Kwzi Lux Grey

[visvamitra]

As some of you may know Poland is one of biggest exporters of cosmetics, furniture and fruits. But we also have inks. Or, to be more precise, one ink maker - KWZI. Konrad offers handmade inks in more than sixty colors. You can check his website here.

 

It seems Lux Grey isn't most well known color in KWZI standard inks line. I'm not sure as I haven't done proper web research but it seems it'll be first review of this color. Two years my taste in inks has changed significantly. One of these changes is growing appreciation for grey inks. KWZI's grey is intense and I believe other manufacturers would label it black (and their blacks are rarely black). It seems Lux Grey has some Green and Cyan components.

 

Flow: This ink is crazy wet. A real gusher. Not to the point when wrtiting becomes a chore though.

Saturation: it's stronly saturated, especially compared to other grey inks on the market.

Lubrication: very good and pleasant. It makes Platinum Preppy 0.2 nib glide across the page.

Drying time: It can take a while, depending on the nib you use. 15-30 seconds on Rhodia, 15 – 25 seconds on absorbent paper.

Clogging issues: None experienced.

Feathering: practically none. Maybe some barely perceptible feathering on Moleskine.

Bleedthrough: experienced only on Moleskine (crappiest paper ever)

Water resistance: nope. Zero. Null. Nada.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Color ID

Color range

Maruman, Lamy Al-Star, medium nib

Leuchtturm1917, Lamy Al-Star, medium nib

Rhodia, Lamy Al-Star, medium nib

Moleskine, Lamy Al-Star, medium nib

Bleedthrough on Moleskine

Water resistance

Edited April 24, 2017 by visvamitra

[cleosmama]

That's pretty nice. If I tire of De Atramentis Fog Grey, I might try this one.

[lgsoltek]

 

I'm not sure as I haven't done proper web research but it seems it'll be first review of this color.

 

 

That's why I asked you for a review of this. Thank you!

[errantmarginalia]

I don't really use gray inks, but I like the green tinge to this one.

[liston]

I bought this by mistake, and I love it. The best grey I've come across.

[Pentode]

I haven't used any grey ink but that looks really nice. I just added it to my list.

[julia239]

I agree about the saturation - it seems almost black. I think it needs a really good shader to see the grey shading.

 

I found this interview with Konrad and he said that they made this because someone from the Polish fountain pen board asked them about grey ink.

 

Thanks for the review and another Char quote!

[Tas]

Go KWZ !

[Moonshae]

 

KWZI's grey is intense and I believe other manufacturers would label it black (and their blacks are rarely black).

 

 

You have that right! I have a few grey inks that are called "black" and one grey ink (de Atramentis Grey Frankincense) that is darker than them (but still noticeably grey).

[jmccarty3]

I'd call this a charcoal grey. Looks nice. Thanks for the review!

[inkstainedruth]

This is a very timely review for me -- I just picked up a sample of this but haven't had a chance to try it yet.

Thanks for the review. I hadn't realized that it would be more grey than purple (not that this is a bad thing -- I like grey inks for the most part).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth