De Atramentis Document Dark Red

[yazeh]

De Atramentis – Document Dark red

  

Delightful pigment ink, well behaved by De Atramentis. A pleasure to write or sketch with, compared to the disastrous Cyan and Turquoise inks, I reviewed recently.  I honestly don’t see much difference between this or De Atramentis Artist Dark Red. They’re quite similar. Document is supposedly slightly more “archival”. 

All Document and Artist inks can be mixed. 

Lets start with the chroma:

Writing samples:

Photo

Watertest:  

Left side was held under running water for 10 minutes. 

Comparaison:

 

Comparison with De Atramentis Artist Dark Red:

I didn't test it with Stub, flex or fude nibs, but you can get a general idea from the De Aramentis Artist ink review. 

And finally a sketch. My model, who is quite fidgety was for once rolled in her basket. 

Paper is Fabriano Sketch book, a very absorbent paper. 

 

 

 

 

 

· Pens used: Pilot Elite (Ef) Lamy Safari (Ef/F/M/B) 

· What I liked: Very well-behaved ink, unlike its blue siblings. If you’re looking for a nice dark red, this is a good one. Get a sample.

· What I did not like: Nothing. 

· What some might not like: It’s a pigment ink. 

· Shading: Yes with some nib. 

· Ghosting: None. Possible on cheap papers. 

· Bleed through: None. Possible on cheap, absorbent papers. 

· Flow Rate: Excellent

· Lubrication: Excellent

· Nib Dry-out: None.

· Start-up: None

· Saturation: Dark

· Shading Potential: None.

· Sheen: None.

· Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: None

· Nib Creep / “Crud”: Nope.

· Staining (pen): No.

· Clogging: No. 

· Cleaning: Easy. Like most pigment inks, if you have a well-sealed pen or using your pen regularly it should be fine. If you forget the ink in a pen, there’s no need to panic. An overnight soaking in water, and 15 minutes of soaking in cleaning solution will clean thefeed. 

· Water resistance: Excellent 

· Availability: 45 ml bottles. 

 

Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier 

[LizEF]

Very nice review, @yazeh!  Thank you.  Is it me, or is it a little muted - not a bright red?  It goes crazy-pale in that Pilot EF.  I rather like the shading.  Your red curled-up kitty is lovely.

[yazeh]

3 hours ago, LizEF said:

Very nice review, @yazeh!  Thank you.  Is it me, or is it a little muted - not a bright red?  It goes crazy-pale in that Pilot EF. 

Thanks @LizEF. De Atramentis has two document Red inks, one is Red the other is Dark red. The Pilot Kakuna Ef is a horrible nib. I've tried widening the tines, to make it wetter, but it's like a needlepoint nib. It's nothing compared to the Pilot Elite, Ef, I've got. 

3 hours ago, LizEF said:

I rather like the shading. 

I like it too

 

3 hours ago, LizEF said:

Your red curled-up kitty is lovely.

Thanks!

 

 

[namrehsnoom]

Oh my… that’s a lovely red. I like the soft & muted nature of this one. This is one I will put on the wanted list.

And quite a lovely friend you’ve got there too!

[yazeh]

10 hours ago, namrehsnoom said:

Oh my… that’s a lovely red. I like the soft & muted nature of this one. This is one I will put on the wanted list.

Yes. It's quite agreeable and well behaved. Like you, I like muted colours

 

10 hours ago, namrehsnoom said:

And quite a lovely friend you’ve got there too!

She's quite character 😸

[txomsy]

Thanks for the review and bringing this up. Looks like a very interesting ink.

 

But, is it me or does it loo like it has quite a nice shading as well?

[yazeh]

2 hours ago, txomsy said:

Thanks for the review and bringing this up. Looks like a very interesting ink.

It is one of the nicest document reds, I've tried

 

2 hours ago, txomsy said:

 

But, is it me or does it loo like it has quite a nice shading as well?

It does, but with wide nibs. And mostly on Japanese papers