4 Brown Inks: Review of PIFfed inks

[goodpens]

This is a very informal review and comparison of inks that I received as part of a pay-it-forward (PIF) package, courtesy of @amberleadavis. Thank you!!

 

As part of this pay-it-forward (PIF), I received four brown inks. Browns are my favorite, so this was perfect for me. I tend to go for dark, chocolate shades that aren't too red, but lately have been searching for a perfect lighter brown. All of these are great! I've been using the Ochre a lot and imagine that Kiowa Pecan and Pumpkin Cake will also be in heavy rotation soon. All seem to be well-behaved. Swatched here with a sampling of similar colors that I had on hand. Paper is a U Style spiral notebook, made in Vietnam.

 

[LizEF]

Thanks for the comparison!  That's a great collection of browns there.  The way Kiowa Pecan pulls away from the lines makes me smile.

[yazeh]

Thanks for the comparison. @LizEF    Kiowa was my favourite in the batch too!

[TSherbs]

Awesome comparison. Thanks for the effort and the share!

[ENewton]

I love the format you've used, and the inks look so nice together.  Thank you.

[amberleadavis]

Don't forget to add this to the brown thread. What a GREAT comparison!

[goodpens]

5 minutes ago, amberleadavis said:

Don't forget to add this to the brown thread. What a GREAT comparison!

Ah, right! I’d put it in the comparisons, but forgot about the color-specific threads. Doing now …

[pgcauk]

Sumiyoshi has become my daily "everywhere ink", partly because it is in a Lamy Studio, which is not a "top-tier" pen, (although mine has a lovely gold nib - a great Lamy option!) so I don't mind shoving it in my pants pocket, but that propellor clip is so good at doing it's job and the cap stays on so firmly that this is the pen best suited to that place, but mostly because this it my designated "Taupe" pen, and Sumiyoshi is my current "Top Taupe"! It's clearly not blue or black, but neither is it clearly anything else having no distinctive hue and not even falling into either of camps Brown of Grey, which can split most "neutrals" down the middle. Oh, and it provides a great background for any other color under the sun to take foreground..... which means you are not constrained in which other inks can go with and even (which suits me!) have the possibility of using any or all other inks alongside.

The other hue that I have found you can fo this with is (dear, humble) Olive, but that, in itself, has a little more character than Taupe, (as leaf is distinct from bark?).

My other "Top Taupe" would be Rohrer & Klingner's (masterful) Sepia, which is probably neutraler still, but the Sumiyoshi is a little cooler, which I like (whereas Birmingham's Root Beer is effectively Grey!).