that other inks rarely get time to play.

[domzals1]

Thanks for the review! I have samples of Bourgogne and Olivastre en route.