Cross Red

[akszugor]

Manufacturer: Cross
Series, colour: Red
Pen: Waterman Hemisphere „F”
Paper: Image Volume (gramatura 80 g / m²)

Specifications:
Flow rate: very good
Lubrication: good
Bleed through: possible point
Shading: noticeable
Feathering: unnoticeable
Saturation: very good


A drop of ink smeared with a nib


The ink smudged with a cotton pad


Lines


Water resistance


Ink drying time


Ink drops on a handkerchief


Chromatography


Sample text in an Image Volume (gramatura 80 g / m2)


Sample text in an Oxford notebook A5 (90 g / m2)


Sample letters in a Rhodia notebook No 16 (90 g / m2)


Sample letters in a Clairefontaine (gramatura 120 g / m2)


Palette of shades

[senzen]

Thanks akszugor! Looks very pink to me, but so do many other reds.

[abstract49]

I have read in other threads that Cross inks are made by Pelikan and are mostly equivalent to the Pelikan 4001 line. Is this only true of the blue, black, and blue-black inks, or is it even true at all - or in the present time?

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks akszugor! Looks very pink to me, but so do many other reds.

I was just thinking the same thing. And since I have Nooder's Park Red (which leans a little pink) and have De Atramentis Dante Alighieri/Ruby Red and Pelikan Star Ruby (both of which lean a little pinker than Park Red does) I can pass on this one.

But thanks for the review, akszugor.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth