EFNIR: Colorverse Warped Passages

[LizEF]

Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Colorverse Warped Passages

This is review #88 in my series.  Here's the YouTube video:

Post-recording notes: Since this is one of a set (27 & 28), I'll be reviewing the other (Extra Dimension) next time. (This is the smaller bottle in the set.)  Cleanup was quick and easy.  In my daily use, the ink didn't take so long to dry.  Somehow, my feed must have really saturated before I did the review - that's the only explanation I have for the long dry time.  The zoom really captures the color for me.

And here is a screen of the final result, for those not interested in the video:

Scan of Completed Review:

Zoomed in photo:

Absorbent Paper Closeup (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper):

Screenshots also available on Instagram: @zilxodarap

Previous Review: Platinum Blue Black.

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Hope you enjoy.  Comments appreciated!

[mizgeorge]

Thanks as always Liz. 

 

I'm not sure how I feel about this one - the colour's nice, but perhaps unremarkable, but the shading's nice. The dry time sounds like it might have been a fluke? Oh, and I love the name

 

I'm afraid I don't think it's won me over to the Colorverse -verse. I'll be interested to see what it's big partner's like

[yazeh]

Not a fan of this colour. Glad you liked it...Like the name though. Anything with Warp makes me smile

 

[LizEF]

7 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

Thanks as always Liz. 

  You're very welcome!

 

7 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

colour's nice, but perhaps unremarkable

Totally depends on the paper, and this one has a je ne sais quoi - at least for me.  It's really not like anything I already have, but isn't too different from Sailor Seiboku - maybe a little more muted.  I like this one best in the fine nib on the paper in my Rhodia Webnotebook.  I think it's a fatter nib that makes it look unremarkable (odd as that seems).

 

Anywho, Tuesday will be the next ink - Extra Dimension.

[LizEF]

3 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Not a fan of this colour. Glad you liked it...Like the name though. Anything with Warp makes me smile

Ah, well.  The color probably warps on its way into becoming a Canadian colour.   And yeah, sometimes Colorverse come up with really good names.

[yazeh]

Liz how do you share your YouTube link... I forgot how to do it?

[LizEF]

48 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Liz how do you share your YouTube link... I forgot how to do it?

You mean here, to get it to embed in the post?  Just paste the link YouTube makes when you choose the "Share" option under the video (on a PC).  Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAScOVnXhfk

 

If you're using a phone, I can try the YT app on my Android device, but don't know if it's the same on other OSs.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Nice color, right up my alley, but...you know what's coming next, don'cha?  😜

 

I had a sample of one Colorverse ink, can't recall the name, but it was a turquoise-ish that was hard to clean.

[LizEF]

55 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Nice color, right up my alley, but...you know what's coming next, don'cha?  😜

 

I had a sample of one Colorverse ink, can't recall the name, but it was a turquoise-ish that was hard to clean.

The dry-time seems an anomaly.  It may be that my feed got super-saturated.  But the hard part is you really can't get samples of these mini bottles that come in sets, so there's no way to try it.

 

I must have lucked out, at least the two in this set were easy to clean.

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

You mean here, to get it to embed in the post?  Just paste the link YouTube makes when you choose the "Share" option under the video (on a PC).  Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAScOVnXhfk

 

If you're using a phone, I can try the YT app on my Android device, but don't know if it's the same on other OSs.

Thanks worked like a charm

 

 

[LizEF]

Just now, yazeh said:

Thanks worked like a charm

Welcome.

[LizEF]

Seven new grey inks (samples) received today from a generous FPN benefactor and added to my poll, should you care to vote up some greys...

• Colorverse Anti-Matter
• De Atramentis Fog Grey
• Diamine Earl Grey
• KWZ Grey Lux
• Papier Plume Oyster Grey
• Robert Oster Graphite
• Vinta Armada

[yazeh]

4 hours ago, LizEF said:

Seven new grey inks (samples) received today from a generous FPN benefactor and added to my poll, should you care to vote up some greys...

• Colorverse Anti-Matter
• De Atramentis Fog Grey
• Diamine Earl Grey
• KWZ Grey Lux
• Papier Plume Oyster Grey
• Robert Oster Graphite
• Vinta Armada

Congrats. Voted 

[LizEF]

16 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Congrats. Voted 

Thanks!

[A Smug Dill]

On 3/27/2021 at 4:52 AM, LizEF said:

But the hard part is you really can't get samples of these mini bottles that come in sets, so there's no way to try it.

 

 

 

Some people would call 5ml of ink a mere sample, no matter how it is packaged and the effective price per ml; so, I'd contend that it is possible to try or sample quite a number of the Colorverse inks that are primarily available in 15ml bottles that are packaged with 65ml bottles of another colour in fixed retail packages.

[LizEF]

16 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

...

Some people would call 5ml of ink a mere sample, no matter how it is packaged and the effective price per ml; so, I'd contend that it is possible to try or sample quite a number of the Colorverse inks that are primarily available in 15ml bottles that are packaged with 65ml bottles of another colour in fixed retail packages.

Oh.  I knew about the 5mL size, but hadn't seen this pair before, and didn't realize they'd done all of them - but then, I hadn't looked at La Couronne du Comte.  Vanness offer the larger bottle (Extra Dimension) as a sample, but no such offer for this smaller bottle (Warped Passages).  Looks like Goldspot offers at least some of these.  Kinda expensive for a sample, but yeah, it is there.  Thanks!

[A Smug Dill]

4 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Vanness offer the larger bottle (Extra Dimension) as a sample, but no such offer for this smaller bottle (Warped Passages).  Looks like Goldspot offers at least some of these.

 

I guess that's the thing: when I assess the availability of a product or service — including to American hobbyists — for the purposes of discussion with the community at large, I never limit myself to look at US-based suppliers only; and in fact US-based suppliers would by default be low on my search list.

 

My preferred suppliers are those that conditionally offer free international shipping to almost anywhere in the world (such that Americans aren't excluded, or disadvantaged compared to the majority of fountain pen users globally), and preferably with a reasonably low eligibility threshold in terms of the order value. Cult Pens, LCdC, Fontoplumo, PenGallery Malaysia, etc. are therefore always the first places I look when doing research.

[LizEF]

12 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

I guess that's the thing: when I assess the availability of a product or service — including to American hobbyists — for the purposes of discussion with the community at large, I never limit myself to look at US-based suppliers only; and in fact US-based suppliers would by default be low on my search list.

 

My preferred suppliers are those that conditionally offer free international shipping to almost anywhere in the world (such that Americans aren't excluded, or disadvantaged compared to the majority of fountain pen users globally), and preferably with a reasonably low eligibility threshold in terms of the order value. Cult Pens, LCdC, Fontoplumo, PenGallery Malaysia, etc. are therefore always the first places I look when doing research.

Makes sense.  Shipping from the US to anywhere (other than maybe Canada) is awfully expensive, whereas for me in the US, it's generally cheaper to go with a US company and the postal service for shipping.

[LizEF]

Here's the line width measurement. The line is one of those used for dry time.  Magnification is 100x.  The grid is 100x100µm.  The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each.  The line width for this ink is roughly 275µm.